RENAULT is switching up the style with revamped versions of its popular Scenic and Grand Scenic multi purpose vehicles.
Facelifted models go on sale in February and will feature a more contemporary front end on both models along with gloss black and chrome detailing, standard LED daytime running lamps and new rear lights.
The new range also heralds the debut of two downsized engines, the first being a 1.5 dCi 110 Stop & Start which is an enhanced version of the French marque’s core diesel unit.
Benefiting from the likes of Stop/Start and brake energy regeneration, it combines record low CO2 emissions of 105g/km and a 12 per cent saving in fuel consumption - up 11.3mpg to 68.9, yet more pulling power compared with the existing 1.5 dCi 110.
And from next spring, the five and seven-seater versions of Scenic will also be the first Renaults to receive the new 1.2 TCe 115 petrol engine due to gradually replace the 1.6 VVT 110 and offering lower emissions and a fifth better fuel consumption.
Joining them will be the 1.6 dCi 130 Stop & Start, which itself boasts 20 per cent better fuel consumption than its former 1.9 dCi 130 stablemate.
Two new body colours will also be available, Azzurro Blue and Damask Red, and Scenic and Grand Scenic will be the first Renault models to feature the Visio system which combines a lane departure warning set-up and an automatic headlight function.
Also fitted as standard will be Hill Start Assist and motorway-mode indicators which warn other motorists when the driver is about to change lanes by flashing three times following a flick of the indicator stalk.
The 2012 versions will also carry over technologies like the Bose audio system and Carminat TomTom sat-nav. Prices will announced closer to the launch date.