2009 Renault Mégane scores five stars
November 26, 2008 by George Skentzos
The new-generation Mégane has maintained a rather lengthy streak of five-star safety models from Renault, scoring full marks in its Euro NCAP crash tests.
This achievement has resulted in the new Mégane earning the joint highest-ever score awarded in EuroNCAP, matching that of Qashqai (Dualis in Australia), from sister company Nissan, last year.
The new Mégane becomes the 11th member of the Renault family to have earned the top five-star rating, with its active and passive safety levels developed from the beginning to deliver new standards in its class.
Contributing to its success were standard safety features such as twin side-impact sensors, six airbags, the Renault System for Restraint and Protection, which combines pretensioners and load limiters with twin-stage dual-chamber adaptive front airbags and new-generation headrests.
Active safety features such as ABS and Emergency Brake Distribution come as standard, while in Britain all versions also feature Electronic Stability Programme (ESP) with Anti-Skid Regulation (ASR) and additional understeer control.
Complimentary safety equipment also features in the new Mégane such as a tyre pressure monitoring system, cruise control and speed limiter, and automatically activated headlights and windscreen wipers.
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No real surprise considering that the previous one got five stars. Very good though. I like that car a lot. Certainly more than the new Mazda 3.
I really like the front side of this new Megane. The old one didn’t had a great design, but this one could be a hit!
Beuatiful.Rumors are this car will come in at around 20k when it launches in 2010
Dunno what it is with Renault but their current designs are lacking any inspiration what so ever. Dull effort following the dull Laguna which after 18 months or so is to get a face lift due to poor sales. Not surprised after the last Laguna which was a unreliable liability that not even Renault could fix.
I’ve never liked any of the Renault designs. They all just seem to lack something. Citroen designs on the other hand are so much better. The new C5 looks amazing. and the C4 and C6 are beautiful.
Well, no surprise the Mégane getting another 5-Star safety rating.
I love the new Mégane, looks great, beautiful interior and as always great safety. I’d love one of these when it comes to Aus (Renault says late ‘09 or early ‘10), and the Laguna is great as well. These cars have a lot of personality and individuality (nice and curvy).
I’d much rather a Laguna or Mégane over a Mazda6 or Mazda3 for example, too generic!
I like the particular aggressive look of this car too. Nice one Renault!
Steve
Hopefully they made the headlight globes easier to change on this model.
SteveC