Despite the sleek and modern aesthetic of the Emblème concept, Renault isn’t a newcomer to the minivan game. They’ve already excelled with three minivans: the Espace, the Scénic, and the Modus.

While that's still a tiny sliver, it's up from 1.3% in 2004. A smaller, but minivan-like, car, could fill a niche that no one is satisfying, Kuzak says.

The New Age Minivan Regardless of your starting point, minivans have been arund for decades. And while they’ve long been practical, they’ve also largely been painfully bland.

Last year, over 17 million EVs were produced globally, and China made most of them. Our reviewer drove the XPeng X9, a seven-seater EV minivan, around Singapore for three days. The back seats felt ...

After we put the 2025 Volkswagen ID. Buzz through our standardized cargo testing, we found that it’s as roomy as a minivan in some ways, but less roomy than a three-row SUV in others.