Renault revives people’s car for ev generation

WHILE the styling of the Renault 4 E-Tech harks back to the basic-but-big-selling budget model of the sixties and seventies, this small SUV is as modern as they come under the skin. It shares much wit

Renault’s daring decision to reinvent the famous 5 and bust one of car design’s fundamental rules – ‘never regurgitate your history’ – appears to have been a masterstroke. The new, all-electric 5 ooze

Is that the new Renault 5? Can I take a photo?” It’s just one of three interjections from the public in a half-hour charging stop. If you want proof that good design matters, this is surely it. Retro

That the Renault 4 – the quiet, ultra-utilitarian, semi-forgotten character from the 1960s – would be reincarnated in 2025 as a bubbly electric crossover seemed unlikely not long ago. However, once th

IF WE’D DONE this test a number of years ago, it would have looked very different. You see, both of these cars revive names of old models but, where one used to be a petrol-powered family car and the

THERE are two distinct routes that car makers can take to electrify their model line-ups. Depending on time frames and cost, some companies have been able to create bespoke EV platforms, with scalable