A Renault 21 TSE, gifted by Portugal's president, briefly served as the official state car of Czechoslovakia in 1989 — right as the Velvet Revolution unfolded.
Lead trim: 1.4 OHV C2J (68 PS) · up to 173 hp
Renault 211986–1995
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FactA Renault 21 TSE, gifted by Portugal's president, briefly served as the official state car of Czechoslovakia in 1989 — right as the Velvet Revolution unfolded.
Styled by Giorgetto Giugiaro at Italdesign, first shown on 20 November 1985 and launched in February 1986 as the successor to the Renault 18, then followed a few months later by the seven-seat Nevada estate (Savanna in the UK); right-hand-drive UK sales began in June 1986 and 2,096,000 were built. It won What Car? Best Family Saloon in 1987 and the Savanna won Car of the Year (Best Family Estate). Unusually it used two engine layouts: the 1.7 came transverse, but Renault had no gearbox for a more powerful transverse engine, so the faster versions were longitudinal, including four-wheel-drive Quadra models. A May 1989 revamp gave a sleeker body, a liftback (which soon outsold the saloon in France) and a 2.0 turbo good for 227 km/h; the 2.2i was added at the 1989 Frankfurt show. Petrol saloons and liftbacks ended in early 1994, the diesels at the end of 1994 and the Nevada in 1995, and the Laguna replaced it. It was also sold in North America as the Renault and then Eagle Medallion, and built in Argentina, Colombia and Turkey.
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Trims & Figures
16 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.4 OHV (70 PS) | 1986–1995 | 1.4 L Inline-4 | 69 hp | — | — | FWD | — | — |
| 1.4 OHV C2J (68 PS) | 1986–1995 | 1.4 L Inline-4 | 67 hp | — | — | FWD | — | — |
| 1.6 OHV C2L (73 PS, Argentina / Colombia) | 1986–1995 | 1.6 L Inline-4 | 72 hp | — | — | FWD | — | — |
| 1.7 SOHC MPI (95 PS) | 1986–1995 | 1.7 L Inline-4 | 94 hp | 105 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 1.7 SOHC SPI (75 PS) | 1986–1995 | 1.7 L Inline-4 | 74 hp | 95 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 1.7 SOHC carb (76 PS, TL/TLE) | 1986–1995 | 1.7 L Inline-4 | 75 hp | 95 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 1.7 SOHC carb (88 PS) | 1986–1995 | 1.7 L Inline-4 | 87 hp | — | — | FWD | — | — |
| 1.7 SOHC carb (90 PS, TS/RS/GTS/TSE) | 1986–1995 | 1.7 L Inline-4 | 89 hp | 102 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 1.9 SOHC diesel (65 PS, SD/GSD) | 1986–1994 | 1.9 L Inline-4 | 64 hp | 89 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 2.0 SOHC 12v (136 PS, TXi / TXi Quadra) | 1989–1994 | 2.0 L Inline-4 | 134 hp | 128 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| 2.0 SOHC 8v MPI (135 PS, GTX/TXE) | 1986–1995 | 2.0 L Inline-4 | 133 hp | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2.0 SOHC 8v MPI turbo (175 PS) | 1989–1994 | 2.0 L Inline-4 | 173 hp | 199 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 2.1 SOHC diesel (67 PS, TD/GTD) | 1986–1994 | 2.1 L Inline-4 | 66 hp | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2.1 SOHC diesel (73 PS) | 1986–1994 | 2.1 L Inline-4 | 72 hp | 103 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| 2.1 SOHC turbo diesel (88 PS) | 1986–1994 | 2.1 L Inline-4 | 87 hp | 136 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| 2.2 SOHC 8v MPI (110 PS) | 1989–1995 | 2.2 L Inline-4 | 108 hp | 125 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
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