Renault Racoon

The Renault Racoon was a concept car created by Renault and first shown in 1992, with industrial design by Patrick Le Quément. It used a twin-turbocharged V6 engine of 2963 cc, a six-speed manual transmission and an all wheel drive system, producing 193 kW (262 bhp) at 6,000 rpm and 363 Nm of torque at 2,500 rpm. The driver entered through a canopy door, the car seated three passengers with luggage space and was aquatic-capable, and it could be raised upwards for additional ground clearance through a levered suspension. It also had rain-diffusing glass, remote-controlled entry, computer control, satellite navigation and cameras in place of rearview mirrors, technologies that were still in their infancy at its launch.