Renault will probably not replace Espace and Talisman
- The Renault Product Plan recently detailed in Inovev Auto-Analyses reveals that the Espace (D segment MPV) and Talisman (D segment sedan) will be restyled in 2019 but will not be replaced until 2023, while their launch dates back to 2014 for the former and to 2015 for the latter.
- Inovev believes that these models will not be replaced, as their sales volume does not meet company objectives at all, and there is no reason to expect that their replacements would achieve better results.
- In the first nine months of 2018, the Talisman sold 16,000 units (21,000 over the year as against 29,000 in 2017 and 54,000 in 2016), while the Espace has not exceeded 10,000 sales (13,000 over the whole year against 18,000 in 2017 and 29,000 in 2016).
- Both models should be sold until the end of their life cycle and will make way for the new generation of Renault electric cars which should start production in 2021 on the Douai site.
- The Renault Scénic will remain on the Douai site, at least until 2023. Its sales reached 83,000 in the first nine months of 2018 (against 109,000 in 2017 and 80,000 in 2016), which augurs a volume of 110,000 to 112,000 units throughout the year.
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