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Top 5 Seven-seater MPVs 1. Quite well specced for the price 4. Better,more spacious alternatives. Slim profile, road presence, sporty looks, it's definitely got style. It comes with inch rims as standard! There isn't a lot of room in the third row but I won't use it a lot anyway. And it's there when I need it. So that's alright with me. This MPV has a lot of conveniences that will help keep the kids occupied and make my life easier.
My favourite is the one touch folding control. Besides looks, the Grand Scenic performs just as a seven-seater should in terms of driving.
It's not fast and doesn't corner well but it hauls people and stuff really well. Probably the next best French invention since wine and LV! Posted on 11 Apr Overall Rating. Admittedly, the review titles is definitely outlandish but the designs that Renault hashed out since the Clio, Kadjar and Megane have been eye-catching and the French do know how to design and dress with flair! Having said that, the DNA design is headed by a Dutchman!
Very much like how the Kadjar first caught our attention few months back, but the Grand Scenic GS threw the attention to a higher level. Overall impression you get when one walks around the car and what really attracts you are the sleek and bold lines and the superb shoes of 20 humongous inches that fellas at Renault adorned the GS with!
Range Rover? And now with A bread and butter car targeted at young families?? I know I do! C'mon Wearnes!! Have faith in Renault since you're distributing for them! At the moment, it costs approx. Renault Grand Scenic Diesel 3. Read the New. The bulbous front-end is a bigger version of the family face found on the Kadjar and Megane.
The windscreen is also steeply raked, while there are loads of curves and creases giving it really distinctive shape. At the back, the shape is much less curvy than the five-seat Scenic , with the sharp angle of the roofline and bulkier overhang necessary for the two additional seats.
There are some crossover influences in the raised ride height and lower body cladding, but the wider stance and those huge inch wheels are a big part of what makes the Grand Scenic so stylish. Most of the plastics are dark, but the design is smart and it feels considerably better built than the previous model.
Top Grand Scenic models are also very well-equipped, with things like electric memory leather seats, a Bose sound system, head-up display and a panoramic glass roof. Renault has also elected to ditch the old centrally-mounted speedo and use digital instruments in the conventional place behind the wheel. All versions of the Grand Scenic feature a portrait-angled touchscreen infotainment system as standard. The R-Link system not only features a bigger screen 8.
Forget styling and handling for a minute — to be a true MPV the Renault Grand Scenic still needs to excel as a proper people carrier. It largely delivers, too. The front of the Grand Scenic is very accommodating. In the back, space is decent but not class-leading.
There are also compartments under the front and rear seats, plus a glovebox that slides outwards like a filing cabinet. Further neat touches include little secondary sun-visors that slide out to block the small bit of window that usually lets the sun in. The Grand Scenic is 4.
Those numbers might mean nothing to you, but they do mean that the Grand Scenic is bigger in every way than the car it replaces. The Grand Scenic offers a good amount of head and legroom for passengers, despite top models receiving a panoramic glass sunroof.
At least there are three proper seats giving decent shoulder-room for passengers and proper ISOFIX mounting points for child seats. The rearmost chairs, as with most MPVs, are primarily for children — adults could fit back there, but only for short journeys. Alongside that, every Grand Scenic has seven airbags as standard, contributing to a 90 per cent Euro NCAP score for adult occupant protection. Renault claims it is the only people carrier on sale in the segment offering Active Emergency Braking with Pedestrian Protection as standard.
There are also familiar systems such as lane departure warning, lane keep assist, adaptive cruise control and fatigue detection. Engine cc 16v turbodiesel 4-cyl, bhp rpm, lb ft rpm Transmission 6-speed manual, front wheel drive Stats Last month I discussed what made the Grand Scenic such fine family transport for a French holiday.
You cannot zoom in or out on the map and then maintain that chosen scale, because after a brief period the system automatically zooms in to your exact location. Its touch sensitivity is wayward at best — sometimes three-finger pinches are needed to zoom out just a fraction, sometimes half a pinch resulted in it showing you the Milky Way.
The climate control often battled to cool down the cabin even when the car had been parked in the shade and the sunroof screen was closed. And — last gripe — the very rural roads obviously took their toll on the dash mountings as it emitted an interesting range of clicks and squeaks and creaks on the way home. A Whitworth holiday isn't complete without a jaunt to France for a fortnight of wandering around deserted villages waiting for the blasted bakeries and coffee shops to open.
This month I'll cover what made the big Scenic the ideal travelling companion. Next month we'll roll up our sleeves and look at what irked us. Enhanced with a sleek Thule roof box and towbar-mounted bike rack, the Renault easily swallowed everything we threw at it.
This was impressive, considering the must-have list included rollerblades, cricket bat and barbecue. After a wonderfully smooth crossing on Brittany Ferries' Normadie, we headed south for Vienne. A midway overnight stay meant we were in no rush, and with the adaptive cruise control set to 70mph, the Renault returned an excellent Key to this was the languid manner in which the Scenic wafted along the smooth autoroutes and nationales.
Over Britain's crappy, craggy roads the Scenic's ride quality becomes fidgety and brittle, but on its home turf it proved to be hushed and relaxed.
So then, the perfect vacation vehicle? Find out why next month. Engine: cc 16v, turbodiesel 4-cyl, bhp rpm, lb ft rpm Transmission: 6-speed manual, front wheel drive Stats: The climate controls, which are split between screen and dials beneath, are driving me around the bend.
If you want to adjust the temperature, activate the recirculation or demist the screens there are knobs and buttons. But if you want to modify the fan speed or airflow you have to use the on-screen system. The steering is grumpy-teenager mute but the front wheels slice readily into corners and decent body control keeps wallow, lurch and float in check. Entertaining, for the driver at least.
Problem is, when Uncle Klaus, Aunty Mandana and Ava Mae came to visit, squeezing the seven of us on board was tricky, cramped and uncomfortable. A full seven-up test next month.
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