Mégane Sport Tourer completes impressive family car line-up for Renault

By Gerry Murphy

In what could be deemed the final piece of the jigsaw, Renault has completed the renewal of its revised family car offering with the announcement of the new Mégane Sport Tourer.

It arrives in dealer showrooms later this month with a starting price tag of €20,490 rising to €31,690 for the top-of-the-range model.

Often, estate versions of cars look more striking than the passenger car versions, and here the Mégane Sport Tourer looks decidedly handsome in this shape. In recent times, Renault’s family car line-up has added the Kadjar crossover, new Mégane, Mégane Grand Coupe, new versions of the Scenic and Grand Scénic, and now the launch of this car makes it one of the youngest car ranges of any brand in the marketplace.

This new car has five trim levels: Expression, Dynamique Nav, Dynamique S Nav, as well as GT Line and GT and a comprehensive choice of specification including good balance of luxury or sportiness at the top of the range.

At the base of the range, the Expression trim level offers a broad specification including front and rear LED daytime running lights; 16-inch wheels, tinted windows, electric windows, Bluetooth connectivity, DAB radio with fingertip controls, an AUX input, a two-way adjustable steering column, height adjustable driver and passenger seat, Bluetooth connectivity, accessory power point, a 12-volt front socket and ample storage throughout the cabin.

Renault’s passive safety systems, such as six airbags, seat belts with load limiters and pretensioners at the front, side impact protection bars and ISOFIX child-seat mounting points on the two outer rear seats have been applied to every version in the range. Active safety systems such as adaptive cruise control, AEBS and lane departure warning are available on certain trim levels.

After all that, the other levels pack even more goodies as you move up the chain such as Renault’s Visio active safety system with lane departure warning; traffic sign recognition and automatic high/low beam headlamps; electrically adjustable, heated and folding door mirrors; handsfree keycard; rear parking sensors; automatic dual zone climate control; DAB radio; and seven-inch touchscreen R-Link2 multimedia system including satellite navigation with live traffic updates and Western European mapping.

R-Link2 is the hub for controlling Renault’s unique Multi-Sense convenience system enables drivers to fully personalise the driving style of the car.

For more, read this week’s Connacht Tribune.