This year’s Moscow Auto Show saw the unveiling of the latest sedan from Renault, the Latitude. Renault plans to sell this car in over 50 markets across the globe, which includes a number of Western European markets. Renault has seen some tough times in the midsize car segment and with the Latitude it hopes to regain its position at the top of this market. Renault’s share of the midsize car segment has gone down significantly and this was mainly because of the massive failure of the Passat-size Laguna. It has not even been able to hit the 50% mark in terms of sales.

Although Renault is very hopeful of this car, it has already drawn some attention in form of a controversy. The Auto Show in Paris will be a big test for Renault as the French unions will protest the fact that this car wasn’t built in Franc but Korea. It remains to be seen how much impact these protests will have in the performance of this car.

The Latitude is roughly the size of Chevrolet Malibu, has the option of two gasoline engines-a 2.5 ltr and a 2.0 ltr. Some of the features of this sedan include air quality management system and a massaging driver’s seat. Also, the air condition system can be managed by each of the seat occupants. All in all, it looks to be a fairly interesting car and the fact that technology from the likes of Nissan and Samsung has been used makes it a great prospect.