How much does a used Renault Scenic (old) cost?

A 2023 Renault Scenic (old) with around 22,764 miles is worth roughly £19,600 today (typical range £17,100–£22,150). Dealer forecourt prices sit higher and part-exchange offers lower; newer or lower-mileage examples cost more.

How quickly does the Renault Scenic (old) depreciate?

A new Renault Scenic (old) typically loses about 26% of its value over the first three years, then depreciates more slowly. Buying at three to five years old avoids the steepest part of the curve.

What insurance group is the Renault Scenic (old)?

The Renault Scenic (old) sits in insurance group 18 of 50 — the middle of the scale. Exact premiums depend on the trim (some versions sit a few groups higher or lower), your age, postcode and no-claims history.

What goes wrong on a used Renault Scenic (old)?

The parts most often recorded at MOT on the Renault Scenic (old) are: suspension (typically around over 100k miles, £150-£450 to put right); lighting & signalling (typically around over 100k miles, £15-£120 to put right); brakes (typically around over 100k miles, £150-£500 to put right). A full service history and a recent MOT with no advisories are the best protection.

What does the Renault Scenic (old) cost to run?

Expect around 42 mpg combined on the Mk4 1.3 TCe mHEV, £200 a year in road tax, about £185 for a standard annual service. The full cost-of-ownership table above breaks this down per year and per mile for the exact year and mileage you choose.

Is the Renault Scenic (old) ULEZ compliant?

Whether a Renault Scenic (old) is ULEZ compliant depends on its engine and registration date: petrol from 2006 and diesel from September 2015 generally qualify, and electric versions are always exempt.

How many Renault Scenic (old)s are on UK roads?

About 38,693 Renault Scenic (old)s are currently taxed and on the road in the UK, from DfT vehicle-licensing data.

Ranked #99 car in the UK · MPV · 6,210 units sold last year

Renault Scenic (old)

The Renault Scenic here (the 2016-2022 MPV era) is the compact people carrier that helped invent the breed - a flexible, family-focused MPV with sliding, removable seats and clever storage. Diesel power, with the nameplate later reborn as an EV. It's practical and comfortable rather than exciting, and as a used buy it's a roomy, sensible family car from before SUVs took over - bought for space, flexibility and low cost.

How these figures are sourced — the valuation is anchored to a researched used-market price for this model (AutoTrader median, 2023 at 30k miles). Reliability, mileage and variant data are real DVSA MOT records. Dimensions, tyre sizes and costs, servicing figures and the insurance group are segment-level estimates rather than sourced per car, and are being replaced model by model.

Renault

Scenic (old)

No photo on file

Body: MPV
Years: 2018–2023
Fuel: Mild Hybrid / Diesel
Economy: 42 mpg
Insurance: Group 18

The short version

63/100

Forecourt score

Value 97 · Reliability 28 · catalogue percentiles

The Renault Scenic (old) holds its value well. Its MOT-based reliability is good — an MOT score of 71/100, ahead of 8% of the cars we track. On three-year value retention it ranks better than 97% of models. The main things to check on a used one are the suspension.

The Forecourt score blends how this car ranks against the catalogue on value retention, reliability and insurance cost (weighted 40/40/20) — the from-new ownership picture. Higher is better; running cost is not yet folded in.

Pick your version

Estimates are tuned to the version you choose.

Fuel

Mild Hybrid · 1333cc

Power

140 ps

Drivetrain

FWD

Cam drive

Chain

Quoted MPG

42 mpg

Mk4 Grand Scenic (2016-2023, used) - 1.3 TCe mHEV petrol. Chain-driven. The last MPV-shaped Scenic before the EV rebirth.

Tell us about the one you're looking at

Year of registration2023

20182023

Mileage on the clock22,764 mi

0Expected: 22,764180k

Conditiongood

PoorFairGoodExcellent

Tidy and well looked-after for its age — the typical car.

Region

Remembered as you browse other cars.

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Optional — fills in the exact year and ULEZ status for your specific car. The registration isn’t stored.

