the renault vel satis was a large automobile created by the french car manufacturer renault. it has five seats and four doors. it was produced from 2001 to 2009· it was known for its daring styling and was sold in the uk from 2002 to 2005 but was dropped there due to poor sales. renault also produced another big car with bold styling called the avantime which was a coupe/grand tourer but it was a poor seller with only 8,557 made between 2001 and 2003.