It's also efficient on its not-very-large battery. As a relative of Renault Talisman, New Mgane boasts a specific lighting signature at the front with, C-shaped headlamps whose surround continues into the. Multi-link suspension gives it both responsive cornering and a very quiet, refined – although not that soft – ride. Still, the 220bhp version's performance is lively and the steering quick. It lacks the involvement of a good sporty petrol hatch. Renault likes to call the Megane an 'electric GTI'. But then Renault has already sold 400,000 electric vehicles, mostly Zoes, across most of a decade, and they've run six billion miles, all connected back to the Renault mothership for analysis of battery and owner behaviour. The main impression is of a really mature product. And if you're an Appleist, it runs CarPlay too. The screens run on the Android Automotive operating system, but skinned in a Renault-specific way. But the Megane has both a big twin-screen layout and not-ungenerous rows of physical controls. We've had a lot of beefs with EV dashboards: some rely too much on touchscreens, some deprive the driver of a proper instrument panel. That translates into a WLTP range figure of 280 miles. That means a motor of 220bhp, a battery of 60kWh (220bhp only) and DC rapid charging. But for the moment the UK range is simple: the biggest helping of everything. In France there are two motor outputs and two battery energies, and even two charging speeds. The Megane is front-drive only, which gives it a bigger boot than the VW ID.3. So the 'base' car was quietly shuffled off to oblivion. Then in mid-2020 Renault got a new boss, Luca de Meo, and on his second day he looked at prototypes of both and said "just make that one". "The finance department didn't think much of the sports version," says van den Acker. They actually designed two versions of this car: the regular hatch and a sporty one, with widened arches and more aggressive bumpers. "An electric vehicle needs to be super-fluid and aerodynamic or you don't get anywhere." Its roof height is lower than a VW ID.3. Renault's design chief Laurens van den Acker argues it's not an SUV despite the black wheel-arch extensions.
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