Neil Hunt Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 New Renault Master and Vauxhaul Movano due to arrive in April. Options will include front and rear wheel drive and Euro 4 or 5 emission standards. Interesting to see if more converters start to offer them, an alternative to Sevel at last perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
euroserv Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 True enough, it is on it's way. The official UK launch is at the CV show in April at the NEC but I have been invited to a preview and drive event a few days before and I have Renault coming to see me in a couple of weeks where much more info than is on the Renault website is promised. It may be what the industry needs (a viable alternative to sevel) but I won't be holding my breath. Renault have a shocking history with getting things right from the off and our previous vans have all suffered with electrical problems and gearbox failures and so have all 6 Renault Masters owned by the building firm next door to us. The engine (there is only one; a 2.3 with either 100, 125 or 150hp) is supposedly brand new, but I suspect that it is not, and I have a pretty good idea which engine it is. I will share more details with you as soon as I get them. Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freewheeler Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 The company that I worked for, before I retired, ran a fleet of twenty Renault Masters, without any major mechanical/electrical issues, apart from the handbrake on earlier models. My own 3 litre Renault Master based motorhome is now nearly 5 years old and, so far, hasn't had any mechanical/electrical problems whotsoever. Perhaps I'm just fortunate, although I have carried out all the servicing myself, since it was new. I feel that I have much more time available to be thorough and I'm not interested in having the service book stamped, so that isn't a problem for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 What I'm trying to find out is 'load width', know the lenght and hieght of the L3H2 but for some reason they haven't yet published the width Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike88 Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Is there to be an auto option? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kontiki Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 The details & pictures are here http://www.renault.co.uk/corporate/about/category/7/newsnumber/03ddb951-2837-48cf-8717-21f7ae473bc4/newsitemdisplay.aspx It lists the Load Width as 1,765 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike88 Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 Like Ford's Renault have dropped the auto option forcing people to choose between Fiat and Merc. Its a shame! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin9591 Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 Glad I got the current one if there's no auto option on the new one. What a shame. Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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