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52-501: The Renault Scénic ( French pronunciation: [senik] ), also spelled without the acute accent as Scenic , especially in languages other than French, is a car which was produced by French car manufacturer Renault , the first to be labelled as a small multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) in Europe. The first generation was based on the chassis of the Mégane , a small family car . It became

104-556: A concept car of 1991, the Renault S.C.E.N.I.C. (Safety Concept Embodied in a New Innovative Car) designed under the supervision of Anne Asensio , then designer at Renault. The production vehicle, the Mégane Scénic was launched in November 1996. It was marketed as a multi purpose vehicle , in a smaller size and lower price than such vehicles as Renault's own Espace . As its name suggests,

156-593: A 572 L trunk and the Grand Scénic 765 L with five seats. The MKIV Scénic received a five star rating in Euro NCAP , with a range of standard active and passive safety features, including 'Active Emergency Braking System' with 'Pedestrian Detection' making the Renault Scénic the only compact MPV with this feature as standard. The Scénic also features 'Lane Keeping Assist' and 'Fatigue Detection Alert'. Above 50 km/h,

208-635: A Daimler gasoline fueled internal combustion engine. 1894 – Albert de Dion and Georges Bouton produce a single cylinder gasoline-powered engine and in 1898 produced a four-wheeler. They had previously built steam-powered vehicles beginning in 1883. 1894 – Delahaye is founded by Emile Delahaye . The company is bought by Hotchkiss et Cie in 1954 and discontinues auto production. 1896 – Armand Peugeot starts to build and fit his own engines to his cars. 1896 – Léon Bollée builds gasoline-powered cars. 1898 – The Renault brothers, Louis , Marcel and Fernand, sell their first car. 1903 – France remains

260-567: A context of growing competition of newer car manufacturers coming from Japan. Renault underestimated the market demand that the Scénic would have — predicting that it would be a niche model with only 450 produced a day. Production at the company's Douai plant would eventually peak at nearly 2,500 cars a day. Along with the Mégane hatchback, the Scénic underwent a major frontal restyle in September 1999, and

312-507: A facelifted version of the Scénic as the Kish Khodro/Sinad Veek, but in 2005 Renault decided to focus on their long standing relationship with SAIPA and ended other Iranian collaborations. The Sinad Veek was listed as available for a little bit longer (without the discreet Renault logos which appeared on the first prototype), but it appears not to have entered production. Renault developed a four-wheel drive crossover derivative of

364-518: A folding front passenger seat (on certain trim levels), automatic headlights and windscreen wipers , 'Child minder' mirror , as well as front and rear electric windows. Unlike its predecessor, the Scénic II was not available at any Yanase Co., Ltd. dealerships, as Yanase had ended its import rights for Renault after Renault had acquired a stake in Nissan when the Scénic I was still in production. Instead,

416-509: A set limit. No reimburse was implemented by Renault in Finland where several independent workshops launched an affordable priced fixing of blanked Scénic panels. The cause of the unexpected instrument panel blankening originated from some defective soldering which caused the power transistor to overheat and fail. The fault occurred in Scénic II cars made between 2003 and 2006. The second, in August 2010,

468-401: Is bought by Simca in 1959. 1921 – Amilcar is founded. The company merges with Hotchkiss et Cie in 1937 and ceases production in 1939. 1921 – Salmson begins auto production. In 1957, the company is bought by Renault . 1922 – Leon Paulet begins auto production. 1929 – French annual automobile production peaked at 253,000 passenger cars, a level that would not be matched till after

520-595: Is called Régie nationale des usines Renault (RNUR). 1945 – The Pons Plan reflected government determination to structure the French auto-industry according to priorities identified by politicians and civil servants. A select group of auto manufacturers is favored. A punitive fiscal horsepower tax is imposed on larger engines leading to the demise of most of the Grandes Routières such as Bugatti , Delage , Delahaye , Hotchkiss et Cie , Salmson and Talbot-Lago by

572-475: Is credited in France with building the first gasoline-powered automobile. 1885 – Amédée Bollée begins manufacturing steam-powered vehicles. 1887 – Léon Serpollet begins building steam-powered vehicles. 1887 – Panhard et Levassor established as a car manufacturing concern by René Panhard and Émile Levassor , with the first car produced in 1891. 1890 – Armand Peugeot produces a four-wheeled car powered by

