Renault Megane E-Tech interior review 

Exactly. This isn't even a competition, the Megane is in a completely different league, at least with regard to the interior. Love the physical buttons and that matte wood trim 👍

The interior of VWs ID family looks horrendous for sure!

Haha, my cat's litter tray after he's done a huge smelly poop is a nicer interior than the id 3

@@Kvickification It is like Dacia of EVs. Cheap and plasticky. With is weird... because when it comes to fossil cars, VW always had one of the best quality interiors in its class. For me it was huge selling point. Now even the Skoda is better.

@@uk574 to be fair interior of modern Škodas tend be quite nice, so the last part is not that insulting (Škoda nowadays is more of a "value for money" brand rather than budget one). But yeah, ID interiors suck but frankly new VW interiors are not that great either (though at least they said they will be getting rid of those awful haptic touch "buttons" in the future).

I have it in my garage now. It is great :)

Just one important info on the 22kw AC : The loss is nearly double what you get on average of standard 7/11 kw integrated chargers. It kills a bit the benefit in my opinion. This issue was already existing with the Zoe.

I live in France so we are starting to see them on the roads now, they look great. The build quality and materials seem very good, better than VW.. but I would not trade in my Kia e-Niro (2019) for one. The rear seat and boot space are not up to the Kia and that ‘letterbox’ rear window..no thanks. Renault used to do estate version of the Megane which were a really useful size, let’s hope they do something along those lines with this excellent platform

Don't know about the Mégane, but the Grand C4 Picasso was the most spacious car I've ever had. The new Espace it crampy as hell though.

@@pawekropi5077 I used to have a C4 picasso. I really loved that car. Then I changed to a smaller citroen e-c4 when the picasso couldnt make it anymore. THAT was cramped. and I really did not like the infotainment, now I have the new renault megane e-tech. And even though it isnt at all as spacious as the picasso.. I now have more of that feeling again, like I have much more to go on.. Probably due to the e-c4.. But renault has really made a great car here.

It's on the wrong side because the driver's door is on the left side.

@@bjornnyland the driver door is on the road side. the dock is on the pavement side. This is the choice of Renault , i think this is a smart decision :)

And THEY'RE ILLUMINATED!!! 😃🤯🥳

And hell, in terms of physical buttons this is better than most new Mercedes too!

Well, this trim is way more expensive than ID.3.

@@JuzzlinOSS Well it sure as isn't more expensive than an Enyaq, Id4, id buzz and this beats them hands dowm by s mile. Heck a 80s Fiat Uno beats vw group today

@@Iceeeen That's a matter of taste. I wouldn't take the FWD Megane over RWD ID.3, but it's great that there's something for everyone 😊

You can check out the two parking videos on the RSymons RSEV channel to give you an idea. Although it doesn't show the Megane.

I'd say the boot space might be challenging for a family of 4.

Driver's door is on the left side.

@@bjornnyland if you are out of juice and you will quickly hook up your portable battery on the left side on the Standstreifen of the German Autobahn, the next incoming LKW will run you down. So the right side is the right and safe side.

So the car is designed for running out of juice? Lol

I have the Megane at home and I would for sure prefer the charge port on the left side. My garage is quite tight and I can’t park too close to the right wall because of the charge port being on the right. Then it’s clumsy to go in and out of the car, really cramped

*kWh

I might answer this. I bought a citroen e-c4 last year. Great car to drive, but as you I noticed a rather low battery capacity compared to my need especially at winter. Also I wanted a bigger boot space. What got to me was the infotainment though. I had a early model and so on got no state of charge. No cut off at charge at 80 percent etc. So after a while I never got used to it and sold it. I now have had my renault for about two weeks. I agree. The build quality on the citroen is great, however. I really havent found any worse build quality on the renault, but MUCH better infotainment, better range, I now feel I have much more to go on for storage. Economy.. it is more expensive. You do have MUCH more levers and choices. If you want a car with great build quality and do not need so many options? Citroen has a great car there. Amazing comfort as well. If you like more choices and are willing to pay more for it as I did. This is pure greatness from renault

77kwh vs 60Kwh

@@gerardback6342 that's one, but the extra weight that comes along is a bad one.

@@WG-yq1ip which are?

Tesla has lots of premium equipment as standard. Starting price of Megane is low but lacks lots of equipment.

@@bjornnyland True. When I was deciding between Megane or used Model 3, the Megane I wanted cost like 52k EUR. (Adaptive cruise control is a must for me and it's included only in higher trims)

I drove a rental id3 for four months (due to ampera-e traction battery replacement issues....) and it's not a crap car, but there are so many stupid design choices and issues: really really crappy software, glitchy hardware (random fails and denail of service issues, like audable power supply artifacs), no tow hitch, tiny screens, lots and lots of hard plastic. the only amazing thing about the id is the adaptive matrix led lights. In my opinion the id schoud be 5 to 10 k euro cheaper (china made car price range) to be in the good value range.

