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Renault Mégane II is here!
The new Renault Mégane II has been launched in New Zealand. It arrives with the triple accolades of 2003 European Car of the Year, the only 5-star Euro NCAP safety rating in its class and the best selling car in Europe for the first 6 months of 2003.

The Mégane II hatchback and Sport Hatch pave the way for a complete renewal of Renault’s product line-up in the C segment.

Built on the new C platform — jointly developed by the Renault-Nissan Alliance — Mégane II constitutes a major commercial, financial and industrial challenge underpinning Renault's profitable growth strategy.

With the arrival of Mégane II, Renault adds a new string to its bow: the individual hatchback. It can be summed up in three words: compact, expressive, dynamic.

Mégane II's distinctive design gives it plenty of character. Mégane II is a pleasure to drive, as its styling suggests. Mégane II also offers innovative comfort features and an intelligent approach to travelling pleasure which Renault introduced on higher-segment models.

The Mégane II hatchback and Sport Hatch were developed in just 29 months — Renault's best-ever development time. The engineering phase was significantly shortened and the production preparation phase halved. And no concessions were made on the different stages of approval.

Renault achieved this high level of performance through a new managerial approach, involving the factories from the very start of the programme. Profitability was therefore given a considerable boost.

Renault invested a total of 2.1 billion Euros, with nearly half devoted to industrial investment in Palencia, Spain — readied to produce the hatchback and the Sport Hatch — as well as at the plant in Douai, France, which will manufacture the hatchback and the new Scénic at a later date. The third plant, in Bursa, Turkey, will produce the Mégane saloon

Mégane II will be the first model to use the C platform, the second common platform developed alongside Nissan. Designed for C-segment models of both Renault and Nissan, the C platform will account for over 25% of all Alliance production by 2006, i.e. approximately 1.8 million vehicles. Mégane II was devised right from the start as an international programme and will be distributed in 75 countries.

Based on a completely new platform, Mégane II has new front and rear suspension systems, combining precision with highly effective isolation of noise and vibration. For complete driving control in all circumstances, the road-going behaviour of Mégane II is superior in terms of both roadholding and braking.

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