REACTION to Renault's Avantime luxury coupe has been mixed, but the majority of fleet buyers like it, according to the manufacturer. Shown at Fleet Show 2000 the grand tourer, due to go on sale here in October, got the thumbs-up from nearly three-quarters of corporate decision makers.

'It's the sort of car people say they either love or hate, but we've had much more positive feedback from fleet buyers than from the public,' said Hawes.