Renault Austral

The Renault Austral is a compact crossover SUV that Renault unveiled in March 2022 as the successor to the Kadjar. It is built on the third-generation CMF-CD platform, was first shown to the public at the 2022 Paris Motor Show, and entered production in July 2022 at the Palencia plant in Spain. The name comes from the Latin word australis and has been trademarked since 2005. It carries the retro-inspired Renault logo first seen on the Mégane E-Tech, full-LED headlights with C-shaped daytime running lights, and the OpenR dashboard. Two derivatives share about 75 percent of its parts with it: the sixth-generation Renault Espace, a long-wheelbase three-row version, and the Renault Rafale, a coupe SUV. It won the Autobest 2023 trophy, and a facelift was revealed on 2 April 2025.