Renault Koleos review: ‘What’s happened to the third row of seats?’ | Martin Love

Renault's fully revamped large SUV looks handsome and drives well" But the lack of seven seats could cost it dear

Price: from 27,500
Top speed: 125mph
0-62mph: 9.5 seconds
MPG: 47.9
CO2: 156g/km

In the beginning there was the Espace. Built by Renault in 1984, it revolutionised family travel. It proved that by creating enough leg space and elbow room, you could instill harmony on the road. It was futuristic and stylish" But over the years, the wondrous MPVness of the Espace devolved into the ugly SUVness of the dreadful old Koleos (the word means "sheath" in Greek, which seems an odd choice for a family car - could it be a contraceptive rebuke?)