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MODELS CONCERNED
In the 1990s, three very different Renaults carried the ageing PRV with honour: the Safrane flagship, the phase 1 Laguna and the family Espace V6 — until the 60° L7X turned the page in 1997.
The naturally-aspirated 2,963 cc Z7X. Its extreme sister — the 268 bhp Hartge-built Biturbo — has its own file.
The same Z7X in the mid-size saloon — phase 1 only: the phase 2 24-valve is an L7X, not a PRV.
The 2,849 cc Z7W 707 (catalysed) took the PRV into the family van — the same engine as the catalysed Renault 25.
In 1993, Les Visiteurs — one of the biggest hits in French cinema history — put a Safrane V6 RXE (phase 1) in the path of a medieval knight. The story is in Pop culture.
From 1997, the 60° “PR” V6 — L7X at Renault — replaced the PRV on the Safrane, Laguna and Espace. It is a completely different engine: only the PRV versions belong on this site.
The Z7X's full variant table — from the 150 bhp American versions to the 268 bhp Safrane Biturbo — is in the Z7X file.
Two turbos, 268 bhp, four driven wheels: the Biturbo built by Hartge and Irmscher.