Mu 1984 ni bwo Renault, ku bufatanye na Matra, batangije icyitegererezo kizatangiza igice cya minivan: Renault Espace.
Nubwo benshi bavuga ko Chrysler Voyager ari "se" wa minivans - cyangwa MPV (imodoka ifite intego nyinshi), izina naryo ryakoreshejwe mu gusobanura minivans, ukuri ni uko iri zina ryababyeyi ari irya Renault Espace. Renalt Espace yatangijwe mumwaka wa 1984, ubu yizihiza imyaka mirongo itatu ibaho. Icyitegererezo cyavutse ku mbaraga zihuriweho na Renault na Matra - ikirango kuva icyo gihe cyazimye kandi cyari gifite ishingiro kubitekerezo byose.
Byatwaye Matra imyaka itandatu kugirango atezimbere igitekerezo cyabatwara abantu, imodoka itandukanye na bagenzi bayo, yakozwe kuva imbere, muburyo bwo kwagura umwanya wimbere.
Nyuma yimyaka mike nyuma yo gutangira ubushakashatsi, umushinga uzerekanwa mbere na mbere kuri Peugeot, ariko ikirango cya Grupo PSA cyanze gucuruza icyo gitekerezo. Yasanze igitekerezo gishimishije ariko kirenze futuristic. Byarangiye ari Renault wasaga neza nigitekerezo cyateguwe na Matra, kandi mugihe cyiza arabikora!
Ariko haracyariho umwanya wo gushidikanya. Nyuma yukwezi kugurisha, ibice 9 bya Renault Espace byari bimaze kugurishwa. Hariho abanyamuryango mubuyobozi bwa Renault bazunguza imitwe "none, dukora iki kiriya gisanduku?".
Kugeza abanyamakuru, umuntu yagize igitekerezo cyo gukwirakwiza Renault Espace imwe gusa kuri buri munyamakuru kandi, usibye no guhana amafunguro muri hoteri nziza cyane yo kurya muri Espace. Et voila! Nkaho kuburozi, igitekerezo cyose cyasobanutse gitunguranye, ubanza mubitekerezo byabanyamakuru hanyuma mubitekerezo byabaguzi. Umwanya, ibintu byinshi hamwe na moderi yimbere imbere byari imico ishimwa nabose.
Nyuma yimyaka irindwi, ibice 200.000 bya moderi yagutse kandi ifatika yubufaransa yari imaze kugurishwa. Ubuyobozi bwa Peugeot noneho bwarimo umutwe… ibisigaye ni amateka. Muri rusange, ubu hariho ibisekuru bine byiyi MPV yagutse kandi ifatika, kandi biteganijwe ko igisekuru cya gatanu kizashyirwa ahagaragara muri 2015. Muri iyi myaka 30 habaye igihe cyo kwishimira intsinzi yicyitegererezo muguha ibikoresho uyu muryango utinze. hamwe na moteri ya formula 1.
Gumana niyi documentaire mubice bibiri, kubyerekeye inkuru ya «se wa minivans» no kwerekana bwa mbere icyitegererezo:
Kwerekana igisekuru cya 1 cya Renault Espace