Kwakungo-1984 lapho kwaRenault, ngokubambisana nabakwaMatra, bethula imodeli eyayizokwethula ingxenye yamaveni amancane: iRenault Espace.
Nakuba abaningi becaphuna i-Chrysler Voyager "njengoyise" wamaveni amancane - noma i-MPV (imoto enemisebenzi eminingi), okuyigama eliphinde lisetshenziswe ukuchaza amaveni amancane, iqiniso liwukuthi lesi sihloko sabazali singese-Renault Espace. Eyethulwe onyakeni osekude ka-1984, i-Renalt Espace manje isigubha amashumi amathathu eminyaka ikhona. Imodeli eyazalwa ngomzamo ohlanganyelwe phakathi kwe-Renault ne-Matra - umkhiqizo osuvele wanyamalala futhi empeleni wawubophezele wonke umqondo.
Kwabathatha iminyaka eyisithupha iMatra ukuthuthukisa umqondo wemoto ethwala abantu, imoto, ngokungafani nozakwabo, eyaklanywa ngaphakathi nangaphandle, ngendlela ephusile yokukhulisa indawo yangaphakathi.
Eminyakeni embalwa ngemva kokuqala kwezifundo, iphrojekthi izokwethulwa kwaPeugeot kuqala, kodwa uhlobo lwe-Grupo PSA lwenqaba ukuhwebelana ngalowo mqondo. Wathola lo mbono uthakazelisa kodwa unekusasa kakhulu. Kwagcina kuyiRenault eyayibukeka kahle embonweni othuthukiswe nguMatra, futhi ngesikhathi esifanele yakwenza lokho!
Kodwa kwakusesekhona indawo yokungabaza. Ngemva kwenyanga yokuthengisa, kwase kudayiswe angu-9 kuphela amayunithi akwaRenault Espace. Bekuvele kukhona amalungu kubaphathi bakwaRenault abenwaya amakhanda “manje, senzani ngaleli khreyithi?”.
Kuze kube izethulo zabezindaba, othile wayenombono ojabulisayo wokusabalalisa iRenault Espace eyodwa kuphela kuzo zonke izintatheli ezine futhi, ngaphezu kwalokho, bashintshisana ngokudla emahhotela aphambili ukuze bathole ukudla okulula ngaphakathi kwe-Espace. Et voila! Njengokungathi ngomlingo, wonke umqondo ngokuzumayo waba nengqondo, okokuqala ezingqondweni zezintatheli bese kuba semiqondweni yabathengi. Isikhala, ukuguquguquka kanye nakho konke ukuguquguquka kwangaphakathi manje kwase kuyizimfanelo ezithakaselwa yibo bonke.
Eminyakeni eyisikhombisa kamuva, amayunithi angama-200,000 emodeli yesiFulentshi evulekile futhi esebenzayo ayesethengisiwe. Abaphathi bakwaPeugeot manje base benwaya ikhanda…okunye sekuwumlando. Sekukonke, manje sekunezizukulwane ezine zale MPV yesiFulentshi ebanzi futhi esebenzayo, futhi isizukulwane sesihlanu kulindeleke ukuthi yethulwe ngo-2015. Kule minyaka engu-30 kuze kube khona isikhathi sokugubha impumelelo yemodeli ngokuhlomisa leli lungu lomndeni elihamba kancane. ngenjini yeFormula 1.
Hlala nale documentary ezingxenyeni ezimbili, mayelana nendaba «kababa wamaveni amancane» kanye nesethulo sokuqala semodeli:
Iphrezentheshini yesizukulwane sokuqala se-Renault Espace