NEW Renault Megane E-Tech review: confusing but brilliant

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The Renault Megane has morphed into a crossover-style hatchback, and it's one of the best ever.
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The Renault Megane is one of those cars that have become part of the establishment within the automotive landscape. The name is among the most recognisable in the family car class, having been on our roads since 1995; only the Volkswagen Golf, Honda Civic, Toyota Corolla and Vauxhall Astra are longer-serving badges in this segment.
It’s a big deal, then, when a new Megane comes out. It’s an even bigger deal when the car that Renault releases represents such a radical departure from what went before it. And despite what you might think when you see the dramatic new crossover’s proportions, we’re not talking about the design. That’s because the most significant change here is that the fifth-generation Megane is all-electric.
Under the skin, it uses the CMF-EV platform, which is the same tech as our Car of The Year, the Nissan Ariya. However, the Megane uses a different motor, made in France by Renault, which in UK-spec models produces a healthy 217bhp. There are no rare earth metals in the motor, and when that’s combined with the 20kg of recycled material that’s used in every Megane - including plastic bottles for the seat upholstery - the car’s sustainability credentials are boosted. But has the Megane's electric transition been a success? Nicola Hume finds out.
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@Paris__ 8 месяцев назад

I've had my Iconic in White with Black roof for 7weeks now. I've driven it on long journeys, and when driven carefully on Eco, I get between 280-302 miles range (although don't go above 57-59mph😉). What really helps is that, unlike almost every other EV, the Megane doesn't affect it's range when the blowers/heaters are on, as the power doesn't come out of the EV batteries. It comes out of the car's normal 12v battery (like it does on a ICE car). Only the AC does. But don't forget, the Megane is one of the lightest EV's on sale (lighter than a Zoe). Helped by aluminum and Carbon Fibre construction. Only the Mini and Fiat 500 are lighter. Plus don't care anout rear visability. It has a wide-angle rear view mirror camera....Brilliant!! Plus Google is fantastic! You cannot beat phone tech! It's the most up-to-date around, constantly updated.

@oris247 2 месяца назад

Oh joy, being stuck behind you at 55 mph! Stunning car though.

@Paris__ 2 месяца назад

@@oris247 😂😂👍

@jonathantaylor1998 Год назад

"He didn't even thank me...!" Oh Nicola - I am SOOOOooooooo on your side with that...! The lack of courtesy with some drivers (actually, MOST drivers... 😠) nowadays is absolutely disgraceful. A simple wave costs nothing but means everything. Well done for keeping your composure, too - I think I'd have uttered a few bleeped-out expletives...!! 😉

@XzzVttll Год назад

you dont know how nice behavor in traffic you have there in UK :) here in serbia, i can say its 20-50 times worse :)

@georgedowns4034 Год назад

I definitely would not say most drivers... On average, I would say cyclists are worse...

@nathanb2100 Год назад

Renault really know how to make great looking cars 😃

@ingram33 Год назад

I think it’s just the French as a hole, at the moment all french cars looks great

@SustainableGal Год назад

The brake pedal makes perfect sense. When you have regen set to minimum, the pedals up, so as you press it down further it increases regen (in proportion to how hard you press down). So when regen is set to full, its already depressed all they way just before it starts engaging the brake pads on the disks. Meaning all 'braking' to a creep is done by regen, no matter where you set it. Stopping is achieved by then pushing down harder to start engaging the brake pads

@alanwayte432 Год назад

Physical climate controls ❤❤❤excellent review

@wozza59 Год назад

My wife and I really enjoyed this review. The presenter was excellent and certainly made us chuckle.

@Kangaroo_Caught Год назад

A better review than many I have watched.

@peterproctor-noone382 Год назад

Nicola, the problem with having the charging point like the Zoe, is that a bit of a bump head on and you can’t charge your car!😢 Enjoyed the review as always. 😊

@greymark420 Год назад

That's a very good point.

@garnray8568 Год назад

Confusing ? I really don't think so.... It's one formidable car. Saw one the other day, it's such a stunningly beautiful car, insanely pretty.