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624-632: Is founded by Jean Rédélé and develops a series of sports cars. Launch of the Citroën DS , flagship saloon car in the Citroën range. 1957 – End of Citroën Traction Avant production after 23 years. 1960 – Launch of the Peugeot 404 saloon models. 1961 – Launch of the Renault 4 , a small estate car which is aimed at the lower end of the market dominated in France by the Citroën 2CV , as well as foreign competitors like

676-621: Is launched and voted European Car of the Year. Kish Khodro Kish Khodro is an Iranian car company established in 1995 and registered in Kish Island . It was owned by Mohammad Saffari (51%), Bank of Industry and Mine (40%) and Kamran Naghdi, the Managing Director of BMS Automotives Ltd from the United Kingdom (9%) who sold the license to manufacture, designed the prototype and provided

728-620: Is owned by Volvo . Both PSA and Renault produce a large number of vehicles outside France. French automotive manufacturers were long dominant in francophone Africa, but beginning in the 1970s the Japanese were making inroads due to lower prices and the availability of suitable light offroad cars and trucks. French-designed cars have won the European Car of the Year and World Car of the Year awards numerous times. The Citroën DS took third place in Car of

780-617: The 2023 Munich Motor Show on September 4. The first generation facelifted Scénic added a four-wheel drive model called the Renault Scénic RX4, which was discontinued by the arrival of the Scénic II. The second, third and fourth generations have a model called Grand Scénic , which has seven seats rather than five. From the fourth generation (2016), the Scénic now utilizes 1/3-2/3 bench rear seats instead of three individual rear seats used in previous three generations, due to cost cutting measures. The Mégane Scénic can be traced back to

832-755: The Bugatti company in Molsheim (then in Germany, now in France). Production ends in 1956. 1911 – The French branch of Hispano-Suiza is founded. Auto production is ended in 1938. 1919 – Avions Voisin is founded by Gabriel Voisin . Production ceases in 1939. After the war, Voisin designed a microcar, the Biscuter . 1919 – Citroën founded by Andre Citroën . 1920 – Darracq (founded 1896) merges with Sunbeam and Talbot, creating what eventually became Talbot-Lago in 1935. The company

884-574: The Second World War . 1933 – With French passenger car production at 140,635 units, France lost its place as Europe's top automobile producer to Great Britain 220,775. The French roads nevertheless reflected three decades during much of which the French auto-industry had led the world, with a "car parc" of 1,448,000, ahead of Britain which had 1,210,880 cars registered and of Germany with only 510,680 cars. 1934 – Simca established by Henri Pigozzi to build Fiat cars. 1934 – Citroën introduces

936-627: The Traction Avant , featuring front wheel drive and unitary construction. Citroën becomes bankrupt and is taken over by the Michelin Tire Company . 1934 – Matford begins building Ford cars, but ceases in 1939. In 1947, the company is reorganized as Ford SAF and sells cars under the Ford name. 1936 – While the British and German economies powered ahead during the 1930s, growth in the French economy

988-542: The Volkswagen Beetle and BMC's new Mini . 1963 – American automotive giant Chrysler takes a 63% ownership stake in Simca . 1964 – Closure of Facel Vega after just 10 years of car production due financial problems. 1965 – Matra begins automobile production. Citroën takes over Panhard , phasing out the marque on passenger cars. The Renault 16 , a large family hatchback (the first production car with that bodystyle),

1040-487: The "Renault Card" keyless immobiliser and an automatic parking brake on certain trim levels . It integrates LEDs on all trims since 2006. As with the Scénic I Phase 2, a raised "Mégane" logo appears on the C pillar. The car received a different dashboard design to that of the Mégane, and featured a fully digital electroluminescence instrument display. The Scénic II includes folding rear passenger seats, each separately adjustable and removable. With integrated table ,

1092-611: The 1.5dci (110 bhp) engine. A fourth generation Scénic was unveiled at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show . The car, based on the R-Space concept, is slightly larger than its predecessor, and adds some crossover design elements but, according to Renault, it is still an MPV. It is powered by six diesel and two petrol engines. For the models with six-speed manual transmission and Energy dCi 110 diesel engines, it will incorporate an optional hybrid unit (Hybrid Assist). The Scénic will be offered with manual or double clutch gear box. The Scénic offer

