 the renault 21 is a large family car produced by french automaker renault between 1986 and 1994. it was also sold in north america initially through american motors dealers as the renault medallion and later through jeep-eagle dealers the eagle medallion. a total of 2,096,000 units were produced. the renault 21 sedan was launched in early 1986 as the successor to the successful renault 18, and this was followed a few months later by the seven-seater station wagon, the r21 nevada, marketed as the savanna in the united kingdom. ==design== unusually, the renault 21 was offered with disparate engine configurations. the 1.7-litre version featured an 'east-west' (transversely) mounted engine, but renault had no gearbox suitable for a more powerful transverse engine: accordingly, faster versions featured longitudinally mounted (north south) engines. the two versions featured (barely perceptibly) different wheel bases: the engines were all relatively compact four-cylinder units and the engine bay was large enough to accept either configuration without reducing passenger space. however, at a time when production technologies were relatively inflexible, the need to assemble differently configured engine bays on a single production line, along with the supplementary inventory requirements imposed both on renault and on the dealership network, did compromise the renault 21's profitability.{{citation needed|date=februa
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