Renault Scenic
A name once associated with MPVs is revived for a practical electric SUV On sale Early 2024 Price from £40,000 (est)
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CIRCLE OF LIFE
The Scenic’s bonnet and doors are made from up to 80% recycled aluminium, and Renault is soon to begin using recycled glass from end-of-life vehicles in new cars.
LUXURY FASHION LABEL
Burberry almost went bust in 2008, having developed an undesirable image. Since then, though, it has been able to win customers back, not by looking to the past, but by moving with the times. And the team behind the latest Renault Scenic appears to be banking on a similar strategy.
You see, when it first went on sale in 1996, the Megane Scenic (as it was then called) was a new type of car that proved so popular that it had rival brands scrambling to produce copycat designs. Its practicality was the key to its success; this mini-MPV (badged simply as the Scenic after its 1999 facelift) took the high roofline and flexible seating of the iconic Renault Espace and applied them to a vehicle that was a more manageable size and significantly cheaper to buy.