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1144-543: The 1997 European Car of the Year on its launch in November 1996. In May 2022 Renault announced it was discontinuing the standard Scénic with the Grand Scénic following shortly after. It will be relaunched in 2024 as a fully electric vehicle called the Renault Scénic E-Tech which will be the production version of the Renault Scénic Vision concept unveiled in 2022, with the production version to be unveiled at

1196-461: The Century award and has been named the most beautiful car of all time by Classic & Sports Car magazine. 1769 – Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot builds the first self-propelled mechanical vehicle. 1807 – François Isaac de Rivaz invents a hydrogen-powered internal combustion engine. 1859 – Jean Joseph Étienne Lenoir develops an internal combustion engine. 1884 – Edouard Delamare-Deboutteville

1248-473: The Grand Scénic as a five seater. Differences such as plastic cladding, raised suspension and different wheels to the normal spec Scénic. In January 2012, the Scénic and Grand Scénic was mildly facelifted with a new front end, new engines and a new digital instrument cluster design. An updated Scénic and Grand Scénic were released in March 2013, which features a new interior and exterior styling and driver aids. At

1300-744: The Koleos and Captur. As of 2024, Renault Australia sell exclusively SUV’s and Van’s, these models being the Koleos, Captur, Arkana, Megane E-tech, Kangoo, Trafic, and Master. Electronic defects have caused Renault to issue two recalls. The first, in October 2009, was because of the dashboard could stop functioning, leaving drivers without the ability to gauge their speed, fuel tank, direction indicators or anything as all instruments were totally electronic. At first drivers had to replace this part at their own expense, but eventually, because of media pressure, Renault UK and Ireland said that they would reimburse customers up to

1352-471: The Mégane Scénic was mechanically identical to the Mégane hatchback (itself based on the older R19 ). The 1.4 L, 1.6 L "Energy", 1.8 L "F Type" petrol and 1.9 L diesel engines were shared with the hatchback range. The production model kept the independent seats of the concept car, but didn't offer sliding doors. Renault decided to add an acute accent to the production model name (Mégane Sc é nic), in order to assert its European identity, in

1404-496: The Mégane and its predecessor by introducing improvements, such as a storage compartment on the dashboard, and a separate opening rear window on the tailgate. Another small improvement with the Scénic were the rear head restraints, which were fixed over the back of the seat rather than being upright. This increased rear visibility. From 1998 to July 2010, the Scénic was manufactured in Curitiba , Brazil , for South American markets. It

1456-689: The RX4 was offered with 2.0-litre petrol and 1.9-dci diesel engines, both already known from the Mégane. The RX4 used five lug nuts, as opposed to four on the standard Scénic. Unlike the standard Scénic, the RX4 was only offered with a 5 speed manual transmission, with no automatic transmission available. In most markets, the RX4 was offered in several trim levels, including the Sport Alize (2000), Privilege Monaco (2000), Expression (2001–2003), Dynamique (2001–2003), Salomon (2001–2003), Sportway (2001–2003), and Privilege (2001–2003). In less popular markets such as Australia,

1508-497: The RX4 was only offered the Expression and Privilege trim levels. The RX4 was also offered with twin electric sunroofs, a luxury pack (including leather seats, climate control, and a CD player ), a spare wheel cover, and roof racks as optional extras. The RX4 sales made a good start (becoming France's best-selling 4wd vehicle in 2001), but sales rapidly declined due to poor gearbox reliability. Renault only produced 40,000 examples of

1560-732: The RX4, 5000 right-hand drive and 35,000 left-hand drive examples. Production was ultimately halted due to the arrival of the Scénic II and due to poor sales. Production of the RX4 ceased in December 2003, with no direct successor, most likely a result of the unreliability of the Steyr Daimler Puch 4wd system. It was eventually partially replaced in 2007 by the 2wd Scénic Conquest. The RX4 sold particularly poorly in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and Malaysia. Selling fewer than 500 units in each country. Due to low demand, these countries did not receive

