The Renault Vel Satis is distinguished by its unusual height, which benefits interior space but results in rather ungainly proportions. It has a five-star EuroNCAP safety rating and is available with a variety of engines:
- 4-cylinder, 16-valve, turbocharged 2.0-liter
- Renault-sourced 24-valve, 3.5-liter V6
- 4-cylinder, 16-valve, 2.2-liter direct-injection turbodiesel
- Isuzu-sourced 24-valve 3.0-liter direct-injection turbodiesel
Repeated tests under judicial supervision with this car (Renault Vel Satis) and others of the same model have proven that the driver can always override the cruise control and bring the car to a stop by at least two independent means even if the conventional method of applying the brakes to disengage the cruise control fails:
- move the automatic transmission selector from Drive to Neutral
- press the cruise control’s on/off button five times in rapid sequence, as instructed by the car’s user manual
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