Renault Scenic MPV in-depth review - Carbuyer 

Cupholders are making her absolutely crazy!!! And I thought I was crazy. This Renault is just fantastic.

My dad owns the same car, and I've driven it alot. I really like the interior. Simple styling wins for me!

Your obsession with Cupholders;)

all Renault looks really great today, i love clio, megane, and scenic. would it be awesome if they bring back avantime?

I drive a 2012 Scenic, it is so comfortable and economical on diesel I am very slow to change it.

I Love Ginny. Perfect Informative review! Thank You 👏🏻😊

Wow the new generation Renault cars are striking! Can't believe how good it looks. Too bad they didn't integrate the center console a but more futuristic into its design but none the less, still a great car.

The left rear seat is connected the middle seat so you can't take the middle seat out or fold down the middle seat to create a table like the mk2 also what's with the big rims it's meant to be a comfortable car not a sports car

Great Review of one of my favorite MPV's

The rear lights look like that of the Talisman, the slightly larger Laguna replacement only available on the continent!

Ginny gets excited over sliding rear seats. Zafiras have been doing that since Griff Rees Jones advertised it in the 90s :)

what about the ride comfort ? fuel consumption ?

Why do you need to drink so much while driving?

For me, the problem with Renault is their interiors never quite match the exterior. All the new models have striking exteriors. Clean, but bold exteriors, then you enter the vehicle and the interior isn't even half as exciting. And you get a little frustrated, and the magic is gone.

i guess not even the editor watches the end video.

20" rims seem craaaaaazy on a car like this...Surely tyre costs etc wouldn't be great for a 'family' car. Side profile looks good though, like a concept car

Sorry Ginny it didn't lose its way - it evolved and the Scenic MK1 was a trend setter and every follow up was an evolution and gradual update. Works well for every other maufacturer

The most important thing about car for her are the cup holders!?

Well actually Ginny the cup holders disappearing isn't really a problem is it, as your favourite bottles don't fit anyway? Looking super hot as usual btw, still the most enjoyable reviews of this type.

I'm beginning to wonder how we got about before cup holders were invented??

This is gorgeous!

The cup holders in my Renault Zoe are equally useless. I don't know if it's the same across every one of their cars, but either way, they need to step their cup holder game up.

I, for one, beg to differ on the cupholders... Where I come from, we actually put drinks in them - not coins and ticket stubs. My Fluence has two cupholders, both of them so weirdly placed as to be useless for anything other than an espresso. Some people say the French design cars often only for themselves and sometimes even for no one in particular, and it seems this car still has those traits. And don't get me started on micro-sized gloveboxes for RHD models...

Ok..so the seats fold automatic via the tablet..but do they un-fold by the tablet?

Renault should take a look at Peugeot as their 3008/5008 are a cut above the majority of suvs and mpvs.

Powerful 1.5 DCI engine, but Renault is known to have a heavier clutch pedal. Hoping these new models are different.

guys if you are reading this remember you are the best most beutifull person so dont let people get u down

Renault cup holders have always been too small; I have a Laguna with one cup holder that isn't big enough to hold anything more than a can. And Renault have been using that audio switch gear since God was a child! There's definitely a sense of "if it ain't broke..." But I often wonder whether car manufacturers ask the question "Why?" during their product development meetings. Why do you need to get the seats to fold down from the touch screen in the front? You still need to get out to load the boot! Clever it might be, but pointless too. Although fun for annoying the kids when they're sitting back there...

the french are upping their game this year

What was on the back of the front seats?

How's the ride quality? It must be horrible with those 20" wheels.

what if child seat is mounted on second row? is that system for putting down second seats row is blocked in that case?

Does it break down allot been hearing Renault problems but thinking need a a reliable car for kids that not gonna kill me financially

This car has character don't know why I love it! So much better than a Kia Carens for the same amount of money

cupholders are so important. is it really so important to drink something while driving?..

I don't think it is much smaller than the original Espace from the 80's. It's over £20,000!

what is this obsession with ever larger wheels ?, every car I've been in with oversized wheels ie, over 17 inch has had a bone shaking ride, and that's before you get the shock of the cost of replacement tyres !. Not been impressed with this move to putting all the vehicles controls on to a touchscreen, having to go through several sub menus to make simple adjustments is not a step forward, technology just for the sake of it !

What's with that weird cut at 3:45?

Please wear more jackets like this!

please review Renault Captcher too

I really like Renault's design language on their recent models, including this scenic. I also love the fuel economy of the 1.5 diesel, as I have always gotten excellent fuel economy out of it, no matter which model it is in. However, I am reluctant to purchase a Renault with a diesel engine at the moment, given the new regulations being rolled out and that 3rd party laboratory tests have shown Renault's diesels to be the second most polluting on the market (after FCA), emitting 12 times the limit on average. They really need to address this issue. It is a real shame, because otherwise I find their products to be quite good and an excellent value. Unfortunately, their petrol engines are not always offered with an automatic nor are they powerful enough. A hybrid version to compete with Kia Niro, for example, would also be nice.