Estimated market value

£19,600

Range £15,950 – £23,600

medium confidence

When new (2023)circa £30,000Age-based value£21,848Mileage adjustment+£0Condition & region-£16Market calibration-£932Forecourt price£20,900Private sale£18,300Part-exchange£16,100

Buythis 3-year-old

Past the steep drop — most of the depreciation is behind it.

At 22,764 miles it’s about the ~21,793 typical for a 3-year-old.

Seen one for sale?

A data-led guide from the depreciation curve, UK parc trend and reliability — not financial advice.

The depreciation curve

How a 2023-registration Renault Scenic (old) loses value over time.

Marker = your selection
Dashed = mileage either side

What it costs to own

Over

Based on the 2023 car with 22,764 miles you entered above — worth about £19,600 today — here is the cost of owning it for the next 5 years, at roughly 7,588 miles a year.

5-year total

£18,080

Per year

£3,616

All-in per mile

£0.48

Fuel per mile

18.8p

Depreciation£4,927

Fuel / energy£7,123

Servicing£1,765

Road tax£1,000

Insurance£3,265

Best age to buy — around 2 years

A 2-year-old example loses roughly £1,400 a year — 65% less than the £3,950 a one-year-old sheds. The steepest drop is behind it.

Uses current UK pump and home-charging prices (DESNZ weekly), typical-driver insurance and manufacturer service intervals. "Fuel per mile" is just the energy input — so an EV at ~9p and a diesel at ~22p make running-cost comparison direct. A guide; your own costs will vary.

How it compares

Where this car ranks against the 340 vehicles in our index — higher is better.

Holds its valuebetter than 97%

Reliabilitybetter than 28%

Percentile rank across our full index. A measure is shown only where the data spreads meaningfully across the index.

Estimated insurance

Group 18 of 50 (mid — around the UK average) · Comprehensive · 3 years NCB

Indicative annual comprehensive premiums for this car, by driver age band and risk profile. Pick the combination closest to your circumstances.

No-claims bonus3 years

0 yearsBaseline: 3 years15+

Risk profile:

Estimated annual premium · typical, age 33-39

£653/ year

Roughly £54 per month

Typical

Average UK driver — 3 years NCB, average postcode, no recent claims.

Age band	Lower risk	Typical	Higher risk
Age 17-25	£1,488	£1,860	£2,418
Age 26-32	£776	£913	£1,114
Age 33-39Selected	£574	£653	£770
Age 40-49	£487	£542	£628
Age 50+	£435	£483	£570

How we estimate this

Indicative annual comprehensive premium estimates. The 'Typical' figure represents an average UK driver in each age band; Lower and Higher risk show the realistic spread driven by factors UK insurers legitimately price on (postcode, occupation, claims history, NCB, voluntary excess, modifications). Based on 10,000 miles/yr, £250 voluntary excess, and the no-claims bonus selected above. Always get individual quotes before buying.

Expected annual costs

Adjust the annual mileage to match how you'll actually use the car. Insurance is what you selected above (age 33-39, typical risk, 3 yrs NCB).

Annual mileage7,588 mi/yr

2,000UK avg for this model: 7,58830,000

Routine service

£185

Annual main-dealer service

Major service

£210

Every 2 years, annualised

Road tax

£200

Standard rate, post year-one

Fuel

£1,425

42 mpg, £1.73/L

Insurance

£653

Age 33-39, group 18

Clean-air zones

⚠ Depends on variant

Based on London ULEZ standards — Birmingham, Bath, Bristol, Sheffield, Glasgow and other UK clean-air zones generally follow the same rules.

Total expected£2,673 / year

Excludes depreciation and unscheduled repairs (see next section).

Unexpected costs

What out-of-warranty repairs typically run, by mileage band. Your selected mileage is highlighted.

0-30k miles

£80

per year · low risk

30-60k miles

£240

per year · low risk

60-100k miles

£520

per year · medium risk

100k+ miles

£900

per year · high risk

Tyres

205/60 R16 · 215/55 R17

What a full set of four will cost you (including fit and balance), and which brand each tier of buyer should pick. A typical set lasts about 24,000 miles.