@@michelroovers4039 5-10 K cheaper ? the id range is around 5,000 Euro's more expensive now compared to last October when I got my tour 5 + VW are now excluding kit that would have come with the car a year ago, definitely not a good time to buy a VW but this is thanks to Europe's rejection of Russian gas without any alternatives, idiots! The matrix headlights are absolutely amazing. Interior space is good in the id3 and it's a very comfortable car for long motorway cruises and the travel assist works well, so well that I had a loan car while I was having a software update done and it had not got travel assist only adaptive cruise and I really missed not having the travel assist, I was very happy to get my car back. Interior is a let down obviously and some of the plastics especially on the doors and lower down on the dask look like they came from the caddy van. Overall though, I'm very happy with the id3, had headlight replaced due to moisture and the other one is to be replaced soon for the same reason. In a year I clocked up around 45,000 Kms. The real issue I have is the poor charging speed, I've yet to see more than 60 Kw from 30% charge so this needs to be improved, I don't want to have to plug in at 10% or lower to get good charging speed but the megane isn't much better neither is most electric cars today they're a joke when it comes to using DC chargers especially with cold batteries when it can double charge times, this is completely unacceptable in 2022 nearly 2023, they need to get the 0-89% down to 15 mins for it to be a viable alternative to ICE cars. Still, with the tour 5 range I rarely use public chargers but it's a completely painful experience when I need to use one having to wait so long. The id buzz can charge at up to 180 Kw, of course the charging curve is not good as usual but it's progress but the buzz uses a different battery from a different manufacturer unlike the id range. So in reality the greatest issue I have with the id3 tour 5 is that charge times are too long on DC and poor software but in reality many of the issues with software I have are related to Android auto and I would imagine these are more android issues than VW. Overall though great car the id3 tour 5, good space, good headlights, great to drive, decent power and rear wheel drive, I would never drive a FWD car with more than 140 Hp, I test drove the Kona, E-Soul and Leaf and they all nearly drove me bonkers especially on damp and wet roads. RWD makes a massive difference.

you are right, but in my case the rear wheel drive and the bigger battery of the ID.3 is key.

@@stefanweilhartner4415 Cupra Born offers 77kwh battery too (4770 € optional), at least in Spain. But is nicer inside and outside than VW.

@@DILINGER0 i will try to use my 22 year old leon cupra for a few years longer and wait for the new models that contain LF(M)P cells. VW already announced a facelift, getting rid of the touch bullshit on the steering wheel and introduce real buttons again. they realized that the customers got really angry and vocal about that touch bullshit. in 2024 VW has their own cell factory in Salzgitter for modern, cheaper LFP based batteries. that would result in a cheaper ID.3 / Cupra Born. Maybe even Skoda joins that category. They are great with exterior and interior design as well.

On mine, the button to unlock and stop the charge only works if the car is unlocked, so no worries there.

Model 3 has everything inclusive. With other cars you can't look at base price. Add 10-20k EUR in equipment to match Tesla.

@@bjornnyland Most expensive megane is 48k(one u drove), cheapest Ariya 51k, model 3 52k...

Yuck. No thanks

Tesla should cost same it even looks cheaper than this Megane.

Why Tesla fanboys keep mention charging network because they aren't Tesla only anymore??? And who even uses them most expensive to use.

There are no Nissan dealers in Korea?

1: No, this is perfect size for those in the marked for an id.3 or alike. They CAN make another like this but bigger. 2: One update away, they are conservative in regards to data and plays it safe. It still isn't bad :)

Megane can take 21 banana boxes. ID3 can take only 19.

Damn, it looks way smaller. My bad :)

I’m talking only the trunk now tho, not the whole car.

Nah the id3 interior is so bad, the cupra born has far better interior in same group.

@@FreddyKrugerGloves trunk is bigger in the Megane. It is short but much deeper

The French were at the vanguard of front wheel drive back in the day. For them it might be tradition. I prefer RWD too, but traction avant has its place 😉

@@krugerdave Front Wheel Drive is Economical for combustion driven Cars. The only reason for fwd in Electric Cars ist Cost efficiency by reusing the Fossil car‘s axles

For packaging it makes sense to consolidate all the high voltage, cooling plumbing and heatpump hardware in one place, gm and lg had the same filosophy with the bolt ev (a ground up ev), consolidation means less parts, and you know what "they" say: the best part is no part ;-)

This is based on Ariya, it just gets the front motor from Nissan. It is based on dedicated EV platform. It is just design choices.

With rear wheel drive it should have been better, considering power and torque. In this case it help gaining a lot of trunk space. Remember Megane is only 4.2 meters long!