All-new Renault Espace Initiale Paris FULL REVIEW test driven MPV Van 2016 top trim - Autogefühl 

This is by far the best looking minivan

what a geat interior. looks like a fashion living room. Would prefer the Espace over any other Van oder SUV

Thank you for this review! It is good to watch in 2020 when you want to buy a used Espace.

Finally a cool big family car ....

Props to Renault - and any other French and Italian car makers - for making cars that make you turn your head after seeing them on the road

The problem with this car is it's not a real Espace, they should've named it Scenic or Grand Scenic. And make a "real" new Espace, a car for a full family of 6/7 ppl (a biggest car) with seat modularity, confort, space, all the things who make the succes of the first Espace. Renault was a pionner in this class with Espace, now they just copy or adjust to the concurence.

Was on local car show today. Espace in Initiale trim made even better impression than Volvo XC 90. It was that good to me.

This car could be presented in 2018 and still look very futuristic, both exterior and interior. Well done Renault!

I've seen it on the motorway, beautiful & impressif !

Absolutely the most stunning Espace ever! Great job Renault :)

Exactly, animal skin (leather) is unethical ;) good work

Finding a premium looking and practical 7-seater is hard these days, so this car has little to no competition. BMW 2 Gran Tourer just isn't big enough, while Sharan, Alhambra and Galaxy are out of the question from design point of view. BMW X5 and Volvo XC90 are indeed premium 7-seaters, but the price is significantly higher than Espace.

This car is to expensive for 50k u can buy sharan bigger car and full option.

Thank you very much! it's such amazing idea to review european cars that never come to the U.S or the ones that come to the U.S, but they are diffrent. Also, I love how Thomas attention to small details. keep it up please.

The dead part of steering movement is the most safe and comfortable feature of every car. When you drive mitsubishi Outlander or Alfa Romeo stelvio and every move of the steering is immediately represented in car turning left or right is extremely irritating while driving highways. This direct steering is OK for the racing tracks but not for normal, everyday use.

Love this violet colour. Proud to be French, the latest models from PSA and Renault are really well-made !

Fantastic!! By far the best car reviews on YT. Great camera work, great presentation. (I also liked to see the interior light)

Great reviewer, informative and comprehensive, withoutany unnecessary drama. Great channel. Well done to all involved.

I want this car!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I personally like the exterior design! A 4x4 version would be nice! PS. The cameraman should point the camera to the subject, not somewhere else! ;) Just a general example: The person shows something in his hand, but the camera is pointed to his face.

After 15 months and 30k km i would buy it again and again.

Listening to Thomas talk about cars never gets old. Nice review!

I love the neelw Renault Espace, that I'll get one!!! FOREVER RENAULT!

You make really good videos Best regards

They should have stayed with the rail system starting from the passenger seats and going all the way back to the door of the boot. The comfort of the passengers in the old model is comparable to the comfort of flying in first class. I'm 1,94m and I can stretch my legs with not even touching the seat in front of me with a single toe and we still have enough space for luggage for 4 persons for a 3 week trip! The rail system was one of the biggest reasons why my dad bought the Espace in the first place, for comfort and practicality.

Personally i think this is a game changer

Hey camera man we see you. :P Nice review, keep up the good work.

Very interesting review Thomas. The styling is certainly unique , inside and out. I especially like the ability to change the color of the ambient lighting , something that I wish more manufacturers offered. I think it adds to the overall driving experience by surrounding the driver and passenger in a visually stunning environment. This vehicle seems to offer a nice blend of practicality and style. Too bad Renault doesn't market their vehicles in the U.S. Great review !

Renault's unreliability is the gift that keeps on giving. www.espn.co.uk/f1/story/_/id/12860087/renault-reliability-made-2015-write-red-bull-christian-horner

3 three years later, everything will be falling in to pieces and making squeaky noises, and its value would be 75% percent less, and DAD will be saying, ¿Why didn't we purchased a toyota car BB?

That rear wheel turning was kinda invisible ;)

Do not destroy the trunk cover... ;-) Just pull at either right or left end cap of the cover to get it out. Works really easy.

Very nice review! Thank you for making youtube a better place! I have subsceibee and I shall watch more.

Thomas' is the number one guy when it comes to in depth new car reviews ! It must be extremely hard to do this in English ( I would like to see Clarkson do it in German ) !!! Congratulations and please keep up the good work.

I don't get it. I mean this is a 5 seat car. Being realistic, nobody is going to sit in the third row. So how about forgetting about that, and including a spare wheel? Make the third row an extra! It would make much more sense.

What a stupidly over engineered over complicated car. Ridiculous.