@robsmith1a Год назад

I think the charge point to the side more sensible because a minor front end knock could easily damage a charge point at the front.

@famengholm Год назад

Very nice and relaxed review and I quite agree... ALWAYS thank when someone is helping you in traffic!

@wainerollins2587 Год назад

I can't remember the last time I saw Renault Mégane of any kind. That's a shame because this current one looks great.

@bricktop7803 Год назад

Quite an excellent review. But again it is the elephant in the room...the MG4. Not the current Trophy model MG4, but the 400 HP all wheel drive sports model coming out this year......But then again, the answer to that baby is the Renault 5 relaunch as an EV....could get a tad interesting... I had the Megane E-Tech for a few hours and it was brilliant. Renault are killing it with design and build quality. Teh suspension was smooth over speed bumps and potholes and it is quite quick. I thought it would be my next car. Until I stepped back in to my current car, I then realised the Megane is a normal, low car. It is not an SUV and I do like to sit quite high.

@Paris__ Год назад

A wonderful review by a superb motoring journalist who has taken all the essence of a car, and distilled it into what makes it great! Well done. I've ordered a top-spec Uk Iconic (with that essential heat pump). It was a straight choice between the Renault and the Tesla Model 3 (forget the id3/MG4......no contest! The 'sterile', boring and poorly made Tesla is now looking so dated, and the tech is so 'yesterday'. And on the 0-60 time.......the claim of 7.5 seconds, is actually 6.9 (the same as a Mini Cooper S)......how typically French, downplaying it. Unlike the over-exaggerating Italians 😂 . A brilliant touch going to the experts for the tech, Google, constantly updated.......well done Renault!

@anthonystevens8683 Год назад

So I guess when we draw up to a car in front that is turning left onto an empty road but stays at a standstill for ages there may be a chance it's Nicola enjoying the indicator sounds. The regen braking sounds odd, take your foot off the sparks and it slows to a creep, what if there are no creeps around? You could go miles out of your way. Joking aside I like this car, the proper climate controls at last, good on you Renault. The point about the MG is valid though. My car was at the dealers for a service yesterday and while I waited I had a wander around an Enyaq, I got in the front and right away you could feel the higher floor, even more so in the rear seats so the SUV style makes total sense as you mention Nicola. Thanks for sharing.

@habibchoueifaty8470 Год назад

Always enjoying your reviews. Thank you and cheers!

@dariuszciesielski5104 5 месяцев назад

Nice review !

@KrazyKoyk 9 месяцев назад

Excellent review! And very easy on the eye.... the car I mean.

@elyasghafouri8798 Год назад

I verry enjoy to watch video Thank's a lot and always wish good luck

@_B.M_ Год назад

Total sacrilege that this is going to be the only Megane now. RIP the Renault Sport Megane - one of the best hot hatches ever!

@80y3r9 Год назад

Hm you think there won't be a 4wd version with sport written on it? Because if you had a 2.0l Clio that only took premium range clearly wasn't your priority already

@CakeFine 4 месяца назад

R5 EV is out soon ;)

@TheHutchRuns Год назад

Great review Nicola but when are you giving MC Hammer his pants back? 🤣

@andy18091 Год назад

word to the wise... having your charge point on your car at the front can be beneficial unless you have a front shunt - then you may not be able to charge your vehicle or you're the kind of person who likes to reverse into car park spaces.

@TfRsmokinmasta Год назад

Nice car....not something i thought i wouold saying about about a Renault. Liking Nicola presenting too. Really Liking her upbeat style and cheeky way.

@user-cy6vg7ji3i 3 дня назад

Current have a top spec Austral Hybrid and thoroughly enjoy driving it. Only downside is the automatic gearbox. Definitely considering the Mégane e-tech when we're due to renew. Great looking car.

