1990 Renault Laguna

Unveiled at the Paris Motor Show in 1990, the Laguna Roadster Concept packed sporty performance, celebrating a return to the joy of driving.

The roadster made a mark as a contributor to innovation in passive safety. It was a modern two-seater sports car with an original layout. The cabin featured an ultra-forward position and semi-automatic gullwing doors.

Occupants would wear a protective visor fitted with infrared radio transceivers for communication with each other. Its mobile roll bar system was capable of deploying in one-tenth of a second, controlled by a sensor system.

The Laguna Roadster foreshadowed the Renault Sport Spider launched in 1996.

Laguna is a roadster which is dedicated to "driving for the love of it". It’s a 100 percent driver’s car, which still manages to make significant contributions to technological innovation in the area of passive safety. There’s no windscreen or roof to come between driver and the experience of driving. It’s the ideal car for any couple of getaway driving enthusiasts.

The 1996 Renault Spider was descended from the Laguna Roadster concept.

Features

- 2.0-litre turbocharged engine developing 210bhp: 0-100kph in 6 seconds, standing start kilometre in 25.2 seconds

- Semi-automatic, pneumatic strut-assisted gullwing doors

- Forward-located cabin with wind deflector and aft-sliding tonneau cover for easy passenger access

- Electrically-operated seats with foldaway head restraints and semi-integral safety harnesses

- Driver and passenger wear protective visor with built-in infra-red radio transceiver

- Intelligent safety rollbar, invisible in normal driving conditions, detects serious safety risks and deploys in 1/10th of a second

Laguna была представлена на Парижском автосалоне 1990 года и получила приз за лучший дизайн концепт-кара 1991 года. Laguna, как и многие другие автомобили Рено, изначально создавалась как концепт совершенно непохожий на последующий серийный вариант с тем же названием. Это был родстер с турбонаддувным двухлитровым двигателем мощностью 210 л.с. Автомобиль разгонялся до 100 км за 6 секунд.