Renault Talisman: the Laguna and Latitude replacement

The Renault Talisman is a large family car manufactured from 2015 to 2025. It replaced the Renault Laguna and the larger Renault Latitude, for which no direct replacement was planned, and was built at Douai from 2015 to 2022 and by Renault Korea from 2016 to 2025 as the Renault Samsung SM6.

Renault Talisman at a glance

Based on one source, the English Wikipedia article on the Renault Talisman.

History of the Renault Talisman

Launch

The saloon version was first unveiled on 6 July 2015 at the Château de Chantilly by Renault’s chief executive Carlos Ghosn, with an estate version shown at the 2015 Frankfurt Motor Show two months later. The two versions were allegedly codenamed LFD for the saloon and KFD for the estate.

Platform

The car is based on the CMF-CD platform jointly developed by Renault and Nissan, and it was the second Renault to use it after the Espace. Using the new platform was aimed at giving the Talisman a modern technical basis for the large family class.

The end

Renault ended Talisman production in Europe in February 2022. In April 2024 Renault Korea announced that the SM6 would be discontinued in South Korea, as the company adopted the global diamond logo on its other models, and Korean production ran until 2025.

Design and features

• Two bodies: saloon and estate, coded LFD and KFD.
• CMF-CD platform: the Renault-Nissan base first used by the Espace.
• Replaced two cars: both the Laguna and the Latitude.
• Korean twin: sold as the Renault Samsung SM6.

Renault Talisman versions

• Talisman saloon (2015): the LFD version.
• Talisman estate (2015): the KFD version.
• Renault Samsung SM6: the Korean-built version to 2025.

The Talisman replaced the Renault Laguna and Renault Latitude and shares its platform with the Renault Espace and Mégane. More Renaults are in the Renault collection.

Sources

• Renault Talisman, English Wikipedia: launch, platform, production, end