When this Trafic rolled off the line in Luton, it marked something Renault hadn’t done in three decades — building a vehicle on British soil for the first time in more than thirty years.
Lead trim: 2.0 petrol (120 PS) · up to 148 hp
Renault Trafic2001–2015
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FactWhen this Trafic rolled off the line in Luton, it marked something Renault hadn’t done in three decades — building a vehicle on British soil for the first time in more than thirty years.
The second Renault Trafic resulted from a joint venture between German Opel, Japanese Nissan and French Renault, and was also sold as the Opel/Vauxhall Vivaro and the Nissan Primastar. It was designed by Renault's corporate design department at the Technocentre outside Paris and developed by the engineering team of Renault's light commercial vehicle unit at Villiers-Saint-Frédéric. Manufactured by GM Manufacturing Luton alongside the Primastar and Vivaro, it was the first Renault vehicle to be built in the United Kingdom in more than thirty years, and versions were also built at Nissan's plant in Barcelona, Spain. The van exists in versions from a three-seater with all the rear space for loads to a nine-seat passenger van; its name comes from the French word for trade or traffic. A mild facelift in October 2006 swapped the orange indicators for clear ones, and production ended in June 2015.
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Trims & Figures
6 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.9 dCi (100 PS) | 2001–2015 | 1.9 L Inline-4 | 99 hp | 177 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| 1.9 dCi (80 PS) | 2001–2015 | 1.9 L Inline-4 | 79 hp | 140 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| 2.0 dCi (115 PS) | 2001–2015 | 2.0 L Inline-4 | 113 hp | 214 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| 2.0 dCi (90 PS) | 2001–2015 | 2.0 L Inline-4 | 89 hp | 178 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| 2.0 petrol (120 PS) | 2001–2015 | 2.0 L Inline-4 | 118 hp | 140 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| 2.5 dCi (150 PS) | 2001–2015 | 2.5 L Inline-4 | 148 hp | 236 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
Owning one
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Owners’ builds
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Photographs
The electric version of this Trafic van borrows its battery straight from a bigger sibling, drawing on the same 52kWh pack as the full-size Master E-Tech for a 185-mile range.
When this Trafic rolled off the line in Luton, it marked something Renault hadn’t done in three decades — building a vehicle on British soil for the first time in more than thirty years.
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Rivals
Same body, same money, other badges — tap any card to flip.
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Ford spent years in federal court over the second-gen Transit Connect: in June 2019 the US won its appeal, and judges ruled the van was cargo-only — ending Ford's workaround for the 'chicken tax.'
GM sold a rebadged Nissan NV200 as the Chevy City Express for four years, then killed it in 2018, citing weak sales and the fact that its parts weren't even compatible with GM's own parts catalog.
Its name is a pun: "S-Cargo" means "Small Cargo" but sounds just like escargot — French for snail, the shape the whole van was built to resemble.