2024 Renault Scenic E-Tech electric car review

There’s also a very clever panoramic glass sunroof which allows you to switch from see-through to opaque to in sections from front to rear. That’s handy when you’ve got the whole family in the car, allowing those in the front to see out while also protecting children in the rear from blaring sun, for example. 

The Scenic is so focused on serving families, practicality is obviously a big thing. To that end, there’s loads of space in the front for a pair of six-footers and generous head room in the rear, even for someone sitting in the slightly raised middle seat.

Rear leg room, however, isn’t quite as impressive. True, there’s a good amount of knee room, but the foot well feels quite small and there’s hardly any space under the front seat for your feet. Indeed, the Ioniq 5 has loads more leg room and will likely be more comfortable on long drives, especially for teens with long legs. 

At 545 litres, the Scenic’s boot is slightly bigger, on paper, than that of the Ioniq 5, a car that managed to swallow seven carry-on sized suitcases in our tests. In more relatable terms, that means the Renault's boot should be more than sufficient to swallow a couple of buggies or a family’s holiday luggage.

For the times when you need more space, the Scenic’s rear seats can be split 40/20/40 and folded down – you have to negotiate a lip up to the seat backs when you do, though. Unlike the Ioniq 5 and Model Y, the rear seats don’t do anything else clever, like recline or slide fore and aft.

Verdict

While final pricing is yet to be confirmed, we suspect that the Scenic will start around £40,000, meaning that it’ll cost a little more than the Enyaq 60 and slightly less than the Model Y RWD – both of which have a much smaller range.