@StarLuna973 6 месяцев назад

I’ve had my ID.3 for 15 months now and have never, not even once, had any issues with the infotainment screen! It respondes immediately and even though I’ve heard so many people complain about the volume/heater slider switch, I’ve never used it! The voice command works every time, but I don’t use that very often. Why? Because the volume control button is on the steering wheel and the temperature, heated seat and heated steering wheel control is on the Home Screen so easily accessible.

@kroberts7576 Год назад

on some you tube videos you hear a whine like a turbo on initial acceleration which sound quite good. Does this happen on yrs

@athollmcnicoll1028 Год назад

Yes Nicola but the MG-4e info-entertainment system is rubbish and came out of the Ark and in my opinion wants to go back there again, as its so fiddly to get to work as most drivers would agree. So expensive Renault Megane but maybe somewhat better suited to older drivers?

@andybeattie8585 7 месяцев назад

Any problem with the alarm going off when you exit the car ?

@kingphiltheill Год назад

It's so sad that Renault doesn't have a proper replacement for my Talisman Grandtour. The lease is ending and I have to go Tesla Model Y because the Megane is too small for a family of four and the Skoda Eniaq is just not available.

@iDanielTech Год назад

Fantastic video but quick heads up on the Google software car comment you might wanna check what Apple announced in there June WWDC event regarding car software and Apple car play working with car manufacturers instead of side loading it on.

@XzzVttll Год назад

you can change the sound of the indicator :)

@Glyn14Emerson Год назад

Great review! (What are you wearing 😱 🙂) (Rude I know, but those 👖)

@SD-cs1ti Год назад

Much more interesting than this hearse ID3

@jamiep61 Год назад

I enjoyed watching the Video Review. Better quality than the Volkswagen Golf. Will be a popular choice 😊

@marcbungener1877 Год назад

Loved your short yet comprehensive review. The only thing that bugs me with this car is that probably due to the semiconductors shortage they do not offer a HUD (the prototype I had seen at the Geneva auto salon had one). For me a shot stopper which is also why I will never buy a Tesla.

@AngryBritain Год назад

That is a great looking and reasonably priced EV. Tempted by this ...

@rg6982 Год назад

4:59 Spot on Nicola, cannot stand drivers that don't thank you 😒

@MrFatknacker Год назад

Great review of an excellent car, but this whole labelling every car as an SUV (and don’t get me started on this Crossover nonsense 😡) is getting wildly out of control - next thing the original Austin Mini will be relabelled as an SUV 😳 This car is a 5-door hatchback and let’s move on people … 🙂 NB: Smart EQ has a great indicator sound 👍

@David_Polak Год назад

I forgive her on this occasion, as the shape of this model really gives the impression that it is a big, fat car, in other words, an SUV. It's quite deceiving. No one will believe you that this car is about the size of a Renault Zoë.

@colingoode3702 Год назад

Nice looking car but I agree the biggest problem it has is its price & the MG4. I'm seriously considering an MG4 as a 2nd car to replace an SUV or my estate car.

@phenixdev7276 Год назад

Terrible idea

@davidjewood Год назад

I’m liking this 👍🏻

@Lando-kx6so Год назад

It looks a bit like a crossover b/c of the big wheels & the cladding bits but otherwise it's very much a compact family hatchback & is about the same height as the MG4 & acutally lower than the ID.3

@baronsilverbaron757 Год назад

I live in France and have ordered a Tesla Y at E48000 which is cheaper than all of its rivals.. The Ariya (your Car of the Year) is far too expensive and not very efficient. The Ariya and Renault charge ports are in the wrong place and cannot easily take advantage of Tesla opening up its superchargers in France. I see plenty of Teslas in France but to date I've never seen an Ariya.

@edermartinez3619 Год назад

Beautiful, and i am not talking about the megane 😍

@woocoheed Год назад

Nicola should have punted the non-thanker😅

@ResfeberBear 6 месяцев назад

I have an MG4. It is a disaster. Horrible software, bad support, annoying tech, and absolute lies in the options (I know the difference between auto wipers and intermittent wipers). So many things have gone wrong and I am returning it and getting a Megane.

