Renault Safrane V6 Turbo Long Cours - Forgotten legend caravan

At the Geneva motor show in 1993 Renault showed us their new Long Cours… It was called Renault Safrane V6 Turbo Long Cours, here is the information that i found about the car

What is it anyways? Why should i care?

What is it?

Well it is a estate version of the legendary Renault Safrane Biturbo, also this is a prototype or concept (idk)… Also it had 250 bhp with its 2 turbos, insane for a estate

Why should you care?

Here is the thing: Everyone said that this is never going to work out, they might be right because this thing was never sold and probobly wont even be ever sold, it is such a awesome idea… Imagine if that awesome Opel Omega Carlton made a estate version… It whould work out because it had a estate version already while the Safrane didnt had it so this made it difficult…
The story goes that at the Geneva Motor Show, Renault’s style director landmark Safrane break a sketch of the Heuliez stand, and then asks the pictogram-slipper firm to perform a rolling prototype, to get an idea ! No sooner said than done. A Biturbo is imposed chains to join Cerizay to be transformed. So if you have a Laguna Grandtour or a Break, maybe even Megane but not too sure, so if you have one of these thank to this car and its designers…
It is the subsidiary Design France, the Heuliez style center, which will carry out the work. And what a beautiful job! Seen in the press during 1994, it is presented at the Paris Salon and capsized the crowds: his line is superb, balanced, its original color goes well with its evocative name of great journeys and spaces, and interior luxury throws . Like its sisters Biturbo, it has AWD and the V6 PRV reviewed by Hartge 250 horsepower thanks to its two turbos.

Where is it now? What happened?

Where is it now?

Now it is sitting somewhere either in a museum or in a spot like on the picture.
After this show of Paris 94, the Long Course was put away in the Heuliez collection, and we never hear about her until 2012. At that time, Heuliez, in serious financial trouble, decided to refloat sell jewelry families: 43 prototypes will be auctioned by the famous auction house Artcurial, led by Master Poulain. Estimated between 30 and 50 000 euros, it will go to 22 636 euros, including expenses.

What happened?

For the record, Mrs. Calvet, wife of the president of PSA Jacques Calvet, stood in judgment before the Long Course, telling her husband: “Jacques is exactly the car we need, it is essential to order a “. The Peugeot bosses in staff had to explain to Madame he was not a production of the group led by her husband. Despite this critical success, the Long Course, or at least a break Safrane derived from the concept, will never be mass produced. The fault probably the growing popularity of minivans that ringardisaient traditional break. In addition, its design so racy did not offer a great ability in the back.

Should you cry?

Should you cry?

Well that depends on you if you kept the car only for collection then lie down, try not to cry, cry a lot…
And for you that whould use this as a daily you should be happy… Why? Well this thing whould kill you after few months! Why? Well the bigger center of gravity meaning that it whould tip over easly and it is FWD (there were later decided to be AWD), anyways all the power whould just move to the front wheels meaning that if you accelerate fast, well that might be your last fast acceleration… Also this thing as i got informed whould still handle like crap

So in conclusion if you were to use this as a daily driver you whould now be either paralised or you know in heavens, but if you whould buy it as a car for collection or just like a side project it whould be fine to own one…

Thank you for reading ma blog it took me a good 3 hours to find all this info and with a little bit of google translator (thats the reason why grammar is so bad) i managed to make this blog.
So what do you think about it?
Bye Bye m8