Renault’s Mégane II range has hit the one million production mark after only 20 months on sale.
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Launched at the end of 2002, it had exceeded its sales targets in 2003, becoming what its maker claims is the biggest selling car in Western Europe.
The Mégane I took 24 months to reach the million mark and almost 4.7 million were sold over seven years.
Renault said the Mégane, including the Scénic minivan derivative, has become the top-selling model in Western Europe, with 4.2% market share, and kept its leadership into the first four months of 2004, with a share of 4.7%.
The carmaker said that a significant contributing factor has been the roll-out of seven different body versions in only 18 months: the three and five-door hatchbacks launched at the end of 2002 were soon followed by a five-seat minivan, sedan, wagon, and coupé-cabriolet in 2003, then the longer, seven-seat Scenic at the beginning of this year.
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By GlobalDataA zippy Mégane Renault Sport three-door hatchback is the latest version to arrive and completes the range.
Based on a single platform – the Renault-Nissan Alliance’s C platform – the various Mégane models are manufactured in three plants around the world: Palencia (Spain) for the hatchbacks and sedan, Douai (France) for the Scénic, Grand Scénic, sports hatchback and coupé-cabriolet, plus Bursa (Turkey), for the wagon.
Renault has recently added a 165hp two-litre turbocharged petrol engine to the range; in the new Mégane Renault Sport model it delivers 225hp and 300 Nm of torque.
Two Meganes are among five Renaults to have been awarded the top five-star rating in the Euro-NCAP crash tests.
The current Megane range also introduced heralded Renault’s new “extended” model line structure which permits numerous possibilities for personalising vehicles with a combination of interior trim levels, equipment levels and powertrains. This is now spreading to the smaller Clio hatchback (also a sedan in some export markets) and new Modus ‘mini-minivan’.
