Ian Royle is with Clyde Baker, who is looking for a large car for around £12k. He takes a Renault Espace for a test drive to see if it's the car he's looking for, plus Richard Hammond has more information on the Espace.
Even though the Renault Espace first launched the concept of a minivan, the Toyota Previa popularized the aerodynamic spaceship like design. Toyota saw the Renault Espace's versatility and practicality, then creates a much sleeker design like a spaceship with the Previa. Renault redesigns its Espace making it sleek and aerodynamic, like a spaceship. Two companies taking inspiration from each other.
On the Espace MK3 one will need a crash helmet unless one suffers from Dwarfism. The problem is that the tailgate does not go high enough and one will constantly be banging one's head. High Visibility Reflective Tape does help but really the OEM gas struts are about an inch too short. The Grand Espace of similar vintage does not have this problem as its tailgate rises much higher. As to MPVs, I made my own in the late 1960s when I fitted ex BOAC aircraft seats into a Commer 15 cwt van. The van already had a couple of extra windows so some of the work was already done. I made rails with keyhole slots to accept the aircraft seat attachment devices and as the seats still had their seat belts I was years ahead of the game! Aircraft seats used to be sold as "surplus" when old aircraft were converted to freighters but nowadays with high metal prices they probably go for scrap.
I live in America and the chrystler was made first in America Renault just dragged it to Europe in a small package that can't fit luggage and seven people
+Lucas Fernandez Matra (not Renault) came up with the idea for a small MPV in the early 80s and sold the concept to Renault who launched the Espace in 1984. It had swivel seats and plenty of room for passengers and luggage