@marcakko2010 3 месяца назад

Out of curiosity what's gone wrong with it so far ! Reason I'm asking is just were looking into to a EV at the moment so any feedback and advice is welcome.

@myonline1985 23 дня назад

I tried out the MG4 back during the winter when I was looking for an EV myself. It definately is cheap compared to others but it seems you also get nothing in return. It is a car, it drives, it goes whoosh quickly and thats it. Sitting inside it I felt like I was sitting at a doctors office looking at a sterile wall. To be noted, I was at the time driving the Megane (not my own) and by comparison the Megane is leaps and bounds ahead with lots of gadgets and knobs to push in the interior, while for the drive itself they are comparable. The only thing about the MG4 that really made me go wow was the turn rate, that thing can turn on a dime.

@dashcam2417 Год назад

As a thought, I would like to see a review of an electric SUV being used as a towing vehicle ???

@ram64man Год назад

I wish the tour lining wasn’t so sark it makes it feel claustrophobic , whoever thought the moving break pedal was a good idea. Ed’s there head examined it’s horrible, you shouldn’t have to guess where and how much pressure to use ,and please add a larger battery version soon even the Id offers 77kwh

@martingardener90 Год назад

When you mentioned the steering wheel shape I thought you were going to say Allegro! ( You're probably too young to remember )

@taqveem 2 месяца назад

Do the suspension ball joints and arms need replacing every couple of years like every other Renault?

@GeorgeThoughts 2 месяца назад

... having paid 700 quid last year to get my 2016 Zoe's suspension ball and arm totally replaced because it collapsed... I feel called out by this comment haha! I thought it was the weight of the car plus my very pothole ridden commute. Didn't know it was a "feature" of Renaults... On the bright side I hear this Megane is lighter than a Zoe despite being larger so maybe that will help the suspension...

@taqveem 2 месяца назад

@@GeorgeThoughts i have owned a Clio before the Zoe and it was the same issue having spent many hundreds and even thousands on suspension components. Seems to be due to the cheap thinner metal and poor quality rubber used. I'm currently forking out a couple of thousand to get the suspension fixed on my Zoe as we speak 😭. It's one of the major reasons putting me off buying another Renault. Twice bitten, thrice shy in my case. ☹️

@GeorgeThoughts 2 месяца назад

@@taqveem here's the problem though, I saw a thread on Reddit asking "Which is the worst car brand?" And honestly EVERY car brand was mentioned either specifically or with "all french/German/US" cars... All in all, it told me that no car is perfect tbh. A car is simply a money sink that requires maintenance 😓

@alexmcwhirter6611 Год назад

Interesting report in today's The Times (November 4) re electric autos and falling sales due to their high cost in these difficult economic times.

@lanbishop25 Год назад

Can't sell cars if they don't make them. Most cars orders are at least 1 year

@mrmawson2438 Год назад

Great video love an yes the MG4 is a great car for the money

@artus198 Год назад

Look forward to the days when battery density increases dramatically, which means smaller batteries in electric cars !

@didierpuzenat7280 Год назад

Why, do you feel this Megane lackes space for passengers ?

@citynomad13 Год назад

Again stop being impressed by Chinese EV prices. For once and all, Chinese products are not produced to market prices. Nothing in China is approved unless the CCP says so and the labor costs are artificially kept low by buying up the dollar. According to economics (and economic development), China's labor force should by now be too expensive ...

@global_nomad. Год назад

i think you'll find that a lot of prices around the world are not true production cost prices...try food and the subsidies, try oil and the subsidies...

@x3merx3mer Год назад

Thats cute, but why would and does customer care? (and therefore the reviewers too) No. The end price is lower, thats all that maters to the customer if everything else is equal or close enough.

@brianhume4743 Год назад

Brilliant video review just saying from Newcastle 🇬🇧

@anton3682 Год назад

Lovely

@mcgoogle4812 Год назад

Im just going to say it... do you come with the car.....

