The Renault Vel Satis was an executive car produced by the French manufacturer Renault, launched at the 2001 Geneva Motorshow to replace the already-discontinued Safrane. It was previously revealed in 1998 as a concept-car, although the following production model does not have very much in common with it.

The name Vel Satis is a composite of elements of the words Velocity and Satisfaction. A specially prepared Vel Satis was used by the President of France until 2009.

The Vel Satis is distinguished by its unusual height (13 cm higher than a Safrane), which benefits interior space but results in proportions some viewed as being ungainly. In September 2002, CAR magazine described it as "ugly and very French." Design commentator Stephen Bayley decided that the problem with the car was that it was "not ugly enough." Renault's design chief Patrick Le Quement explained that the car was intended to have physical presence rather than aspiring to classical elegance which Audi, for example, did well enough. Renault's stated intention was to target less conformist, selective modern customers who were identified as "distancing themselves from the conventional saloon." The Vel Satis was an attempt to redefine the prestige car in French terms.

It had a five-star EuroNCAP safety rating and was available with a variety of engines:

The Vel Satis shares its "platform" (chassis, powertrain, assembly process) with the Laguna and Espace IV and was produced on the same assembly line in Sandouville, France.