1612-452: The Scénic II was sold exclusively through Nissan locations. Like the Mégane a few months earlier, the Scénic II underwent a minor facelift with a revised grille , larger diamond badge , the addition of a "RENAULT" word badge on the bootlid and new wheel designs and interior trim . Sales commenced in September 2006. In June 2007, the spiritual successor to the RX4 was revealed in the form of

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1664-579: The Scénic can detect fatigue associated driving and alerts the driver, if the driver does not react, it is able to correct the trajectory autonomously. In May 2022, Renault announced the short-body Scénic is to be discontinued, a few months before the Grand Scénic. The short-body Scénic production was stopped in July 2022, after 190,636 units produced. Sales of the Scénic in the United Kingdom began in May 1997, and for

1716-647: The Scénic in Australia began in 2001 alongside the Scenic RX4, Clio, and Megane Convertible. Sales of the Scenic were weak and as such the Scenic RX4 was introduced to compete with crossovers such as the Toyota RAV4 and Honda CRV. Although demand for crossovers was large, the RX4 failed to gain much popularity and ended up selling a total of 418 units from 2001 to 2003. The Scénic II arrived in showrooms in Australia in 2004 after

1768-647: The Sinad III was also presented. In 2003 the Axon 5-door estate version of the Sinad was launched. The development of the car was undertaken by BMS Automotives Ltd of United Kingdom based on an existing Renault model and a concept by International Automotive Design . The air conditioned vehicle named Sinad in Iran and Sultan for export markets has a 1,600 cc (98 cu in) Renault K7M engine and mechanical components. The Sinad body

1820-458: The country in May 2009. The Scénic IV arrived in showrooms in the end of 2016 and UK sales were ended completely in 2019 due to declining popularity of MPVs there. In October 2014, Top Gear Magazine placed the Scénic XMOD on its list of The Worst Cars You Can Buy Right Now . The facelifted versions could be specified with the R Link touchscreen system, that includes a digital radio. Sales of

1872-520: The diesel F9Q engine, instead only receiving the petrol F4R engine. As of 2023, approximately only 1,500 of the original 40,000 RX4 examples remain on the road worldwide. The RX4 is the second rarest Renault model of the 2000s, following the Renault Avantime . This low number is attributed to low parts availability and reliability; with no more parts produced and a limited number of RX4's built, parts are becoming increasingly scarce. Shortly after

1924-536: The discontinuation of the Scenic I and Scenic RX4. The Scenic II was sold from 2004-2010, but sales were poor, especially since the introduction of the Koleos to the market in 2008. As such, in 2010 Renault Australia announced it would not be bringing the Scenic III to Australia. When the Scenic IV was announced in 2016, Renault Australia again announced it had no plans of bringing the model to the country with strong sales of

1976-616: The first two years, the Scénic was the only compact MPV sold by a mainstream manufacturer in the United Kingdom, however the Vauxhall Zafira , Citroën Xsara Picasso , Fiat Multipla and the Nissan Almera Tino were launched in less than five years. In 1997, the Mégane Scénic was awarded the Car of the Year by What Car? . The Scénic II arrived in showrooms in the country in September 2003. The Scénic III arrived in showrooms in

2028-448: The know how and the production plant. The production line was launched in 2000. Company ownership changed to 52%/41%/7% in 2002. The purpose for creation of Kish Khodro was to produce a vehicle named Sinad. Their original model was the plastic-bodied Sinad I hatchback (styled as an SUV in press releases) launched in 2000. This was followed by the facelifted Sinad II, which received a larger grille in three compartments. A coupé version,

2080-550: The launch of the Mégane II, an all new Scénic was launched in June 2003. There was also a seven-seater Compact MPV Grand Scénic , with a longer wheelbase and rear overhang , which has two small child sized seats in the enlarged luggage area. The Grand Scénic was officially launched in April 2004. As with the Mégane, the new car employs corporate styling cues and new technology, including

2132-506: The mid-1950s. 1946 – Renault introduces the Renault 4CV model. 1948 – Citroën introduces the Citroën 2CV model, a small front-wheel drive saloon marketed as a "people's car" in the same vein as Germany's Volkswagen Beetle . 1948 – Peugeot introduces the Peugeot 203 model. 1954 – Facel Vega established. 1954 – Simca acquires Ford SAF . 1955 – Citroën introduces the Citroën DS model, equipped with disk brakes and self-leveling suspension. 1955 – Alpine (car maker)

