Renault Fluence Mégane range featured a "three box" notchback sedan variant until 2008, but this was never a big seller and when, at the end of that year, the Mégane III was introduced, there was no notchback version available. It is the gap in the range left by the removal of this model from the FrancoSpanish assembled Mégane range that the Fluence fills in those markets in the company's western European heartland, such as France, Italy, Belgium, Ireland and, since August 2010, Germany, where Renault offers it. The Renault Fluence is also badged as Renault Samsung SM3. The Renault Samsung car was
Renault Fluence Z.E. of a home recharging station, free access to Better Place’s battery replacement stations, battery availability, a computerized driver support system, navigation aids, and roadside service. The cheapest monthly package was NIS 1,090 (€218, ) for up to a year, and the more expensive was NIS 1,599 (€320 /) for less than a year. These prices included VAT. There was also a special plan that includes the cost of the Fluence Z.E. and a 3-year unlimited-mileage package (up to a year) for a total of NIS 157,500 (€31,775, ). The first Fluence Z.E. production models were delivered in Israel in January