RENAULT SCENIC

Never mind our electric Renault: what do you think of yours?

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MILEAGE 5912

WHY WE'RE RUNNING

IT To see if the 2024 Car of the Year really is the standout family SUV

It’s great, but...” seems to be a prevailing theme of my time in the Renault Scenic. It does so much so well, and then, just at the point of us reaching a blissful equilibrium together, something happens just to set it back a bit.

In this warmer weather I've been winding down the window a lot, as you do. Yet when the driver's window goes down and settles - or rather doesn’t - it then spends the next few seconds making a rattle in the bowels of the door. It goes away soon enough, but it’s irritating.

More software bugs have materialised, too. The Apple CarPlay issues reported previously haven't got any better, and now the traffic sign recognition system has gone permanently blank. In some ways that’s actually a blessing, because it isn’t the most accurate operator when supposedly in full working order. And another thing... the memory function of the seats has a very selective memory.