When the Renault Scenic was launched over 25 years ago, it was a sensation. It became an icon instantaneously. It was the first of a new class of cars — the small family car, a mini MPV based on a normal sedan underpinning. Later, the term “crossover” came into vogue. Within a few years, nearly every brand had a copy of the Scenic on the road; sometimes hard to distinguish from the original.
The launch was at the same time I started working as a self-employed software engineer. I saw my first Renault Scenic in the parking lot of my first job. A few weeks later, there were three of them. After another few weeks, mine was number 5 or 6 in that not very big parking lot. But it was a location hiring software engineers as fast as the market could provide them. The euro conversion and the…
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