#Megane car windows#
The flat floor gives rear seat passengers more fidget-space and although the sloping roof line and small windows make it feel a bit more closed-in than it actually is, the E-Tech promises to be an excellent family car. As with all models designed around the electric drive, there is more space than usual.
#Megane car drivers#
There are a few oddities such as the angular mobile phone holding shelf that does a fine job of kneecapping drivers of a certain height, and a curious over-supply of steering column stalks, the Megane E-Tech is well thought-out. It’s a shame we don’t get the bigger display which is used in left hand drive cars though.Īnd the fact that infotainment and navigation are now based on a Google operating system (OS) also makes usability easier. Renault has found the best balance in this class so far from digital instruments, a large touchscreen and a few conventional switches. Inside, the Megane is equally impressive. It cuts a chunky, purposeful profile that strikes a decent balance between familiar and futuristic, and thanks to some bold detailing in the front bumper and shallow headlight strips, manages to be one of Renault’s most engaging designs for years. At 4.2 metres long, it’s fractionally shorter than an ID.3 and, thanks to a clever new battery pack design that is only 11cm thick, hides its height extremely well. The Megane E-Tech is an all-new, ground-up electric car packaged in a family-friendly five-door hatchback-cum-SUV shape. This isn’t merely a converted battery version of the brand’s evergreen family hatch.
So what’s it like? Well, ignore the fact that Renault has chosen to slap the Megane badge on it.
This is good news because competition means that car makers have to work twice as hard to part us from our cash. Aimed fairly and squarely at the Volkswagen ID.3, it will be the first car to give the German hatch a true run for its money. The first of Renault’s new wave of electrics is this, the Megane E-Tech. The platform has been developed with Nissan, and provides the base for the new Ariya SUV. The brand has also invested hugely in a new electric car platform (a set of foundations that can be used to underpin a number of new models) that will see a new, second generation of Renault electric cars. New CEO Luca de Meo has proclaimed a “renaulution" and has written a blank cheque to teams developing a new Renault 5 and Renault 4. The Zoe is starting to show its age - especially in NCAP crash tests - while the Twizy has quietly disappeared from the brand’s UK line-up.īut there’s good news on the way. Although the French giant was selling electric cars long before the idea was even on the table at the likes of Volkswagen, Renault has been surprisingly quiet over the last couple of years.
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