The Renault Espace marked a golden age for the diamond house and, to some extent, for the story. In Europe he was the one who "invented" the concept of minivans, although that credit is fair to attribute to Chrysler. The thing is, as customer tastes have evolved, he seems to have been left behind. So much so that the firm had to reinvent the current generation to give it an air of an SUV that has not worked at all.
The proof of the decline of minivans is that The Scénic and Grand Scénic have "died" in favor of their new brother Austral. And in the heat of this novelty, in the French firm they thought it appropriate to create another extended wheelbase version (or rear overhang) with which offer 7 places. And here is the mess. Yes, because there are those who say that it will be called Grand Austral and who swears that it will be Espace, but who will win? Like these renders help to choose, right...?
The Renault Espace could survive, all the rumors point to it, thanks to the Austral...
You may be wondering if a few days ago we already presented some renders of the next Grand Austral? Well yes, it's true but Now it's time to talk about the Renault Espace and the graphic creations made by Kolesa. As is obvious, these renders are developed from official images of the new Austral. In this case, so that the passenger compartment is wider the gala house should stretch the battle and that the back doors grow...
But it would not be the only aspect that would grow because the rear overhang should also be more generous. To fulfill this reason: accommodate the two additional rear seats and the trunk, which, perforce, should be larger. However, some of these cosmetic changes They can be seen in the digital recreations of Kolesa, such as the one on the doors. The other features remain as is, although we do not know if the same will happen in the final version...
In summary, and as we told you a few days ago, Renault could follow the Peugeot style to articulate this range of models. In other words, the Austral would be a rival to the 3008 and the Espace (or Grand Austral) to the 5008. But the parallelism would not only affect the aesthetic conception, but also the technique. Yes, because if Peugeot's SUVs have been created on the Stellantis EMP2 platform, the Austral and Espace would do the same but on the CMF-C/D basis...
Will have to see what is the future that holds for this hypothetical Renault Espace. Whatever it is, it seems that it will not take long to find out, since everything indicates that its official debut will take place in the coming months. Maybe before 2023 comes into our lives? We will see…
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- Plazas 5 - 7
- Power 200 cv
- Consumption 4,6. - 4,8 l/100km
- Assessment 4,4