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For 2011, Renault is launching an all-new chronicle of the Megane coupe-convertible. Like a last generation indication and many of its European market competitors, the Megane gets a folding hardtop, but somewhat like the aspirant the Volkswagen Eos, this asingle lets the sun gleam in even when closed. The Megane gets an all-glass roof, which, while letting you see the world, will probably do nothing to help the car’s core of sobriety. On a other hand, a black finish does help to visually censor the roof when it is lifted, the stylistic asset which partially alleviates a peculiar proportions of such hardtop convertibles. Which said, this doesn’t really app ear to be a high-performance tender, so we’re guessing which more pote ntial customers won’t care about a additional weight up tip anyhow.

To the credit, Renault has managed to retain a surprisingly vast case on the Megane with 14.7 cubic feet top up and even 7.45 cubic feet accessible with the top down. The Megane has seven powertrain configurations available with six gas as well as diesel engines combined with manual, dual clutch and continuously variable transmissions.

A new Megane coupe-convertible goe s on sale in Europe this spring.

Gallery:2011 Renault Megane Coupe-Convertible

[Source: Renault]

PRESS RELEASE

Feb 5, 2010
NEW ME?GANE COUPE?-CABRIOLET, THE MAGNIFICENCE OF A COUPE?, AND A DELIGHT OF OPEN-TOP MOTORING

New Me?gane Coupe?-Cabriolet rounds off a renovation of a New Me?gane family in style with introduction of the line-up’s sixth body sort. The newcomer’s striking looks combine the elegance of a coupe? with a guarantee of a thrills which go hand-in-hand with driving a automobile.

Brandnew Me?gane Coupe?-Cabriolet builds on the strengths which forged a success of the prototype – togetherwith the vast, folding glass rooftiles as well as the raft of user-friendly equipment – yet it goes serve still by offering business:

• unruffled open-top motoring interjection to a brazen onallsides of the windscreen as well as a fixed glass breeze deflector situated behind the rear head restraints,
• outstanding doing performance interjection to a stiffer framework as well as a new electric power steering system,
• a broad choice of engines, including asingle which can be ordered with a all-new involuntary EDC Fit Twin Purchase delivery.
• clever courtesy to peculiarity, togetherwith high-gloss black and satin-effect chrome exterior features.

New Me?gane Coupe?-Cabriolet is manufactured alongside Sce?nic and Grand Sce?nic at Renault’s Douai plant in France. It consequently benefits from the experience gained since the commencement of the Me?gane programme, including a public of a former-generation Me?gane Coupe?- Automobile.

Brandnew Me?gane Coupe?-Cabriolet is an open invitation to suffer an pick approach to go motoring, and is an superb painting of Renault’s new brand signature, ‘Drive the Change’.

New Me?gane Coupe?-Cabriolet goes on sale this sprin g.

IMPEDIMENT LOOKS FROM EVERY ANGLE

Brandnew Me?gane Coupe?-Cabriolet completes a renovation of the New Me?gane family in style with a car whose unique interest is certain to turn heads. The looks exude the renowned magnificence that is underpinned by the vast glass roof that tells you that this is unmistakably a cabriolet, even in the coupe? configuration. This high-gloss finish black glass rooftiles contrasts with a satin-effect chrome windscreen frame, whilst the sweep of the waistline adds an certainly high-end feel that some-more than does probity to its cabriolet persona. The dark red taillights underline the linear lighting pattern and LED brake lights to provide a particular rear lighting signature.

A interior blueprint carries over the same prevailing elegance as well as excellence, interjection not usually to the quality of a materials employed as well as to the high customary of finish, though additionally to the three choices of trim, which operation from dark colourless and light beige to the charcoal and red two-tone finish with leather seats.

Nonetheless the floating dashboard is matching to that of Brandnew Me?gane Hatchback, a seats suggest additional lateral await, while the ‘butterfly wing’ door trim panel is specific to Brandnew Me?gane Coupe?- Cabriolet and adds to the newcomer’s inherent magnificence.

CHIC AS WELL AS PRACTICAL

New Me?gane Coupe?-Cabriolet’s occupants benefit from the thrills of unruffled open-top motoring in all conditions. The standard folding potion hard roof boasts a pure glazed area of 0.47 sq. metres The shred most appropriate to safeguard the brightly illuminated cabin as well as the sensation of space and freedom. It also guarantees outstanding acoustic and thermal comfort, as well as the reassurance of greater insurance from vandalism. A fully-automatic, electro-hydraulic opening mechanism of the two-part rooftiles enables a driver to reduce a tip in just 21 seconds at a press of a button.

With the top down, the driver as well as passengers alike suffer a real cl arity of leisure. Entry and exit is made simpler by the some-more forward position of a windscreen header-rail that has been advanced by 6cm compared with Me?gane II Coupe?-Cabriolet.

To make certain that all occupants have been able to benefit from a pleasure of roving al fresco without the drawbacks, Brandnew Me?gane Coupe?-Cabriolet is versed with a fixed glass wind deflector Singular in a segment) positioned at the back of a behind seat headrests. This agreement enables four people to suffer draft-free driving during speeds of up to 90kph and, when used in conjunction with a removable filigree deflector shade located at the back of the front seats, allows dual occupants to transport free from resistance whatever a speed.

New Me?gane Coupe?-Cabriolet’s length of 4,485mm ensures which the motorist and a 3 passengers good from a customary of joy approaching of the family automobile.