Budget

£300

set of 4, fitted · £60 per tyre

Mid-range

£440

set of 4, fitted · £95 per tyre

Premium

£620

set of 4, fitted · £140 per tyre

What to fit

Optional extras worth paying for

Factory options ranked by how much of their original cost they recover at resale. Anything above 70% return tends to make money back; below 40% is paying for your own enjoyment.

Option	New cost	Added used value	Return
Tow bar (factory-fit) Niche, but the buyers who want one will pay for it.	£650	£450	69%
Parking sensors & reversing camera Near-expected now — its absence costs more than its presence returns.	£500	£300	60%
Heated seats / cold-weather pack	£450	£200	44%
Metallic or premium paint Almost universal — an unusual colour is the bigger resale risk.	£600	£200	33%
Panoramic / opening roof	£1,100	£350	32%
Larger alloy wheels	£700	£200	29%

What fails at MOT

Recorded in DVSA MOT test data for this model, not owner reports. Ordered against 22,764 miles.

Watch now

Failure typically happens around your current mileage.

Upcoming

Typically happens at a higher mileage than yours.

Already due

Past its usual failure mileage. Either already fixed, or about to.

SuspensionUpcoming

Typical at over 100k milesCost £150-£450high severityParts high

Recorded in 17.0% of MOT tests over 100k miles — from 2,527,649 DVSA MOT tests analysed.

Lighting & signallingUpcoming

Typical at over 100k milesCost £15-£120medium severityParts high

Recorded in 12.3% of MOT tests over 100k miles — from 2,527,649 DVSA MOT tests analysed.

BrakesUpcoming

Typical at over 100k milesCost £150-£500medium severityParts high

Recorded in 10.5% of MOT tests over 100k miles — from 2,527,649 DVSA MOT tests analysed.

Tyres & wheelsUpcoming

Typical at over 100k milesCost £80-£500medium severityParts high

Recorded in 7.6% of MOT tests over 100k miles — from 2,527,649 DVSA MOT tests analysed.

Driver's viewUpcoming

Typical at over 100k milesCost £60-£300low severityParts high

Recorded in 5.4% of MOT tests over 100k miles — from 2,527,649 DVSA MOT tests analysed.

Identification & otherUpcoming

Typical at over 100k milesCost £20-£150low severityParts high

Recorded in 4.9% of MOT tests over 100k miles — from 2,527,649 DVSA MOT tests analysed.

"Parts low/medium/high" indicates how easy the replacement part is to source — discontinued or specialist parts mean longer workshop time and bigger bills.

MOT outlook

How this model fares at its MOT as it ages — from 26,102 real DVSA test records.

MOT pass rate by age

88.5% at 3yr → 74.8% at 10yr

A 3-year-old Scenic (old) passes its MOT 88.5% of the time; by 10 years that has slipped to 74.8%. The y-axis is zoomed to this model’s range so the trend is readable.

Longevity

94%of 10-year-old examples are still taxed and on the road — a useful read on how well the model lasts.

From 1,169 vehicles registered in 2016.

Survival by registration year

94% of 2016 cars still on the road

Each point is one registration cohort. Older cars on the left, newer on the right. A flatter line means the model holds up over time; a steep drop means cohorts disappear from UK roads faster.

What’s on the road

The fuel-type split of every Scenic (old) with MOT history in the DVSA record. From 3,418 vehicles tested at least once - not the number on the road today, which is lower.

Diesel 74.5%
Petrol 22.9%
Other 2.3%

What fails at the first MOT

The defect categories a Scenic (old) registered 2018–2019 fails on at its first MOT, from 990 first tests. Every car here is the same age and the same generation, so these are the faults that show up first - not the wear a high-mileage older example collects.

Tyres & wheels5.6%
Suspension2.6%
Lighting & signalling0.8%
Brakes0.7%
Driver's view0.5%
Seat belts & restraints0.1%

Share of first MOT tests recording at least one defect in that category. DVSA test-item categories, not parts: “Driver’s view” covers mirrors, wipers and glass.

