RENAULT Espace · RXT 3.0 V6 · Minivan · 1997 ‐ 1998

Renault launched production from 1997 of automobiles type Espace, modification RXT 3.0 V6 and finished it in 1998. The weight of the car is 1.6 tons and a length of 4.5 m, It is formed as minivan with five doors, and may be placed in a 5 person with a driver.

«Espace RXT 3.0 V6» is a front wheel drive auto with a 4-speed automatic transmission. This car can be accelerated for 11 seconds to 100 km/h, with a maximum speed of 195 km/h, due to a 6-cylinders petrol motor with a «multipoint injection system», which produce a maximum power of 170 hp at 5500 rpm.

Fuel tank volume of this car is 78 liters of petrol, therefore when average fuel rate is 13.7 l per 100 km (9.6 liters on the highway, 21 liters in the city), what allow you to go nearly 570 kilometers unrefuelled.

The forward wheels of this model have ventilated disks, 280 mm brakes and fixed to the chassis with help of suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with anti-roll bar. Rearward wheels have disks, 265 mm brakes and fixed to the underframe by dint of suspension «Semi-independent, coil springs» and equipped with anti-roll bar. Tires have the next size - 205/65R15.

In conformity with the data of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Renault Espace received the many quantity of stars - four, which means that it is a reasonably safe automobile. Furthermore to active safety systems (ABS), it is also has passive safety features (driver, passenger airbags).