Coincidental timing? I've just posted a road test of the new Scenic dCi 120. Very good vehicle. And I'm not actually receiving a lot of complaints about things going wrong with it either. So maybe Renault has started getting it right.
HJ
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Like Renaultman I have a Scenic, but a 1998 diesel DTi. Only problems have been the number of recalls, but this is better than previous cars where the manufacturers have washed their hans of parts problems that they knew about and should IMHO have paid for when they broke!
Back to question I posted a couple of weeks ago - HJ (and others) what has the new Scenic got that the Sport Tourer hasn't that justifies the extra premium in price?
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Not fully answering your question on this link or your other one, but I too had an original Scenic dti which I loved, got high 40's mpg and it was great.
So much so that when I replaced it I got the facelifted Scenic, and went for the all new dci 105 engine which was the dog's proverbials according to Renault. I get low 40mpg (at a push) and it has absolutely no guts about it, to the extent that I prefer to drive my P reg Saxo diesel as I feel it has more power. Renault Family has the dci 120 engine in his Laguna and swears by it, and by all accounts its the same engine as the 105 with some modifications.
I know the new style Scenic comes with the 120 but although I love the Scenic apart from its engine, its enough to make me very wary about getting another one. I really would need to get a full weekend test drive to convince myself.
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HJ, a friend of mine has a new Scenic and I would have swore that his boot was smaller than my facelifted Scenic. But interesting to see that the old Scenic luggage capacity is 410 / 1800 and the new one is 430/1840 !!
Looks can be deceiving!!
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Diesel engine power outputs can vary enormously. They did with XUTDs and VAG TDIs as well. Seems partly to do with how loose the engine is (which depends on how it has been run in), partly (obviously) to do with the fuelling, partly to do with the turbo and partly to do with the way the ECU is programmed. That's why simply chipping a diesel can give very varied results. My test was of an 8,000 mile 03 reg press fleet Scenic dCi 120 which had the benefit of lots of different drivers.
HJ
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It has to be said that HJ drove the privelge version as well. Now while the engine/handling may be the same as poverty spec versions, they dont come with the big centre console /storage box and other ~"cool" goodies. The good thing about the old scenic was (in its run out years) the price and the spec level.
The new one is positively dear in camparison.
Oh and re the 120 in the goona, the gear ratios in the new 6speed 120 are different too.. I drove the new scenic dci 120 (just being nosey) and the engine is STILL not as sweet as in the goona.
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