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Looks like a facelifted version of the Citroën C5 
Apparently, it's aimed at replacing both the Laguna and the (almost never sold) Latitude.
Certainly not for the Latitude part, but for the (European sized) "big family car" Laguna one: Renault is not yet ready to abandon this market, despite its obvious decline. Most certainly just a matter of time: everybody is aware that even if Laguna/Talisman, C5 or 508 try to "premiumize" like the German cars, it don't really works...
And more prosaically, stopping the Laguna/Talisman would also have meant getting rid of a huge part of the 4650 workers of the Sandouville plant, which would have sound a bit messy after the 7500 job cuts already scheduled in the Competitiveness agreements of 2013...
Apparently, it's aimed at replacing both the Laguna and the (almost never sold) Latitude.
Ugly thing. I wonder why they bother.
Certainly not for the Latitude part, but for the (European sized) "big family car" Laguna one: Renault is not yet ready to abandon this market, despite its obvious decline. Most certainly just a matter of time: everybody is aware that even if Laguna/Talisman, C5 or 508 try to "premiumize" like the German cars, it don't really works...
And more prosaically, stopping the Laguna/Talisman would also have meant getting rid of a huge part of the 4650 workers of the Sandouville plant, which would have sound a bit messy after the 7500 job cuts already scheduled in the Competitiveness agreements of 2013...