Very good review. I was expecting your opinion of this car, that will rival with the S-max that you also reviewed very good. I think this one is one step up, in quality materials and constrution, and i really whant to see the seeling values of that two. Is the S-Max sporty MPV have now a matching competitor.... The new BMW Serie 2 Grand tourer will be the best seeling in Germany but in rest of europe i dont now.

THIS ALL NEW RENAULT ESPACE IN ITS FIFTH GENERATION LOOKS APART ! RENAULT HAS PUT A LOT OF NEW TECHNOLOGY IN IT (HEAD-UP DISPLAY, R-LINK TABLET, SIGNATURE LIGHTING, NAPPA LEATHER) . SO FOR RENAULT WITH ITS NEW ESPACE V IS REALLY A NEW BEGINNING .

Great design, great car!

Bring this car to the UK

Great review , i love how how critical you are , its the kind of stuff that doesnt really make a huge difference but the stuff you will notice after a while owning the vehicle , well done 😎

Please i want to know more about the engine, some of my friends are saying renault engines are not good

The review is very good but this isn't Espace! Its with so cool interior , exterior ,but its far far away from the original idea. There isn't enough space in the back and it isn't practical at all . The older versions have lot more space. Awesome car but just isn't Espace . My English is not the best but i think you understand ,Thomas. Greetings from Bulgaria 😃

The best 👍🇷🇺

Best looking (inside and outside) Renault in ages! Thanks Thomas!

I don't know man. The Mercedes-Benz S looks a safer bet...

I loved this review.Thomas makes interesting to learn from the car ,just using his voice. However the lights outside the van (the violet ones)made it some like hard to see clearly the different modes of dash lights inside. I always look at all Autogefühl reviews.I think they are one of the best.Very professionals.

super french styling!

Show.... The Besth

Too small just a boot with seats

Ein sehr schönes Auto, seit dem ersten Blick verliebt ^^. Sehr hochwertig, Top Optik und ein klasse Interior. Nur wer weniger Geld zur Verfügung hat und es nicht ganz so "exklusiv" benötigt, kriegt mit dem Scenic nahezu das selbe Platzangebot, als kleinen Vergleich nebenbei :)

That is awesome. I feel they have taken it upon themselves to bring back the real french design that PSA murdered from Citroen.

I become your fans very good review as always .....for design wise I like this car different then other cars ...let see the performance how this car react on the road...

Anyone has experiance with this car and S-Max? How would this 2 compare against? Greetings!

Bonjour merci

can you please tell me somethibg about floor storage? and seats storage? does the new espace have some or not? for example a have a gr. scenic 2012 and i have driver floor 1 storage place plus 2 more at middle seats and in almost every seat a storage :-) i hope they did it with the new espace too! THANK YOU! YOU ARE DOING GOOD JOB WITH THIS VIDEOS

Thank you so much. Great review. New Espace looks so cool for a family van. Will you also test new Kadjar?

WOW such a stunning car for a Renault, the build quality looks great.....and then they go and plonk a tacky tablet PC in the centre console! Over complicated and tacky ....BIG FAIL Renault

Looks lovely..but too small inside..guess can't upgrade my Espace Iv to this. with Renault engineering don't fancy repairs on rear wheel steering. The electronic handbrake on Espace causes too many problems. And 160 bhp from 1.6 diesel..how long can that last ?

Wind noise from the right side of the car, aaa no way that they did screw up this, again! Like on the Megane III! That noise was so irritating, on the brand new car and they in Renault have said that is normal! It is not normal! You Renault engineers guys! It was normal for Yugo, but not for car made in 2017! But the same problem they have in Peugeot. For example 5008 has terrible wind side noise, like a whistling. Like you drive a Yugo. Yugo that has been badly damaged and repaired. That is insane! They in France obviously have problem with sides rubber seals!

Superb exterior for any other cars

Congratulations Thomas, greetings from Greece. Amazing review. I have three children and am interested in this car. I have 3 questions. 1. I am 190 cm tall. Will I be comfortable in the driver's seat? 2. Is the second row of seats comfortable for adults up to 180cm tall? 3. what is the average fuel consumption lt/km in this model?

Dear Autogefühl If you had to choose between a used 2016 Espace Initiale Paris dci and a used 2017 Mazda CX-5 Spots-Line AWD AT 175, what would you choose? I live in Croatia so I do not really need 4wd except when going to Austria to ski, while on the other hand I do not have a big family so maybe I do not need the (E)space...thank you for your thoughts

perfect

Keren dan ditunggu utk launching-nya di Indonesia... 👍👍💜💙👍👍

I like brand new Espaces!! It made odysseys, galaxies, and sharans look aged in comparison!! I think this is 1 of the prettiest minivans out there and if Momo Yaoyorozu is a car this will be it.

