1999 Renault Mégane Grandtour 1 [X64]
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Comments about this vehicle
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◊ 2008-04-10 08:31 |
Grandtour?  |
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◊ 2008-04-10 09:39 |
The wagon's sales name in D, A, CH, I, H, PL, CZ, SK... don't know where else. |
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◊ 2025-02-08 21:31 |
The wagon was introduced with the facelift in early 1999, so most probably 2000. |
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◊ 2025-02-08 21:32 |
... |
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◊ 2025-02-08 21:36 |
Don't look at me like that. Have you seen the lengths Toyota goes to? https://importarchive.com/brochure/toyotasienna1998_01 https://importarchive.com/brochure/lexusrx1999_03 Renault is normal compared to them! If they're not going to put years on the front of their brochures, their common graphical layout is our best bet if we want to bring order to French MYs and get behind their implied model years. -- Last edit: 2025-02-08 21:38:51 |
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◊ 2025-02-08 21:40 |
I'll join RedBoy's Funny Face Pulling gang ... |
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◊ 2025-02-08 23:23 |
For the rest of the range my reaction was the same as dsl and RedBoy  but was the wagon introduced later in all markets? I checked and here the hatch/Classic/Coach (Coupé)/Cabriolet debuted in March, and the wagon's first price list was September 1999; it entered together with the Scénic, which we round up to 2000, so, at least for Italian market, should be the same  @AleX_DJ, do you know more introduction dates?  |
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◊ 2025-02-09 17:26 |
It seems that there were two stages for its introduction: one with the other facelifted models in early 1999 (Mar/Feb) and another one in late 1999 (Sep/Oct), maybe for the markets where the Scénic was selling too strong? ![[Image: FR.png]](/res/flags/FR.png "FR.png") FR: Feb 99 as Mégane Break![[Image: AT.png]](/res/flags/AT.png "AT.png") AT: Mar 99 as Mégane Kombi![[Image: CH.png]](/res/flags/CH.png "CH.png") CH: Mar 99 as Mégane Break![[Image: CZ.png]](/res/flags/CZ.png "CZ.png") CZ: Mar 99 as Mégane Combi![[Image: DE.png]](/res/flags/DE.png "DE.png") DE: Mar 99 as Mégane Grandtour HU: Mar 99 as Mégane Break ![[Image: NL.png]](/res/flags/NL.png "NL.png") NL: Mar 99 as Mégane Break![[Image: PL.png]](/res/flags/PL.png "PL.png") PL: Mar 99 as Mégane Kombi ![[Image: SK.png]](/res/flags/SK.png "SK.png") SK: Mar 99 as Mégane Kombi![[Image: IT.png]](/res/flags/IT.png "IT.png") IT: Sep 99 as Mégane Station Wagon![[Image: ES.png]](/res/flags/ES.png "ES.png") ES: Oct 99 as Mégane Break ![[Image: IS.png]](/res/flags/IS.png "IS.png") IS: Oct 99 as Mégane Break![[Image: NO.png]](/res/flags/NO.png "NO.png") NO: Oct 99 as Mégane Stasjonsvogn ![[Image: UK.png]](/res/flags/UK.png "UK.png") UK: not available -- Last edit: 2025-02-09 17:26:48 |
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◊ 2025-02-09 19:37 |
That's an original name...  speaking of original names, funny that the German one sounds more French that the French one.. -- Last edit: 2025-02-09 19:39:17 |
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◊ 2025-02-09 19:59 |
Yes, I always thought so indeed .gif ":)") I don't know why the name Grandtour has never been used in France, I think it also sounds pretty good Anyway, 'Break', despite being an English term, is a traditional French way of defining estate cars. Originally it was the name of a horse-drawn carriage, also spelt 'brake' since the late 19th century (the same etimology as 'shooting brake', which in the pre-automobile era was a carriage adapted for transporting hunting rifles and dogs). The use of the name 'Break' for estate cars in France started around the 1960s, replacing the usuals names 'Commerciale' and 'Familiale', and was the standard name in particular for the then PSA estate cars until the early 2000s |
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◊ 2025-02-09 21:35 |
Thanks for the research yes, I guess the reason was that one, at least here it was so. When I can I will move up wagons for those markets to 2000 .gif ";)") |