Typical mileage by age

The average odometer reading for a Scenic (old) at MOT, by age — measured from the same DVSA records, not assumed. A useful yardstick for whether a given car has done more or fewer miles than its age suggests.

3 yr21,793
4 yr28,401
5 yr34,869
6 yr42,419
7 yr49,644
8 yr57,186
9 yr63,222
10 yr70,184

Mean recorded mileage at MOT by vehicle age, from DVSA test records. Ages below three are not shown: the first MOT is due at three years, so the few cars tested earlier are a self-selected minority rather than a representative sample. Ages with at least 10 tests shown.

Reliability

71/ 100

Good

First-MOT pass rate and defect rate for cars registered 2018 onward (990 first tests), with cohort survival — medium confidence.

MOT outlook · age 5 years

76%first-time pass rate

8th percentile — Among the worst — investigate carefully

Based on 215,123 MOT tests · ranked against 248 catalogue models with comparable data

Where this car sits in the catalogue

Pass-rate distribution across 248 catalogue models

Things owners say

01Flexible, sliding rear seats and clever cabin storage make it genuinely family-friendly.
02The diesels are the high-mileage choice - check DPF health on urban-used examples.
03Comfortable and practical rather than fun; a cheap, roomy used family buy as MPVs fall from fashion.

Safety recalls

Manufacturers occasionally issue safety recalls to fix a fault free of charge. You can check whether the Renault Scenic (old), or your exact vehicle, has any outstanding recalls on the official DVSA service.

Check on GOV.UK

Opens the Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency recall checker. Choose the make, model and year of manufacture — no registration needed.

Theft risk

A general indicator from UK 2025 theft data and this car’s characteristics — not a prediction for any one vehicle.

Whole-car theft

Around average

Theft risk is around the UK average. Like most modern cars it has keyless entry, so relay theft is the method to guard against.

Parts theft

Higher

Hybrid versions are a catalytic-converter target — a hybrid cat is rich in precious metals and can be cut out in about a minute.

Worth doing

Keep keys in a Faraday pouch and away from the front door to block relay attacks.
A catalytic-converter guard or forensic marking makes a hybrid far less appealing to cut.

Clean-air zones

Whether driving a Renault Scenic (old) into a UK clean-air zone will cost you anything. Rules use the same Euro standard across most zones — petrol from 2006 and diesel from 2015 onwards are exempt; pure electric is always exempt.

Charging zones for cars

City	Area	Daily charge	Likely outcome
London	All of Greater London (within the M25)	£12.50	Likely exempt Diesel from September 2015 meets Euro 6.
Birmingham	Inside the A4540 Middleway	£8.00	Likely exempt Diesel from September 2015 meets Euro 6.
Bristol	City centre and part of the Portway	£9.00	Likely exempt Diesel from September 2015 meets Euro 6.
Glasgow	City centre	—	Likely exempt Diesel from September 2015 meets Euro 6.
Edinburgh	City centre	—	Likely exempt Diesel from September 2015 meets Euro 6.
Aberdeen	City centre	—	Likely exempt Diesel from September 2015 meets Euro 6.
Dundee	City centre	—	Likely exempt Diesel from September 2015 meets Euro 6.

Zones that don't charge private cars

Bath — City centre (Private cars and motorbikes are not charged).
Bradford — Outer ring road and the Aire Valley (Private cars are not charged).
Sheffield — Inside the A61 inner ring road (Private cars are not charged).
Newcastle & Gateshead — City centres and the Tyne, Swing, High Level and Redheugh bridges (Private cars are not charged).
Portsmouth — Part of the city centre (Applies to taxis, PHVs, buses, coaches and HGVs only).

Model-level guidance only. To check a specific registration, use the official gov.uk clean-air zone checker. Zone charges and boundaries are set by local councils and change over time.

