Put it into Eco mode and thats when your mileage increases. You can get 600+ miles from a full tank of petrol. You also have to use the regen braking as well. Your driving style must change & it will take time.
Why are you putting on this Quentin Wilson voice & persona, when Top Gear was the top tv series for cars. You even dress like him, all you need now is a Burberry flat cap.
it's a good car for the money but i would still take the new 3008 i Wana something special to set in,something would turn heads and the 3008 does this perfectly
Unfortunately, the complete lack of interior flexibility and ingenious storage spaces compared to the original, not to mention that ridiculous boot lip mean that this is no replacement at all for the original. Then there's the price............. It's just an SUV, whatever that actually means - perhaps a race car you can also use as a builder's truck? The only thing wrong with the original is that it was dull to drive, but that could have been fixed.
The all new Renault Scenic looks brilliant and really sophisticated, however it lost one massive important thing! That is “flexibility” of smart seating. To the fact and I well know that as I had two Scenic’s the seats don’t move and even can be taken out is a big no, no … After all this is intended to families. Other thing is the fact that when the back seats are placed to a down position, a massive hamp is clearly intrusive. I would certainly invest in Scenic when Renault gets this all sorted in the next version. Very good review James
Not sure, I would buy it. I would have preferred a hybrid version. I also don’t like cheap plastic interior!! The windows in the back not rolling down is an issue!! I agree also with your comment regarding of the car being boring after a few years of a lot of people owning one! I owned the new version beetle when it first came out. It was great and then boring .. I will wait until they make improvements on the interior, computer system and windows.
It's a fairly good car, but the 1.5T likes to drink, and it doesn't give you a lot of confidence in the wet well below the national speed limit and driven like an old person!
I own 1.2 feel pack for about 3 months by now. It was a showroom car sitting at the dealership for about a year. First of all, car has enough power, no worries about if 1.2 is enough for this car. It is! At first, the jerky behavior of the gearbox was quite annoying, and sometimes it was knocking when slowing down from 40 to 30 kmh without throttle, downshift from 4 to 3. Maybe I get used to it, maybe i learnt how to command the throttle pedal properly but it feels smoother now. Also knocking is not here for the past month, maybe that was a break in period problem. Start stop system is quote annoying. First of all it is not as smooth as the PSA cars with manual transmission. Sometimes it shuts off the engine after you stop, in this case Automatic transmission with engaged torque converter still pulls the car forward so you need more brake power to bring the car to stop. It sometimes shuts off the engine 1 second before you stop the car, in this case the brake power you apply comes too much (since the engine is not pulling the car) and you end up with a hard jerky stop... To sum up, start stop kicks in whenever you don't need it, like a 1 second stop in a junction, it shuts off the engine. But whenever I really need it like a 60 seconds red light, it is not there :D It also shortens the lifespan of the engine/transmission, better to disable it whenever you sit in the car and only enable it when you will stop on a long red light. I wish there was a physical button for that rather than going into car settings menu, leaving carplay/android auto.
I don’t understand why anyone would consider this a worthy successor to the VW Bus. It doesn’t look very retro at all, and it looks like an SUV inside and out. It doesn’t have the spaciousness of the original, and that would be the most important part to me. Is that illegal to make now or something?
There's a version on sale in France named C5X Pallas. It's a premium version finished in black with tan ( tabac ) leather interior. There are certain elements finished in matt gold such as the side mirror casings and the cubby hole cover in the interior. Distinctive.
honestly, i dont care much for some tire noise or some wind noise at 130kmh, cos i alway either have a podcast or music on, cos i am the type of person who cant stand quiet.
An accurate review which sums the Swace up nicely. I’ve owned the base model with the 140 bhp power train for 11 months and done 5000 miles which is low mileage as I’m retired. The car easily copes with the M1 M6 and a variety of other roads and has been used with back seats down to move large items which it does easily. The spare wheel situation hasn’t been an issue but just in case I bought a spare wheel package (jack, spanner and wheel with cover) over internet and which fits easily in the space provided and there is still loads of space. As I visit Wales regularly I don’t want to get caught out with a flat in the middle of nowhere. The boot floor is adjustable and can be lowered about 3 inches or flat level through out the loading area. I run in normal mode and regularly get 55mpg plus and if in town over 60mpg this is a great alternative to an all electric car. I should try eco mode but I’ve found a bit of extra power is beneficial in certain traffic situations hence the normal setting suits me best driving wise. A great car but not an exciting car, it does what an estate car should do and it is actually 30mm smaller than the focus hatchback it replaced in width. It is however longer than the focus hatchback. It actually fits in the garage better than the old focus which was always tight on the door frame. 😊😊😊
A friend both one last March and it’s giving lots of electronic problems. Recently it’s been in the workshop for 2 weeks and still not solved. Also heavier on fuel than the previous model.
I don't quite understand why you keep saying this is an electric car and not a hybrid. It certainly is a hybrid. Its not a drivetrain what defines a hybrid, but a mix of electric and petrol which is different in different car manufactures, while they all rely on both electricity and fossil fuel in different sophisticated ways.
Hi! Thanks for your video. I've switched from a used 122PS Swace (bought in August 2023) to a 140PS Swace in March. While the old one wasn't a bad car, the new one is better to drive in so many ways. I agree, you have to get used to driving this car. First of all you must have a sensitive right foot :-) Nevertheless, I enjoy going in Sport Mode, the car is very lively, but with some experience, you'll still be able to keep it in EV mode. Fuel consumption is about 4.0l... I still prefer my second car, a Honda Civic Diesel 2018 for highway tempo (limit is 130km/h here in Austria). :-) Cheers, Günter
When I actually connect to see live feed/snap, it just buffers… and buffers and buffers and buffers and keeps buffering and it buffers some more. Any ideas?
kind of missed the whole point of the tech. The petrol version is 10mpg worse than this. The epower just means you get way better fuel economy and all the torque from the electric motor. No plug in nonsense and no range anxiety. It's spot on. Everyone is crying out for this. Think you are a bit out of touch. Full electric cars are garbage. nobody wants to sit and wait for it to charge in this day and age, and it's not exactly cheap to charge it. Petrol lives.
Agreed batch - it doesn’t look great in the back in fact there looks to be less room than the e2008. Seems odd. I also prefer cars that have moved away from that ‘gubbins’ between the front seats - it’s unnecessary and makes you feel hemmed in - it just seems they can’t move the design language away from legacy thinking….
