Tuesday 2nd July 2002

New Megane

New Megane gets the Vel Satis treatment

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[billb]

has an audi tt crashed into the back of a renault van?! weird but not bad - at least they're trying to do something different

[Twin Turbo]

It's certainly, er....different.

I know each generation of humans gets taller, but do we really need cars that'll enable you to where a top-hat?

[pjg]

It's all very well being "French and quirky" but when the result looks like this? - no thanks.

Vel Satis looks OK with that rear, but on the smaller car it looks "stuck on" - as if one designer designed the front, the other the rear and they joined the bits together.

Gimmie a Focus ST170 any day...

[M@H]

one thing:





and whats going on with the rear window glass??

[dougclayton]

Try putting your thumb over the rear pillar - it looks quite good with a slopeing roof.

[apache]

couldn't be uglier than the original I spose

[ahonen]

Bearing in mind what sort of machine it is, I quite like the front 2/3rds.

The rear, on the other hand, is dismal.

[dans]

Ooh, perhaps we were all wrong and FBS is leading a new generation of cars with fat ugly arses.....

[marki]

quote:

Vel Satis looks OK with that rear, but on the smaller car it looks "stuck on" - as if one designer designed the front, the other the rear and they joined the bits together.

You can not be serious , the vel satis is the most ridiculous looking car, ok trying to be different is good but for the love of Mike ,,,,,, this looks like the little Fiat thing to me Sillyo or is it Stillio

[adeewuff]

quote:
Ooh, perhaps we were all wrong and FBS is leading a new generation of cars with fat ugly arses.....

[CarZee]

quote:You can not be serious , the vel satis is the most ridiculous looking car

Totally agree.. passed one on the mway the other day.. completely ludicrous looking, but they still come in on the good looking side of the Multipla.

[apache]

the only good thing I had to say for the multipla was a sticker on the back of one which said ' If you think this looks odd you should see it from the front' don't know if it was from a dealer or the factory but amusing none the less

[ZZR600]

that c pillar is , bet you have a lovely view of trim panels when your sat in the back

[pjg]

quote:

quote:

Vel Satis looks OK with that rear, but on the smaller car it looks "stuck on" - as if one designer designed the front, the other the rear and they joined the bits together.

You can not be serious , the vel satis is the most ridiculous looking car, ok trying to be different is good but for the love of Mike ,,,,,, this looks like the little Fiat thing to me Sillyo or is it Stillio

I'm not saying that I like the look of the Vel Satis, just that the design of the rear "sits" and looks better and that it was part of the car, rather than being "stuck on" as in the case of the new Megane.

[marki]

quote:

quote:You can not be serious , the vel satis is the most ridiculous looking car

Totally agree.. passed one on the mway the other day.. completely ludicrous looking, but they still come in on the good looking side of the Multipla.

Well thats a given Carzz, what are they smoking over in France, i just got this months Car mag and they they test the Vel S v`s the Avantine thing , what is going on i just can not belive they expect these cars to sell, is Mr. Bangle moonlighting over at Renault

[pjg]

My bad... didn't mean the Vel Satis... I mean' the Avantime has the same rear styling cues...