RE: Shed Of The Week: Renault Vel Satis

RE: Shed Of The Week: Renault Vel Satis

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soad

33,398 posts

182 months

Monday 23rd November 2015
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HTP99 said:
soad said:
Electric parking brake?
Yes?
I (incorrectly) thought these came later...

ES335

154 posts

172 months

Monday 23rd November 2015
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Great SOTW and sod the dodgy engine. However, just to be pedantic, that wood trim may be maple, but small squares of faux marquetry don't make it (Matt) birds eye maple. The unhappy gestation of the Vel Satis is illuminated by this quote from Patrick Le Quement - interviewed by Car- "The Vel Satis was done at a time when I was not active in the meetings. In one of these meetings it was decided that we would do the Vel Satis, and not the design that I favoured. I did not like it but I had to become the person who spoke for the design. I still believe it had many things that were good about it, though." Mind you the last sentence sounds like a "massif" post hoc rationalisation.

300bhp/ton

41,030 posts

196 months

Tuesday 24th November 2015
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Geoffcapes said:
I remember sitting in one as a kid when they first came out.
I thought they were awesome.

However, since then, the only thing awesome about them is the interior. And only because it's different.

The exterior. Well. The less said the better!
What's wrong with the exterior? Looks no worse than most mass market cars today and better than many.