I could not see the rear wheel turning. Review is so fantastic but the video streaming is just awful. I am sorry to say but when the guy is explaining about something the cam does not point the same thing. Many things can not be seen because of the wrong placement of the camera. .

Hello. I've watched carefully the car presentation. I suppose that the S-Max, Sorento and Touran would be the competitors. About this new Espace, while I like the exterior appearance, personally I have a problem with the inside of the car: I am not a fan of so many shiny surfaces (many and big). That "integrated" digital console looks extremely complex (in a bad way, the interface is too loaded, changing 3-4 times the windows on the screen to make an option work, I wouldn't want to use it). From the video, I can't say for what is used that little window on the dashboard. From the price point of view, I don't understand why "they" (all of them, Renault, Volvo, Ford, Volkswaggen etc) can't use a more futuristic display solution, to see the GPS on the windshield for example - by the help of the projector (I think), but I saw some other solutions, something like a window on the dashboard (just as the one that you put up there). You said that in the trunk is a bass system - I would very much prefer to have the spare wheel there. Thank you for the car presentation - it is nicely done. Right now I don't need such a car, but when I will need one, I will make sure to compare some of the same type. Plus this car is soooo expensive, I assume that this is caused by the highest options that you mentioned. As a side note, I appreciate your reviews. I check more sites when comparing cars, my favorite is www.turatii.ro/category/cars/ (Romanian language only, unfortunately), but it is very nice to have more opinions when looking for something (if it is not allowed to place external links, please let me know and I will remove it from my message).

Mercedes has worked with Renault ( mercedes owns shares in renault now ) to ameliorate the quality .But the dashboard should be better for some plastics .I don't understand why renault doesn't dare or doesn't want to put Premium materials inside ( like Audi for example ) .

I like the style of your glasses frames

이게 한국에 출시 한다면... 당장 사전계약 해야하겠다. 정말 잘~ 나왔다.

Mitsubishi philippines has an extremely similar car, the "Xpander" which almost looks like an uglier remake of this one

Lately, Renault have been releasing cars that resemble my childhood dreams about future cars. Or space shuttles, can't remember exactly.

Beautiful car. I disagree that the 130 hp diesel isn’t powerful enough. You just have to go for manual transmission then. My biggest complaint with this car is the feel of the steering. It’s too soft and the same can be said about the suspension which is a little too soft for my taste

Looks attractive from the outside, but nowhere near as roomy as the 2007 renault espace inside.

Great looking front end to that car. The rear 3/4 still looks like a van though! I guess they're constrained by packaging objectives would a sloped rear screen would have looked better.

Beautiful car, now an electric version please :) They could if they get the price right really fight with Mercedes and Audi for sales with this car. It's a super comfortable drive. But they need to do some little details around the interior that would give it that extra "thing".

Looks Beutiful

I think bringing escape to India would be super great idea for renault...by 2016

Bring this to India without compromising the European build quality..

I can say only this. You are so good at reviewing cars, going into it with so detail's that when I want to buy I car I look your videos and make final judgement.

Please is the car we want to see not you

is this car automatic?

interesting review!!! Keep up the good work!! Saeed

How much price this car?

What if this new van have its F1 version?....The sound of old Espace F1 is sick

Great review, just love it, will that car be coming to Mexico ??? because they have Renault in Mexico

Hi Thomas! Now we know how to pronounce your full name when we're in Germany :) Yet again, another marque we no longer see in Canada. The "Le Car" was the last Renault here back in the late 70s. Nice to see an alternate design. Not sure about the massive blind spot on the rear pillar. You'll be happy to know my wife and I both chose leatherette in our bimmers 🐮😄

I don't get why Renault are bringing back the Espace when you can have a Grand Scenic. What's the point in having two Vans? Is the Espace that much bigger?

Thanks for that great review. Which 7 seater car would you recommend among S-Max, Espace, BMW S2 Gran tourer ? any other?

Hope the new Nissan Quest look like this.... Renault-Nissan

Bu araclardan Türkiye ye neden gelmiyor

Such a stunning car all the chrome accents makes me think that knife engineers designed this car ! Sharp and Sleek ultra modern almost futuristic

good and complete review, thanks

Watching on ipad - very low sound. Car is beautiful.

Just got mine and your review was key in my decision. Really love the car : very attractive design in and out, super comfortable and tons of features especially for safety. Very happy of my choice ! Thanks for your review!

Love your reviews!

When will this launch in india...pls reply..and what pricing

I was wondering... Instead of reviewing FULL OPTION cars, top lines, why are you not doing this for an average equipped car? I guess most of the pplz are interested in an average car (in term of options) rather then a top equipped car that they cannot afford

I am curious why you did not mention anything about the new Getrag 7DCT300 (dual wet-clutch 7-speed EDC transmission? Was this not the transmission in this new Espace?