RENAULT Espace · 3.5 V6 24V Initiale · Minivan · 2006 ‐ 2010

Renault launched production from 2006 of automobiles model Espace, modification of 3.5 V6 24V Initiale and finished it in 2010. The weight of the car is 1.7 tn and a length of 4.7 m, It is formed as minivan with five doors, and may be fit in 6 person including the driver.

«Espace 3.5 V6 24V Initiale» car with a 5-speed automatic gear shift is fitted to the front wheels. This automobile can speed up for 8.1 s to 100 km/h, with a max speed of 225 km/h, owing to a 6-cylinders petrol motor engine with a «multipoint injection system», which generate a maximum output of 245 horsepower at 6000 rpm.

Fuel tank volume of this car is 60 l of petrol, so when normal fuel rate is 12 liters per 100 km (9 l on the track, 17.2 liters in the city), what allow you drive about 500 kilometers without refueling.

The forward wheels of this automobile have ventilated disks, 324 mm brakes and attached to the undercarriage through suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with stabilizer bar. Back wheels have disks, 300 mm brakes and fixed to the undercarriage by dint of suspension «Semi-independent, coil springs» and equipped stabilizer bar. Tires have the following dimensions - 225/55R17.

In accordance with the information of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Renault Espace gained the maximum number of stars - 5, which indicates that it is a perfect safe vehicle. Furthermore to active systems of safety (ABS, Brake assistant, Traction control, EBD, ESP), it is also equipped with passive safety features (passenger, side, driver, head/curtain airbags).