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The What Van? Road Test: Renault Trafic (2021)

Date: Thursday, May 26, 2022

Access to the (optionally) timbered-out 5.8m³ cargo area with its (optional) reinforced resin-coated ply floor is by means of a sliding nearside door or through twin rear doors, which can be swung through 90º. You can push them through 180º if you release the user-friendly stays.

No less than 16 load tie-down points are provided. If they are not used, and unsecured cargo hurtles forwards under heavy braking, then all may not be lost. A stout-looking full-height steel bulkhead should ensure that it doesn’t finish up in the cab.

Opening a hatch in the bulkhead enables you to slide extra-long items such as ladders, planks and pipes into a compartment beneath the passenger seats. It’s far better than having them stick out of the rear doors.

Somewhat surprisingly, all the load area doors were secured with bulky supplementary deadlocks. Renault has been trialling them in the UK, but has decided not to introduce them for the present. 

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