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2184-474: The newer 16 valve engines were introduced. The front end was quite a bit different from the Mégane counterpart, and there were also redesigned rear lights. From the time of this restyle, it became officially known as the Renault Scénic , although a small "Mégane" badge still appeared on the rear door signifying the car's origin. Production ended in June 2003. The Phase 2 allowed the Scénic to be separate from

2236-456: The original Scénic, the Scénic RX4 , launched in 2000 in both LHD and RHD formats. Featuring a viscous, multi disc central differential designed by Austrian specialists Steyr Daimler Puch , it offered part time four wheel drive. The rear suspension was re-engineered, the suspension was strengthened, the gearbox was redesigned to accommodate the four-wheel drive system, and the engine undercover

2288-456: The production ready Scénic Conquest . Although powered by two wheel drive, the Conquest has a body kit, raised ride height and features accessories usually reserved for SUVs. The Scénic III was released in July 2009, while the seven seater 'Grand' version (New Grand Scénic) was released in May 2009. Like the previous Scénic, there is also a seven-seater Compact MPV Grand Scénic. Renault also offers

2340-575: The same time, Renault introduced a crossover version of the Scénic, which was called the Scénic Xmod (Scenic Xmod Cross in Italy). The Scénic Xmod has different styling to the normal Scénic : larger and revised grille, roof racks, body protections, new tires and alloys, new paintwork and Xmod badges. It also features Renault Extended Grip enhanced traction control. Both the Scénic and Grand Scénic can be specified with an Efficient Dual Clutch gearbox, mated to

2392-463: The world's leading automaker, producing 30,124 cars (nearly 49% of the world total) as against 11,235 cars produced in the USA. 1903 – Hotchkiss et Cie is founded. The company is bought by Peugeot in 1950, but discontinues auto production by 1955. 1905 – Delage is founded by Louis Delage . The company is bought by Delahaye in 1935 but ceases auto production in 1954. 1910 – Ettore Bugatti started

2444-644: Was at best tentative, with a period of destructive strikes and economic paralysis during the middle years of the decade. In Germany the Hitler government treated the German auto-industry to a central role in a radical economic strategy driven by what can be seen as a Keynesian approach to "fiscal stimulus". In 1936 France fell from second to third place among Europe's auto-producing nations, recording production of 204,000 cars, while Germany's production amounted to 213,117 passenger cars. 1945 – Renault becomes state owned and

2496-655: Was available with flex fuel engines . From 2006, an appearance package which added black plastic bumpers and fog lamps called the Scénic Sportway was produced. It was different from the European Scénic RX4. It was also assembled in Mexico from December 2000 to mid-2004 at Cuernavaca Nissan plant. This was the very first cross-manufacturing operation between the two brands of the newly created Renault-Nissan Alliance . In 2004, Iran's Kish Khodro had planned to build

2548-489: Was because the electric handbrake could sometimes engage on its own while the car was in motion. The Cleanova III, presented in the 2005 Geneva Auto Show , is based on a Scénic platform. Automotive industry in France France is home to two major automaking companies: Additional lesser automotive manufacturers in France include: The France-based Renault Trucks is a major producer of commercial vehicles and

2600-415: Was converted into a split swing out tailgate. To save weight, the redesigned tailgate was constructed from plastic, which meant the door was prone to cracking under its own weight with the spare wheel under normal use (becoming especially prevalent as the plastic aged). The RX4 rode higher with increased suspension travel and larger wheels than the Scenic. While these changes provided better ground clearance,

2652-621: Was manufactured using the Vacuum Injection Shell Process. The Sinad was successfully crash tested and obtained the MIRA/VCA certification allowing the Sinad circulation in the UK, Europe and in other parts of the world. After production of a claimed 900 units in the first year, the company said they would increase their production to 3,600 in 2002. Another source states their 2001 production to have been 238 cars. Their production volume in 2003

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2704-404: Was thickened and strengthened. The exterior was also changed, featuring plastic cladding around the entire car, a spare wheel on the tailgate, and different wheels from the standard Scénic, using five lug-nuts as opposed to the standard four. The new rear suspension now occupied part of the space that was used for the spare wheel well and led to the spare tyre being placed on the rear hatch, which

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