Renault Scenic – forgotten concept (1991)

Posted on 27-05-2015 at 17:58 by Dizono – 26 Comments”

In 1996 surprised Renault friend and especially the enemy with the Mégane Scenic. Nevertheless, it is the first really successful midi-MPV is not as progressive as the concept six years earlier. The story of the car that has the view of the road forever changed.

Few cars are as crucial to the late ’90s as the Renault (Mégane) Scenic. When the brand is its midi-MPV in 1996 presented, one was in the competition quite a aanpoten with a high C-segmenter. Not for nothing seem to be cars like the Citroen Xsara Picasso and the Deawoo more than a little bit on the Scenic. And still know the Scenic of all the mpv’s often have the most hands on each other.

Of course, now we can have a whole debate or the Scenic really the first midi-MPV. No, Japan brought, for example, the Honda Civic Shuttle, Mitsubishi Space Runner and the Nissan Prairie on. But also the Scenic appears to be no child of the 90s but was conceived in the late 80s.

Then came Renault’s the realization that a smaller version of detail that makes Espace sometimes successful might be. Under the direction of designer Anne Asensio was a concept thought up of a proceed with a high roofline and a slim interior. Gave Renault at that time, its passenger cars have mainly numbers, the concept car got at its launch in 1991, a nice French-sounding name.

Why so long to have lasted before the Scenic came on the market? Probably it was the concept as too futuristic and non-feasible labeled. So we have the sliding doors both front and rear-never seen again on a Renault. Under the leadership of the new designbaas Patrick Le Quément, known of the Twingo, it was drawn on a totally new design on the basis of the Mégane. Nice detail, the first concept with the name Mégane dating back to 1988, all seemed well in that case, the final concept is totally not on the production model.

Gallery: Renault Scenic Concept 1991

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