The Rombo brand expands its SUV offer by adding the fifth model with this body. The new Renault Rafale stands out for its new-generation design and powerful fastback style to captivate customers. An SUV coupé in all lines will hit the market in 2024 with two powerful PHEV engines and one of them with the Alpine sports hallmark.
The long-awaited SUV coupe from the Rombo brand has been revealed. The French Air Show has seen how the new Renault Rafale has uncovered its camouflage and has revealed its sportier identity. The model that joins the range of the offer with this bodywork, which we exclusively advanced to you a little over two years ago, and which becomes the top of the range, snatching the title from the model that until now held such a role, the Espace.
The new Renault Rafale is not only the second SUV coupé after the Arkana, but it is also an important breath of modernity in the firm, launching a more sophisticated design style. The long engine hood ends in slim twin-projector headlamps that blend into a radiator grille studded with tiny diamonds, painted glossy black with gray or blue highlights, around the brand's new badge.
Renault Rafale, a second sportier coupé SUV
The Rafale has LED daytime running lights in the style of the Clio Facelift, advanced in the Vision Scénic concept. A diamond is divided into two sections arranged vertically reaching the lower edge of the bumper. From the side, the new model has a very suggestive view highlighting a roofline that falls at an angle of 17º from the rear doors, culminating in a large tailgate with a low loading threshold.
In this one, the pilots present a new, sharper design abandoning the boomerang style. Shod on 20-inch alloy wheels, Rafale customers will be able to choose from five colors, 'Wish Red', 'Glossy Black', 'Slate Grey', 'Pearl Satin White', and 'Alpine Blue', in a deeper shade. cake than that offered on the A110.
Based on the new Espace, its measurements -detailed below- are practically the same as those of this large seven-seater SUV, keeping the wheelbase dimension intact. It offers enough space for five passengers, and a generous boot volume typical of a D-segment model. If the new SUV coupé impresses on the outside, it is no less on the inside.
The on-board technologies of the new Renault Rafale
The Rafale has a luxurious interior, with an instrument panel in the shape of an inverted "L" that merges into a single piece a 12.3-inch horizontal digital screen and another 12-inch vertical one for the "openR" multimedia system. » based on Google. Both are customizable and offer comprehensive, highly readable information. Renault has thrown the house out of the window in a big way, offering details as peculiar as illuminated logos on the seat backs in the high-end finish "Esprit Alpine".
The seats are as sporty as the steering wheel is flattened at the top and bottom, the automatic gear knob is an airplane jet stick, and the "Solarbay" panoramic roof is in a class of its own with photochromic functionality that eliminates the sun shade The firm also offers the option of an imposing 9.3-inch Head-Up Display or sophisticated ambient lighting that changes color every 30 minutes, adapting cold or warm tones depending on the time of day.
The new Renault Rafale, only available with hybrid mechanics
Based on the CMF C/D platform of the Austral and the Espace, the new Rafale offers sportier dynamic behavior, thanks to its advanced four-wheel steering system “4Control advanced”. The rear ones turn one degree in the same direction as the front ones when exceeding 50 km/h and up to 5º in the opposite direction below this speed, facilitating maneuvers. However, the big news lies under the hood.
The new Renault Rafale will only be offered with two hybrid mechanics equipped with the “E-Tech full hybrid” technology released on board the new Austral. A self-recharging hybrid that combines the 130 CV three-cylinder and 1.2-liter turbo engine with two electric motors, 70 and 25 CV, respectively, that add up to a maximum power of 200 CV, as well as a lithium-ion battery of 2 kWh and 400 V, rechargeable by the three motors and with a regenerative braking system with four levels through paddles on the steering wheel.
The fourth Renault model to be manufactured in Spain
The operation is similar to that of an electric one, since it mounts an automatic transmission with the multi-mode operation, with two speeds for the 70 CV electric motor and four for the gasoline one, and with five driving modes that the system selects on its own: 100% electric, 100% combustion, Hybrid -in which both engines work together-, "e-Drive" -the electric motor drives and the combustion engine recharges- and "SAVE", in which the recovery mode is activated of energy.
The new Renault Rafale, which will also be manufactured in Palencia together with the Austral and Espace, will debut on the market in 2024, adding a more top-of-the-range hybrid option with all-wheel drive. The Rafale E-Tech 4x4 will have a maximum power of 300 CV and a sportier set-up, the details of which will be known in the course of next year. Their prices will be communicated, predictably, before the end of the year, so you will still have to wait to see the new Rafale in person.
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