The Renault Altica is a 3-door shooting-brake from Renault, built from 2006, in the decade of stability control, dual-clutch gearboxes and the first serious hybrids. Under the bonnet: 2.0 litre Diesel dCi. Patrick Le Quément drew it.
The story
The Renault Altica is a concept car made by Renault and was debuted at the 2006 Geneva Motor Show. The design of the car is a 3-door 4-seater shooting-brake. The Altica has a luggage capacity of 1,300 litres and four seats, and also features butterfly doors.
What is underneath
Power comes from 2.0 litre Diesel dCi. It weighs 1300 kg. It shifts through a 6-speed manual. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Its place in the line
Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Audi R8, the Nissan Qashqai, the Nissan GT-R — show what else the money bought that year. Nearby in the Renault catalogue sit the Renault 10 and the Renault 10CV.