Servicing & the dealer network

How well-supported Renault is across the UK — a practical read on how easy servicing, parts and warranty work will be to find.

Franchised UK dealers

~140

Large network

Mass-market

Network size relative to the UK's largest (Renault is 3.1% of all franchised outlets)

Servicing, parts and warranty work are easy to find UK-wide, and most independent garages know the brand well — which keeps maintenance competitive.

For context, the UK has roughly 4,500 franchised car-dealer outlets in total, plus about 15,500 independent garages.

Approximate figures, curated from public UK industry sources (NFDA, Car Dealer Magazine). Franchised networks shrink year on year — these indicate network size, not an exact count.

Dimensions & weight

These are segment estimates, not manufacturer figures. 296 of 325 catalogued cars share one of 14 identical dimension sets, so they describe a class rather than this particular car. Sourced figures replace them model by model.

Length

4,600 mm

Width

1,850 mm

Height

1,700 mm

Kerb weight

1,650 kg

Boot

550–2,000 L

Fuel tank

48 L

How many are still out there

How the UK Renault Scenic (old) fleet splits: taxed and on the road, parked off the road on a SORN, and gone from the register where that figure is available.

Total ever registered

113,991

Currently taxed & on road

38,693

34% of all registered

SORN (off road)

7,588

7% of all registered

Scrapped or exported

67,710

UK fleet trend — 2014 to 2025

+6% vs 2024

111,74438,693

Source: DfT VEH0124 vehicle licensing statistics (year-end 2025) · Updated 1 Oct 2026

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Built on the Renault CMF-C/D platform

Larger CMF for compact-to-mid-size cars. Shared with Nissan Qashqai and X-Trail family. Different badges, often substantially different residuals, but broadly the same mechanicals and repair cost profile.

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Common questions

Renault Scenic (old), answered from the data

Is the Renault Scenic (old) reliable?: The Renault Scenic (old) scores 71/100 on Forecourt's MOT-based reliability measure, ahead of 8% of the cars we track. That score uses first-MOT pass rate and defect rate for cars registered 2018 onward (990 first tests), with cohort survival — medium confidence. The main things to check on a used one are the suspension.
How much does a used Renault Scenic (old) cost?: A 2023 Renault Scenic (old) with around 22,764 miles is worth roughly £19,600 today (typical range £17,100–£22,150). Dealer forecourt prices sit higher and part-exchange offers lower; newer or lower-mileage examples cost more.
How quickly does the Renault Scenic (old) depreciate?: A new Renault Scenic (old) typically loses about 26% of its value over the first three years, then depreciates more slowly. Buying at three to five years old avoids the steepest part of the curve.
What insurance group is the Renault Scenic (old)?: The Renault Scenic (old) sits in insurance group 18 of 50 — the middle of the scale. Exact premiums depend on the trim (some versions sit a few groups higher or lower), your age, postcode and no-claims history.
What goes wrong on a used Renault Scenic (old)?: The parts most often recorded at MOT on the Renault Scenic (old) are: suspension (typically around over 100k miles, £150-£450 to put right); lighting & signalling (typically around over 100k miles, £15-£120 to put right); brakes (typically around over 100k miles, £150-£500 to put right). A full service history and a recent MOT with no advisories are the best protection.
What does the Renault Scenic (old) cost to run?: Expect around 42 mpg combined on the Mk4 1.3 TCe mHEV, £200 a year in road tax, about £185 for a standard annual service. The full cost-of-ownership table above breaks this down per year and per mile for the exact year and mileage you choose.
Is the Renault Scenic (old) ULEZ compliant?: Whether a Renault Scenic (old) is ULEZ compliant depends on its engine and registration date: petrol from 2006 and diesel from September 2015 generally qualify, and electric versions are always exempt.
How many Renault Scenic (old)s are on UK roads?: About 38,693 Renault Scenic (old)s are currently taxed and on the road in the UK, from DfT vehicle-licensing data.

Answers are generated from this car's Forecourt data — DVSA MOT records, DfT licensing statistics and our valuation model — and update with the weekly data refresh.