Renault will launch the successor to the Laguna in 2015
- Renault is preparing the successor of the Laguna for the end of 2015, rather than the end of 2014. The year 2014 will be dedicated solely to the launches of the Twingo for the entry-range and the Espace for the upper-range of the brand.
- The Laguna is the only D segment model of the Renault brand. Its first generation was launched in 1994 in order to replace the Renault 21 salon cars: the hatchback and the three box (sedan) as well as the estate version. The second generation was launched in 2001 and the third in 2007.
- In a general climate where the sales of segment D sedans is declining in Europe for mainstream manufacturers, the Laguna suffered from the competition of MPVs and SUVs, from the Renault brand and from other brands.
- In 2013, global sales of Laguna have not exceeded 20 000 units, while they reached 100 000 units in 2007 and 200 000 in 2003. The future model, which will be 20 cm longer than the current version (ie 4.90 m like the Renault Latitude), could be a vehicle with three volumes and a hatch, which is halfway between segment D and segment E.
- For this sedan replacing both the Laguna and the Latitude, which would take neither the name of Laguna nor that of Latitude, Renault would use the CMF modular platform already used by the Nissan Qashqai and the future Espace. It will be equipped with petrol engines of 130 hp to 180 hp, and diesel engines ranging from 110 hp to 200 hp as well as a hybrid version.
