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Visit autoexpress.co.uk for all the latest new cars news WE’VE written plenty about the ‘Renaulution’ that’s transforming the famous French brand, and the products that are heading our way. Now the latest, the reborn Scenic, is previewed this week on page six. It was launched at the Change Now climate change summit in Paris – an odd location for the launch of a car, but such is the electrification and sustainability journey Renault is on, the organisers asked the company on board. We spoke with Renault CEO Luca de Meo (above) about his plans to create a separate business unit to focus solely on EVs. “It makes sense from an operational and business point of view,” he told us. “If you look at it like a different sport, it makes sense to play…

Visit autoexpress.co.uk for all the latest new cars news WE’VE written plenty about the ‘Renaulution’ that’s transforming the famous French brand, and the products that are heading our way. Now the latest, the reborn Scenic, is previewed this week on page six. It was launched at the Change Now climate change summit in Paris – an odd location for the launch of a car, but such is the electrification and sustainability journey Renault is on, the organisers asked the company on board. We spoke with Renault CEO Luca de Meo (above) about his plans to create a separate business unit to focus solely on EVs. “It makes sense from an operational and business point of view,” he told us. “If you look at it like a different sport, it makes…

James_Brodie@autovia.co.uk @JPBrods ● Scenic nameplate to return as brand-new, all-electric family SUV ● Eco concept previews latest production and powertrain tech RENAULT has confirmed that it will reboot the Scenic name in 2024, applying the famous small MPV nameplate to a new family-sized SUV. The latest car will be pure electric, and is previewed by this: the Scenic Vision Concept. Penned by lead designer Gilles Vidal, the Scenic Vision represents Renault’s future on three fronts. Its exterior design is representative of what the 2024 Scenic will look like, and is “more than 90 per cent production car” according to Vidal. However, the powertrain technology is more a preview of what Renault thinks it could offer commercially post-2030, while the interior is pure concept-car indulgence. The Scenic Vision is not merely a hint at what’s to come…

James_Brodie@autovia.co.uk @JPBrods ● Scenic nameplate to return as brand-new, all-electric family SUV ● Eco concept previews latest production and powertrain tech RENAULT has confirmed that it will reboot the Scenic name in 2024, applying the famous small MPV nameplate to a new family-sized SUV. The latest car will be pure electric, and is previewed by this: the Scenic Vision Concept. Penned by lead designer Gilles Vidal, the Scenic Vision represents Renault’s future on three fronts. Its exterior design is representative of what the 2024 Scenic will look like, and is “more than 90 per cent production car” according to Vidal. However, the powertrain technology is more a preview of what Renault thinks it could offer commercially post-2030, while the interior is pure concept-car indulgence. The Scenic Vision is not merely…

AFTER nearly a quarter of a century designing for Peugeot and Citroen, and heading up the styling direction of the Peugeot brand for the entirety of the 2010s, the venerable Vidal’s signing by Renault in late 2020 was seen as a major coup. Q Can you keep the Scenic name when it’s not attached to an MPV? A For me Scenic is not the name of a shape, but the name of a concept. Q Could you have used the electric platform to create a more radical shape such as the original? A It is still a ‘two-box’ shape. But we wanted to resolve something that was an issue for family-orientated cars: they are models that people need, but don’t desire. So what we said to the designers and team is: “Okay, this is…

AFTER nearly a quarter of a century designing for Peugeot and Citroen, and heading up the styling direction of the Peugeot brand for the entirety of the 2010s, the venerable Vidal’s signing by Renault in late 2020 was seen as a major coup. Q Can you keep the Scenic name when it’s not attached to an MPV? A For me Scenic is not the name of a shape, but the name of a concept. Q Could you have used the electric platform to create a more radical shape such as the original? A It is still a ‘two-box’ shape. But we wanted to resolve something that was an issue for family-orientated cars: they are models that people need, but don’t desire. So what we said to the designers and team…