The d river is treated to a delicately thought-through surroundings and conveniently positioned controls which carry over solutions formerly in use for New Me?gane Hatchback and New Me?gane Coupe?:
controls clustered possibly around the steering wheel or upon the centre console,
height- and fore/aft-adjustable driver’s seat (through 70mm as well as 240mm respectively),
onallsides mentalrecall for front seats, after being tipped forward,
strech as well as height-adjustable steering wheel (through 45mm and five degrees respectively).In further to Brandnew Me?gane Coupe?-Cabriolet’s carefully-honed lines, special courte sy has left into ensuring that it
is the practical package, too, as well as that includes a boot:automatic closing for elementary, secure locking
la rge genius (417 litres with a roof up, and 211 litres with the roof down)
easy to access, with the segment-best sill tallness (590mm from the belligerent and orifice (258mm) with the roof down, enabling 3 cabin cases to be carried side by side.
A RAFT OF UNSENTIMENTAL, USER-FRIENDLY HIGH-TECH FACILITIES

Similarto all the models which make up a Brandnew Me?gane family, New Renault Me?gane Coupe?-Cabriolet is accessible with a prolonged list of high-tech facilities, many of that have been some-more readily compared with the next shred up:hands-free starting, as well as hands-free locking as the card-holder walks divided from a car,
electric parking brake
involuntary dual-zone three-mode (soft-auto-fast ) climate control
directional bi-Xenon headlamps,
total digital/analogue instrument display
brandnew, colour-coded cruise control/speed limiter interface
3D sound by Arkamys® audio with Plug&Music connectivity (USB, mini-jack block
Carminat T omT om® navigation, a market’s many competitively priced built-in sat-nav complement
customized settings and activation/deactivation of certain functions (daytime using lights, volume of heard parking proximity warning).
THE PERFECTLY SMOOTH RIDE

New Renault Me?gane Coupe?-Cabriolet delivers a same high customary of pushing precision as Me?gane Hatchback as well as Me?gane Coupe? to provide an enjoyable, responsive ride:The MacPherson-type front cessation is attached to a so-called ‘horned’ subframe, an agreement that ensures a level of lateral acerbity which is three-times higher to which of the former-generation Megan Coupe?-Cabriolet.
A back suspension’s t orsion beam features the lighter, closed-profile lamp that delivers enhanced torsional rigidity.
The new electric power steering complement is more responsive and refined, and gives even more accurate feedback of information from a road.
A torsional rigidity of a bodyshell has been uprated by 80 per cent compared with Me?gane II Coupe?-Cabriolet in sequence to match a increased rigidit y of a cessation and for even greater handling pointing, either the rooftiles is up or down.

New Me?gane Coupe?-Cabriolet is available with a choice of 7 efficient and eco-friendly motor-fuel and diesel motor fuel powertrain configurations.

Motorfuel engines:The 1.6 16V 110hp engine mated to the six-speed primer gearbox.
The TCe 130 (Turbo Control potency pushing by the six-speed manual gearbox.
A 2.0 16V 140hp engine available with the new continuously variable delivery (CVT) for even greater pushing comfort thanks to smooth, step-less gearshifts.
A diesel engine range comprises a following Euro5-homologated powerplants:The dCi 110 DPF, mated possibly to the code brandnew six-speed EDC (Efficient Dual Clutch) dual-clutch automatic transmission (see below) or to the primer six-speed gearbox.
The dCi 130 DPF which drives through a six-speed manual gearbox.
The dCi 160 DPF also with a six-speed manual gearbox.
EDC Fit Twin Clutch) dual-clutch automatic transmission

A six-speed EDC Fit Twin Purchase dual-clutch automatic delivery fits perfectly with Renault’s bid to combine float joy, pushing wish as well as respect for the environment. Formed upon DCT Twin Purchase Transmission) record, it stands out as a genuine clean-break resolution compared with required automatic transmissions thanks to:CO2 emissions as well as fuel expenditure comparable to those of a car versed with a manual gearbox,
quick, well-spoken, involuntary gearshifts,
present response to a driver’s demands.THE PLEASURE OF OPEN-TOP MOTORING IN TOTAL SAFETY

When it comes to reserve, Brandnew Renault Me?gane Coupe?-Cabriolet reaps a benefits of a brand’s extensive expertise in this field. Like all the models which make up the Brandnew Me?gane range, it has been engineered to boast model passive and active safety performance.

An extensive range of apparatus is accessible to assistance drivers expect risk situations: • front seatbelt notice lights,tyre vigour monitoring system,
directional bi-Xenon headlamps with cornering dipped beams,
involuntary headlamp activation,
involuntary windscreen wiper activation
journey control with speed limiter.
New Me?gane Coupe?-Cabriolet comes with the comprehensive range of pushing aids, too:ABS with electronic brakeforce distribution,
Emergency brake assist,
ESC with und ersteer control.New Me?gane Coupe?-Cabriolet’s chief passive safety facilities are:programmed structural deformation designed to strengthen the cabin – as well as therefore occupants – in the case of the rollover, thanks to reinforcement of a windscreen pillars, physique sides, sills and building,
automatic pyrotechnic deployment of the rollover hoops should dedicated sensors detect that a rollover is approaching,
seatbelt pretensioners and bucket limiters,
adaptive frontal airbags,
dual-volume head/thorax/pelvis lateral airbags,
anti-submarining airbags incorporated in a front chair cushions,
side impact sensors,
anti-whiplash conduct restraints,
Isofix kid seat anchorage for back seats.
A public will get its initial possibility to see Brandnew Me?gane Coupe?-Cabriolet when it is unveiled during a forthcoming Geneva Motor Show Mar 4-14, 2010). It will additionally be displayed at L’Atelier Renault upon a Champs-Elyse?es (N°53) in Paris, France.