Press Release
Engines
A leading range of engines for performance and efficiency
New Laguna offers a wide range of engines, all coupled to manual and automatic six-speed gearboxes. Each is at the top of its category, offering renewed driving pleasure and reduced fuel consumption.
The petrol range will be launched on the market gradually, starting with the dynamic, smooth and quiet 2.0 liter 16 valve petrol engine 140 hp (103.4 kW) and 195 Nm (M4R). Lively, with good torque in low gears and a spirited drive in higher gears, with sound-dampening across the range of engine speeds, it is the product of a joint Renault-Nissan operation, offering enhanced driving pleasure and impressive acoustic performance. The fuel consumption of 7.9 litres per 100 km on a combined cycle (185 g of CO2 per km), gives New Laguna an acceleration time from 0 to 100 km/h in 9.1 seconds. It offers the advantage of a maintenance-free distribution chain with a lifetime guarantee.
The Turbo, 2.0 liter 16 valve 170 hp (125 KW) and 270 Nm (F4Rt) petrol engine completes the petrol range. It has a proactive automatic gear box with six speeds (AJ0). With fuel consumption of 8.9 litres per 100 km on a combined cycle (210 g of CO2 per km driven), New Laguna offers particular driving pleasure, reaching 1000 m from a standing start in barely 30 seconds.
New Laguna will be available at entry level with the 1.6 16v engine 110 hp (81 kW) and 151 Nm, offering excellent fuel consumption and running costs. Lastly, a new evolution of the current Alliance V6 petrol engine (V4Y) will be positioned at the top of this comprehensive and high-performance range.
He diesel range is based on the two market benchmarks, the 1.5 dCi engine which has a maximum power of 110 hp (81 kW) and maximum torque of 240 Nm at 2000 rpm. It is yet another illustration of Renault's expertise in the domain of engine down-sizing, producing the same performance and thus replacing, the old 1.9 dCi engine, which was heavier and less economical. It offers the best balance of performance versus consumption in the segment (136g CO2 per km). Equipped with a manual gearbox which has a specially configured range, it boasts fuel consumption of 5.1 litres 100 km on a combined cycle, meaning that you should not have to refuel your New Laguna for around 1300 km. Within the framework of Renault Commitment 2009, New Laguna dCi 110 hp will make an important contribution to the eco2 environmental programme.
With ultra-rapid preheating spark plugs, it bursts into life from the second the « Start » button is pressed, even in extremely cold conditions (-23°C). With a variable geometry turbo engine, it offers improvements at a low engine speed, while the engine reaches its peak in the 175 hp version of the New Laguna. With utilisation costs among the most competitive in the market, New Laguna 2.0 dCi 150 hp BVM6 has fuel consumption of only 6 litres / 100 km on full cycle (158 g of CO2 per km covered). In the automatic version, the engine allows the driver to cover 400 metres from a standing start in less than 17 seconds, with a fuel consumption of just 7 litres / 100 km (185 g of CO2 per km). Soon, the engine will be available with a range of technologies (particulate filters, new valve for the recycling of exhaust gas recirculation gases, development of the fuel injection system), which will enable it to meet the Euro5 emissions standard two years before the due date.
A leader in the field of performance, driving pleasure and reduced cabin noise, the 2.0 dCi engine comes with three power outputs: 130, 150 and 175 hp (96, 110 and 127 kW), available with particulate filter. With maximum torque levels respectively of 320, 340 and 380 Nm, it is capable of rapid and continuous acceleration up to 5200 rpm. The 150 hp (110 kW) version also has a proactive automatic gearbox. Other developments will soon be added to the all- encompassing and all-purpose engine range of the New Laguna, in each of the countries in which it will be marketed.
Developed within the framework of the Alliance, in conjunction with the Japanese partner Jatco, the AJ0 was offered on the New Scenic at the end of 2006 and, at the start of 2007, on the Espace. It is an auto-adaptive logical gearbox which identifies the type of driving and the gradient of the road. The first gear is shorter (18%) and the sixth longer (7%) than the former BVA5. The gearbox offers a feature which goes from 5 to 6.1 (ratio between the reductions of the 1st and 6th speeds). In this way, it contributes to the dynamic improvement of starting up, while reducing the fuel consumption (8% on average) and the ambient noise, especially during motorway driving (2500 rpm at 130 km per hour). It is astonishingly smooth, due to the automatic transmission gear change, which gives improved fuel consumption and driving pleasure. With smooth intermediary changes, the gear speeds are lowered which limits the noise effect and offers greater driving and acoustic comfort. At the same time, this BVA6 offers a button command which contributes to driving pleasure (when driving faster or on a slippery road, when braking or changing down a gear for example). Renault has made great efforts to reduce braking distance and an optimised gear system and system of internal friction results in reduced fuel consumption on all engines equipped with it.
