Our Fleet Test Drive: Renault Megane Sport Tourer - 4th Report
Date:
03 February 2010
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Author: Guy Bird
Megane rear
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| Category: | Estate | | P11D price: | £19,350 (est.) | | Key rival: | Ford Focus Estate | |
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Ride quality is an often over-looked vehicular attribute by those obsessed by handling performance above all else.
Some fleet cars might also happen to be very able around a race track but for most of their lives their reason for being is to act as comfortable and functional transport. I'm happy to report the Sport Tourer really fulfils this latter brief. Its ride is superb, whether in town over different-shaped and sized speed bumps or out of town on variable quality country roads, and better than almost all the estates I've driven recently on UK's uneven and pothole-filled roads.
Renault Megane Sport Tourer
1.5dCi TomTom 5dr 6spd manual | | | | | Mileage | 1105 | Claimed combined
consumption | 62.8mpg | | Our average consumption | 48.1mpg | | P11D price | £19,350 | | Model price range | £14,935-£22,285 | | CO2 (tax) | 120g/km/13% | | BIK 20/40% per month | £42/£84 | | Service interval | up to 18,000mls/2yrs | | Insurance | group 6 | | Warranty | 3yrs/60,000mls | | Boot space (min/max) | 486/1567 litres | | Engine size/power | 1461cc/106PS | | Top speed/0-62mph | 118mph/11.2secs | | Why we’re running it | To see if downsizing
estates can really work | | Positive | Smart looks, interior
details, economy, ride | | Negative | Annoying handbrake,
steering response |
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