Is this REALLY the best car you can buy in 2024? Electric Renault Scenic 投票（する）d European Car of the Year

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The all-electric Renault Scenic E-Tech has won the 変えるd 肩書を与える of European Car of the Year at the 2024 Geneva モーター Show.

The French family EV SUV （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 seven shortlisted 競争相手s to the 栄冠を与える, 含むing the BMW 5 Series and Peugeot 3008, which scooped second and third place それぞれ.

投票（する）d for by 58 独立した・無所属 賠審員s ?all road-実験（する）ing モーターing 新聞記者／雑誌記者s ? the award is meant to find the best new car on sale that year. It 反映するs the 裁判／判断s of 22 countries across wider Europe.

The big question is: should it really have won??

The Renault Scenic E-Tech electric SUV has won the coveted European Car of the Year Award at the 2024 Geneva モーター Show

The family SUV won with 329 points （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域ing the BMW X5/iX5 and Peugeot 3008/e-3008 who （機の）カム second and third それぞれ?

With 379 miles of 範囲 and 150kW DC 早い 非難する, 裁判官s 投票（する）d for it 存在 a much more affordable 見解／翻訳／版 of the Tesla Model Y

The Scenic E-Tech （人命などを）奪う，主張するd victory with 329 points, to the BMW 5 Series' 308 points and Peugeot 3008's 197 points.?

This is the seventh time Renault has won Car of the Year, and 同時に起こる／一致するs with the 100th 周年記念日 of the Geneva モーター Show.

一連の会議、交渉／完成するing up the 最高の，を越す seven were the Kia EV9 (4th), Volvo EX30 (5th), BYD 調印（する） (6th) and Toyota C-HR took the final place with 127 points.?

The 主題 was 明確に electric, as four of the seven finalists were 完全に electric and the other three had either electric 見解／翻訳／版s or plug-in hybrid 見解／翻訳／版s.

With a starting price of £37,495 the Scenic E-Tech is designed for family 慰安 and 平易な electric 運動ing.?

With up to 379 miles of 範囲, DC 150kW 早い 非難する and 545 litres of boot space, it's won favour for 存在 a cheaper and longer-範囲 見解／翻訳／版 of the Tesla Model Y.?

That said, the Tesla Y was the best-selling new electric car of 2023 in the UK and across Europe.

The ECOTY has to have modern tech, be 井戸／弁護士席 designed and 申し込む／申し出 value for money - all of which the 58 賠審員s believed the Renault Scenic E-Tech

The Scenic is a family-friendly car with 545 litres of boot space. Order 調書をとる／予約するs are now open and prices start from £37,495

Practicality and 乗客 慰安 are also big considerations in the 裁判／判断 and the Scenic E-Tech comes with Apple CarPlay, Android 自動車 and wireless 非難する?

Is the Renault Scenic a worthy 勝利者??

The winning Car of the Year car has to be new on the market in the 12 months 事前の to the date of the 肩書を与える, but other than the 基準 is 幅の広い; it needs to 成し遂げる 井戸／弁護士席 across many areas 含むing tech, safety and value for money, but there's no 明確な／細部s to 満足させる.

Considering these wide parameters, there's some very strong 競争 that surprisingly didn't make the shortlist or the 勝利者's circle this year.?

The under-£40k 注目する，もくろむ-catching?Hyundai Ioniq 6 continued to do the Korean brand proud after the success of the Ioniq 5, 申し込む／申し出ing a 338-mile 範囲, more 後部 legroom than a Mercedes S-Class and impressive 業績／成果.

For around £17,000 there's little that can （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 the new Dacia Duster?seven-seater, 申し込む／申し出ing affordable モーターing to family-car 買い手s on a tighter 予算.

And it's not like the European Car of the Year gong has always been a 確定／確認 of a 質 car.

In the last three １０年間s, 勝利者s have 含むd the Fiat Bravo/Brava (1996), Alfa Romeo 147 (2001), Peugeot 307 (2002) and Vauxhall Insignia (2009) - cars either with patchy reliability 記録，記録的な／記録するs or rather uninspiring 特徴.??

On the first day of Geneva モーター Show Renault were 現在のd with the COTY price - an event that 示すs the return of the モーター show and where Renault were one of the few 製造業者s to …に出席する

This is the third-世代 Dacia Duster. While it might have all-new looks it also 保持するs its position in the market as the nation's most affordable family car, starting from around £17K

The 2024 award 示すs the fifth year an EV has taken the European Car of the Year.

Last year's? 肩書を与える went to the Jeep Avenger EV, which is vastly overlooked by UK 顧客s.

In 2022, the impressive Kia EV6 won the award, three years before the Jaguar I-Pace took the accolade, 存在 the first 賞与金-brand EV.

The very first EV to 勝利，勝つ ECOTY was the Nissan Leaf, which 解除するd the gong in 2011.

Turkey, Hungary, フラン, UK, Spain, Netherlands, Italy, Luxembourg, Belgium all 投票（する）d for this year's 勝利者, on the 60th 周年記念日 of European Car of the Year.

Renault Scenic E-Tech order 調書をとる／予約するs are open now and first 配達／演説／出産s will arrive in the spring.