The uphill battle of the sporty ev

WHY WE’RE RUNNING IT Finally, a proper EV hot hatch – but is it as brilliant every day as the Renault 5 on which it’s based? This will be interesting: what happens when you take a highly acclaimed new

MILEAGE 5108 WHY WE’RE RUNNING IT Finally, a proper electric hot hatch – but is it as usable as the regular Renault 5? There’s an amusing if inconvenient irony to the A290’s affinity for warmer climes

FOR MANY, FRANCE is the go-to place for wine, cheese or a summer holiday. But what about a sporty, premium electric SUV? A lot of people wouldn’t look past the German brands for one of these, but the

STATISTICS TELL US that most people don’t like change, so taking a household name and transforming it in almost every way would be risky. On the other hand, sticking with a familiar identity can comfo

More evidence that car people are the same the world over. In the way that some Chinese engineers recently thought a flat-eight engine was perfect for a motorbike, others have decided to make a niche,

WHY WE RAN IT To discover if Renault’s retro-infused EV hit is as good to live with as it is to look at In the end, the burning question my family and I had to answer about the tasty little yellow and