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If you're looking for a practical, spacious five-seat family hatch with a bit of SUV attitude and a touch of extra off-tarmac capability, the obvious solution is to opt for one of the market's popular Qashqai-class Crossover models. But if you're looking for a used car from the 2013 to 2016 era, there is another option. Renault's Scenic XMOD may be first and foremost a compact MPV but mud and snow tyres and a clever Grip Xtend traction system actually give it more capability than most front-driven Crossovers and small SUVs. And its People Carrying roots mean greater interior flexibility too.
History
We're going to start by talking Crossovers. You know, those SUV-style Qashqai-class family hatchbacks on steroids that so many people seem to want these days. This Renault Scenic XMOD isn't officially one of those. But it clearly would like to be.
Renault, of course, knows plenty about Crossovers and back in 2013, was already selling one purpose-designed such car, the Clio-based Captur. What the brand didn't have back then was a larger Qashqai-sized Crossover contender - the company's Kadjar model wasn't launched until the Autumn of 2015. To fill the gap in its range prior to the Kadjar's arrival, Renault decided to offer the five-seat version of its Scenic MPV with an electronic grip enhancement system, some grippier tyres and a few SUV styling cues. The resulting package was rather curiously badged 'XMOD' and it was available to all buyers of the revised third generation Scenic model sold between 2013 and 2016.
Yes, this is really a People Carrier in a pair of hiking boots, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. True, it doesn't have 4WD - but then most Crossovers don't offer that either. Plus this more adventurous Scenic delivers levels of space, practicality and seating flexibility that most comparably priced Crossover models can only dream about.
If you like the look and don't mind the People Carrying heritage of this car, you could conceivably find it all quite tempting. It's certainly a recipe that Renault had plenty of time to perfect: the brand has, after all, been offering us adventurous Scenic variants like this one since the turn of the century. So should family folk give this car a second glance on the used car market? Let's find out.
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