I wish we had this in the U.S.

its cupholders not bottleholders

It's better looking than all previous ones so that is a good thing! Nice seats too, not that convinced of the dashboard tough. A shame it does not come with bigger engines!

if i don't have a family and i buy this 🚗, does it make me a creep?

Rear get in must be horrendous that she avoid talking about it

I see Ginny I press like, great review as always

the 1.5 engine should be done away with. Just put a 1.6 in and be done with it, the driving experience will be better for all.

You shouldn't be drinking anything while driving so why is the cup holders being hidden when the centre console is slid forward? You can be charged and fined if you are caught eating and drinking... while driving. Safety first

Is it car dig, or Ginny short? 😀

20 inch wheels standard?Have you seen the prises for 4 tyres Renault?Is this affortable for a family,because this is a family car,not a racer.

Yes she is totally obsessed with the irrelevant. Cupholders??? I have had loads of cars with cupholders and I don't think I have ever used one ever once ever!!! Maybe because I'm a bloke. I do like this car very much and it's already in my final list for when I change my car.

Do a video about the Audi A3 sport back

sound in this video is very poor

My favourite car is the Nissan Note

No rear passengers,cupholders Rear passengers,no cupholders Oh pleaseee😕

Looks like a bulky high raised Clio

Looks like an oversized Clio

It's a well thought out car and would be great to own however, the poor build quality and equally poor customer service from Renault will put most people off

£120 per tyre! If you want winter tyres then the cost of the wheel etc, no thanks.

20 inch in a small MPV, why??

Peugeot 5008 is better!

Too superficial. Looks like more a commercial than a critical test.

I like the lady, I like the car, but I don't like 20'' rims. Actually I don't like 20'' tyres. C'mon, people! They are not just expensive, they don't fit on 16'' rims! You can't use them on a horse cart once as they get worn out. :D

Lovely!!! French cars are made for family life and normal people

They're trying way too hard to make it look different. I personally hate the design of those wheels

looks like a blown up clio

You should call it the Renault Express! No...

20" tyres for a family. hahaha

Sale it in America it will sale

Yo

I can carry these bottles for you Ginny....Just call me... :)

wonder why they have bothered producing a new MPV the market for this type of car is pretty much dead.

Please give this lady better, more exciting cars to review.

20" is most ridiculous .... (and in connection with 1.2 - 1.5l engines just moronic)

Time will tell BUT the electronics on all the scenics have been a night mare sorry stay clear of a French car more things to go wrong 👎

The only ☑️☑️☑️🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

Toyota Previa look alike

Afraid I feel this car, as with the MPV concept, and indeed Car Buyer as a channel is way behind the SUV CarWow world...

Ginny paseno... kaip gaila.

"the traditional car companies are going to face huge unemployment in the next few years as consumers will expect vehicles to be electric and have driver-less technology" - Google CEO

I have a fetish for watching terrible awful ugly car reviews lol, basically any modern cars

car looks ugly, especially in baby turd yellow

Ugghhh. When I see middle aged lady gracefully tap the LCD screen and LCD screen react even more gracefully, with tons of slow and smooth animations I want to puke (on modern car industry), because it remind me when I isntalled Windows Vista back in the days on Pentium 4 computer with 1GB of ram. But thank God there was that "system" icon in Control Panel where I could turn off all visual effect once for all. But that was PC which was replaced by optimized Windows 7. Than I remember Android phones which demanded your time (and patience) every time you wanted to call someone or just do anything with it. But that was device which I replaced by snappy WindowsPhone8 (for short while until they screwed up everything). But THIS, this pile of "modern" tecnhology in 2017 throw at us this LCD and button animation like some early 2000's flash website, as top of the cake feature of the car? Are they serious? At the same time they replaced back seats with a bench (a used to be reson to buy older Scenics) and install even weaker engines, with even bigger rims? Woa. Not to mention that seats/bench are collapsable from LCD screen tile, instead of being motorised to LIFT up, or maybe they rather install motorized back door as standard and than be loud-voiced about it. And While that nerve eating LCD control will overheat your brain while finding climate controls and waiting to react, the huge glass roof will make perfect hothouse to cook your brain al-dente. I just ask myself why using 5 inch smart phone in car during driving is unsafe, but using this 24'' LCD monitor for just about every car control is supposed to be safe? Is it? It is not! Taping screen one-by-one degree celsius up and down (with animations in between each number) demand you to park vehicle and just admire the GUI while wife gently massage your shoulder and whisper nasty words in your ear how sexy this car is. You can not drive and do it (safely) at once alone. Some companies (minority I admitt) at lesst couple that to hardware knob, or some sort of control. Let alone there was nothing (NOTHING) faster than old fashioned slide or turn knob hard linked to climate system. Grab the dial blindly and adjust the temperature in a split of a second. And they try to tell me all this is progress? Yes for manufacturer only to lower the feature implementation costs. I just hope they do not have Windows ME running in the back of the screen.

Endless money pit

Jumped up Clio! Utterly rubbish!