@sasicuomo3973 Год назад

Renault favolosa❤️❤️🔝

@elliotedge4307 Год назад

Looking gud

@michaelh4484 Год назад

Vote 1 for good sounding indicators :-)

@yudhabagaskara98 Год назад

The squared steering wheel is dreadful

@chassri Год назад

Your knees are at your what😮😮

@naferemix Год назад

Renault have never looked better. Shame they forgot about comfort in the process. Also, what on earth are those DRLs? 🤢

@Holidayideas4u Год назад

What’s with them trousers? 😂

@brianhume4743 Год назад

Better than your flares

@Holidayideas4u Год назад

@@brianhume4743 Gimp

@wayneheyes904 Год назад

Nice but seriously overpriced As of yesterday I’ve basically found out I will be priced off the road when I need to hand my current car back because the monthly payments are way to expensive now

@oliverstemp9132 Год назад

The Megane is not as big inside as the Born/ID3, even the Renault Captur is bigger than the Megane inside.

@rg6982 Год назад

Beautiful Mercedes! I mean Renault! 😂

@WendyWilliams-wu5nx 3 месяца назад

Eco mode, are you mad...Sport mode all the way

@leeandjancruise Год назад

People thinking about buying an EV should watch the 'What Car' review on RU-vid about new ICE cars verses EVs, be prepared for the truth.

@revolutions88 Год назад

I'd rather have Nicola

@georgegillett6059 Год назад

Just like the Late Brake Show and the MG5... idiot drivers make an appearance 😅 love that Mégane, an electric car that feels and looks different from the crowd!

@ManCave1972 Год назад

The Mom Pants review.

@detaart Год назад

There is absolutely no excuse for FWD in an EV.

@oliverstemp9132 Год назад

You get a bigger boot in a smaller car

@detaart Год назад

@@oliverstemp9132 Nope. The size of the electric motor is about the size of a differential in a normal RWD car. The actual correct answer is that they don't have to retool their assembly lines.

@oliverstemp9132 Год назад

@@detaart it doesn’t really matter that much anyway

@detaart Год назад

@@oliverstemp9132 Maybe not to you, but i don't enjoy spinning the wheels al the time in the wet.

@oliverstemp9132 Год назад

@@detaart be a better driver

@Grandinfotainment Год назад

❤❤❤

@nigelmitchell5726 Год назад

Gosh Nicola your busy 💖

@sbabyskid-bx2xk Год назад

Jesus that’s ugly especially when compared to the new 308

@garnray8568 Год назад

Ugly ? You have brain issues, pal.

@Neil2022 Год назад

Why are you wearing grandads gardening pants? 😅

@darrencox150 Год назад

£36k! What joke. Who would pay that?

@Fastwunz Год назад

Nope nope and erm…. Nope.

@dodgywheelsandropeywiring5697 Год назад

I loathe SUV's, women make 80% of all purchasing decisions, just saying... (stop buying ugly vans girls, buy your husband an F-type).

@johnmoore2342 Год назад

Least interesting video for a while. Grey car, grey interior, grey clothes. Grey, grey grey, everything just very grey.

@paullacey2999 Год назад

Hmm.Another big box on wheels that costs a fortune.No Thanks...

@ivorverybigone2211 Год назад

What a disaster, Renault has increased the asking price of the base model by over 50%. Only a mug would pay this amount for a Megane

@henrylkefi3640 Год назад

""THE ONLY PRBLM OF MEGANE IS THE MG" .........THIS IS HOW ENGLISH PROMOTE FOR THEIR CARSS !!!!

@Brebgon Год назад

Wow this car is ugly

@garnray8568 Год назад

your wife is

@peterbratu Год назад

Front wheel drive. No, thanks.

@itechtalk03 Год назад

Alright moody.

@03085716 4 месяца назад

Nice trousers

@colindakers113 Год назад

“Are SITTING in the back”… NOT “sat in the back”. Sick of “car reviewers” that no nothing about cars and then to top it off, cant even speak properly.

@martingardener90 Год назад

Or can't spell know - or don't know where the apostrophe goes in the word cant!