Renault Safrane is a French business class car in the back of a 5-seater liftback. Production years – 1992-2000. For the entire production period, the car was considered the most expensive and prestigious in the entire line. A total of 310 thousand cars were manufactured. Safrane was the first in the world to be massively equipped with a navigation system. In 2008, the production of the model was revived for the needs of Mexico and the Gulf countries. The base of the new machine is Samsung SM5. It was released in Korea.
The 2.5-liter Renault S8U diesel engine was produced at the Sofim plant from 1980 to 2001 and was installed in both Safrane sedans and Trafic and Master commercial minibuses. The version of this diesel engine with direct fuel injection is known under its own index S9U.
The 2.0-liter 16-valve Renault N7Q engine was produced in Sweden from 1995 to 2000 and was installed only on the first generation of the Laguna model and the restyled version of the Safrane. This power unit is essentially a Volvo engine under the symbol B4204S.
The 2.5-liter Renault N7U gasoline engine was produced in Sweden from 1996 to 2000 and was installed only on a restyled version of the popular Safrane model on the European market. This power unit is essentially a Volvo engine known under the index B5244S.
3.0-liter 24-valve Renault L7X engine was introduced in 1997, when a line of V6 engines called ESL replaced the outdated PRV. This engine was installed on such Renault models as Safrane, Espace, Laguna and Clio V6.
The Renault Z7X 3.0-liter 12-valve engine is part of the V6 PRV lineup. This family of V-shaped 6-cylinder engines was introduced in 1974 and consisted of a series of units with a volume of 2.5 to 3 liters, including turbo ones. They can be found under the hood of Renault 25, Safrane, Laguna and Espace …
The 2.1-liter Renault J8S diesel engine was assembled at the company’s factory from 1979 to 1997 and was installed on many popular models of its time such as Espace, Safrane and Jeep Cherokee. There was both an atmospheric modification of a diesel engine with 64 hp, and a turbocharged version with 88 hp.
The 2.2-liter Renault G8T diesel engine was assembled at the company’s plant from 1993 to 2002 and was installed on the largest concern models of its time, such as Laguna, Safrane and Espace. There was an atmospheric modification of this diesel engine with 83 hp and a turbocharged 113 hp.
