27 November 2023
After falling out of favour as a pure MPV, Renault’s Scenic has been reinvented as an electric family crossover
What’s that? You thought the MPV was dead? Yeah, us too. But it seems there’s hope for those who’ve been yearning for a modern family-mover that isn’t a high-riding SUV, because life has been breathed back into the class with an all-new, all-electric Renault Scenic E-Tech. Well, sort of, anyway. The fifth-generation Scenic hasn’t entirely avoided SUV-itis and is (predictably) billed as a crossover, even though Renault is also very quick to point to roominess and functionality as its chief selling points. It’s a “new form of family vehicle”, it said when unveiling the 4.5-metre-long five-seater in September, that offers “family solutions” inside and SUV desirability outside.