The Megane has always been one of Renault‘s most successful models, dating back to late 1995 and being offered in a myriad of body styles to meet the needs of buyers. Today, it competes in the hotly contested compact car segment in Europe and other parts of the world, where it has seen great success. Of course, success is relative, and to Renault, the numbers haven’t been looking so good. Auto Express UK has been told by one of Renault’s top bosses that the Megane might be in trouble, with sales falling steadily since the 465,732 units sold in 2010 across Europe. Could we be saying goodbye to the pretty cool looking, recently refreshed Megane and its hot hatch counterpart, the RS, already?
According to Laurens van den Acker, design chief of Renault, the French company is looking at reallocating development costs assigned to the Megane…