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IT’S been 18 months since Renault launched its ‘Renaulution’ – a radical plan to turn around the company by lowering its costs, restructuring its range of cars and focusing on electrification. And last week the firm’s boss, Luca de Meo, revealed that most of the goals have been achieved at least a year ahead of schedule. Now comes the next step. As we reveal in this week’s Top Story, Renault is looking to double down on the C-segment – the mid-sized cars that so many of us buy. An all-electric Mégane will come first, but during last week’s financial results call, de Meo revealed that a reborn version of the Scénic is also on the way. This is an intriguing move from the French brand, which has a strong history of coming…

Steve_Fowler@autovia.co.uk @stevefowler ● All-electric Scénic due in 2024 ● Offered as five-seater only Visit autoexpress.co.uk for your daily news updates RENAULT’S so-called ‘Renaulution’ is set to take another retro step forward with a reinvention of the legendary Scénic MPV, the company has confirmed. Launched in 1996 as a more family-friendly version of the Mégane, the Scénic MPV only disappeared from UK price lists last year, as family buyers turned towards SUVs. So it’s no surprise that the new Scénic is being reborn as an SUV. The new model will use the all-electric CMF-EV platform that made its debut in the new Mégane E-Tech Electric. Whereas that forthcoming vehicle is a competitor for Volkswagen’s ID.3 hatch, the Scénic will be a rival to the ID.4 SUV. Auto Express expects that the new Scénic E-Tech Electric will go on sale…

IT’S been 18 months since Renault launched its ‘Renaulution’ – a radical plan to turn around the company by lowering its costs, restructuring its range of cars and focusing on electrification. And last week the firm’s boss, Luca de Meo, revealed that most of the goals have been achieved at least a year ahead of schedule. Now comes the next step. As we reveal in this week’s Top Story, Renault is looking to double down on the C-segment – the mid-sized cars that so many of us buy. An all-electric Mégane will come first, but during last week’s financial results call, de Meo revealed that a reborn version of the Scénic is also on the way. This is an intriguing move from the French brand, which has a strong history…

Steve_Fowler@autovia.co.uk @stevefowler ● All-electric Scénic due in 2024 ● Offered as five-seater only Visit autoexpress.co.uk for your daily news updates RENAULT’S so-called ‘Renaulution’ is set to take another retro step forward with a reinvention of the legendary Scénic MPV, the company has confirmed. Launched in 1996 as a more family-friendly version of the Mégane, the Scénic MPV only disappeared from UK price lists last year, as family buyers turned towards SUVs. So it’s no surprise that the new Scénic is being reborn as an SUV. The new model will use the all-electric CMF-EV platform that made its debut in the new Mégane E-Tech Electric. Whereas that forthcoming vehicle is a competitor for Volkswagen’s ID.3 hatch, the Scénic will be a rival to the ID.4 SUV. Auto Express expects that the…

REVIVING the Scénic name is just the start of Renault’s reinvention of iconic cars. Arnaud Belloni, vice-president global marketing, told Auto Express at last year’s Munich show: “We will keep Scénic, we will keep Espace, we will keep Mégane. We will have a lot of new names, too.” But what’s in a name? Belloni talked of “sagas”, saying: “Either the car has been a success and you can say ‘let’s go for another generation’ or the saga is existing. Clio, Mégane, Espace are all sagas. Only strong brands survive. To be a strong brand you need to be loved. To be loved you need to be respected. To be respected you need super-nice products. “But there is also an emotional shortcut. Renault is a lot of things: it’s F1, it’s Twingo, it’s…