by Jonathan Crouch
Intro
Twice in less than two decades, Renault has created a brand-new niche in the market with vehicles other car makers have scrambled to copy. The Espace MPV People carrier spawned a new generation of family carry-alls when launched in the mid-1980s and the Megane Scenic created the mini-MPV segment in 1997. The Scenic came about because Renault's research showed that buyers of full-size MPVs rarely used all their vehicles' capacity and that ever-increasing fuel prices, traffic congestion and difficult parking were starting to put people off the bulky machines. It was time to create something with similar flexibility, only smaller, and the Megane Scenic was the result. Essentially a five-door Megane hatchback with a 20cm taller roof, five individual seats with a variety of …
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