New Grand Scénic Achieves 5 star EuroNCAP Safety Rating

2nd September 2009

New Grand Scénic has become the 12th model of the Renault range to be awarded EuroNCAP's maximum five-star crash-test rating, despite the increase in the independent body's evaluation criteria (side and rear impact, child and adult protection, pedestrian protection, equipment) earlier this year.

New Grand Scénic has been engineered to deliver exemplary active and passive safety performance, and features the same equipment package as the rest of the Mégane family:

• twin side impact sensors, an innovation first seen on Laguna III
• six airbags, including two dual-chamber thorax/groin airbags
• the Renault System for Restraint and Protection (comprising double pretensioners, load limiters and dual-chamber twin-stage adaptive front airbags)
• new-generation headrests.

It also comes as standard with ABS, EBA (Emergency Brake Assist), ESC (Electronic Stability Control) and CSV understeer control.

Renault's across-the-range approach to safety is founded on the study of real-world accidents and places the priority on developing the most effective technologies to prevent accidents from occurring in the first place, taking corrective action and protecting occupants, as well as to enhancing the safety awareness of all road users.

Renault believes that actively improving safety is a priority and stands out as the only car manufacturer to have obtained the maximum five-star rating on 12 occasions. New Grand Scénic's programmed crumple structure absorbs impact energy to protect both the cabin's structural integrity and the lives of occupants.

New Grand Scénic is available with a range of equipment aimed at helping the driver prevent risk situations from occurring in the first place:

• Tyre pressure monitoring system
• Innovative cruise control with speed limiter, including a new, bright, practical and intuitive interface which is both safer and simpler to take in
• Automatic headlight activation
• Automatic activation of windscreen wipers
• Bi-Xenon headlights with cornering dipped-beam lights. They contribute to night-time driving comfort by improving the driver's perception of the road ahead and by providing additional lighting to the side.

New Grand Scénic shares all this equipment with the rest of the Mégane range, and notably with its smaller sibling, New Scénic, which delivers the same standard of safety for all occupants.

Over the years, Renault has emerged as the benchmark carmaker in terms of safety, as illustrated by these results:

EuroNCAP results for Renault: the only carmaker to have secured the maximum score 12 times

New Grand Scénic - 5 stars (2009)
New Mégane - 5 stars (2008), the best score ever obtained for adult protection (37/37)
Koleos - 5 stars (2008)
New Laguna - 5 stars (2007)
Clio III - 5 stars (2005)
Mégane II Coupé Cabriolet - 5 stars (2004), the first vehicle of its class to achieve a score of five-stars
Modus - 5 stars (2004), the first vehicle of its class to achieve a score of five-stars
Scénic II - 5 stars (2003), the first compact MPV to achieve a score of five stars
Espace IV - 5 stars (2003)
Mégane II - 5 stars (2002), the first C-segment vehicle to achieve a score of five stars
Vel Satis - 5 stars (2002 and 2005)
Laguna II - 5 stars (2001 and 2003), the first car in history to achieve this level of safety

The New Grand Scenic is available at Bells from just £14,995. Email sales@bellscrossgar.com for more details. For more information about EuroNCAP safety ratings click here.

Have a look at how the New Scenic got on in the crash test: