Renault makes much of the car’s interior versatility, although in that respect it’s hardly segment-leading. Second-row passenger space is just about appropriate for full-size adults, but is no great selling point in itself. A Skoda Kamiq offers just as much while a Skoda Karoq with optional removable back seats knocks the Symbioz for six on outright carrying space.
Renault includes a sliding back seat to boost boot space, but it only moves as one fixed bench, so it’s a bit awkward to heave fore and aft. Moreover, when it’s slid forwards, it leaves a sizeable gap in the loadbay floor primed and ready to swallow up and snag smaller items. That apart, though, the car’s boot is usefully large and deep by class standards, with an adjustable-height floor.
Up front, the driver’s seat is comfortable enough (though it lacks cushion adjustment options), and the control layout and displays are simple and sensible. Renault’s chunky transmission selector is a practical size and easy to grab without looking. The instruments are all digital, but clearly rendered, with a few options for display style.
Meanwhile, Renault’s Google-based Open R portrait-style infotainment system is easy to find your way around, with lots of app-based functionality best connected for those with Android-based smartphones. The car’s ADAS systems (it offers up to 24 of them, Renault proudly crows, between speed limit buzzers, lane keeping assistants, intelligent cruise control, etc) are mercifully easy to neuter via a fixed physical shortcut button adjacent to the steering wheel.