21/Medaillon

The first model commissioned to Giugiaro by president Bernard Hanon was an evolution of the Medusa but in a more compact size. Faced with this proposal, the French manufacturer's management turned back, deeming it too innovative and abandoning it in favor of a more classic three-box concept reminiscent of the Audi look of the 1980s. Giugiaro therefore laid out a three-box, three-windowed car that, although having a squarish shape, came up with a good aerodynamic factor. The new Renault sedan was elegant and well-proportioned. Giugiaro had a strange love-hate relationship with this car: while finding the final result satisfying, he would have preferred the first model to have gone into production, the one "in the image and likeness"' of the Medusa.