Renault 5 reborn - icon returns as a £25,000 electric car with retro looks

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There was 抱擁する excitement 支援する in 2021 when Renault debuted an electric 概念 car based on the 教団 classic Renault 5.?

The big question was whether Renault would 配達する a retro-主題d return for its 中央の-70s to 中央の-90s icon.

But now the French 製造業者 is keeping fans happy by turning its 初めの reborn Renault 5?概念 into reality: A 21st century all-electric reincarnation of the classic 5 hatchback will 攻撃する，衝突する the road this time next year.

The new Renault 5 E-Tech - 公式に 明かすd at the Geneva モーター Show - is 利用できる to pre-order now with first 配達／演説／出産s 推定する／予想するd in 早期に 2025.?

Renault's all-electric ‘最高の-modern retro-istic pop icon’ take on the 初めの Renault 5 will start from around £25,000 and come with nearly 250 miles of 範囲.

The Renault 5 E-Tech will start at £25,000 and have a 最大限 範囲 of 248 miles?

Ray Massey at the Geneva モーター Show with the newly-明かすd Renault 5 E-Tech, an all-electric 生産／産物 見解／翻訳／版 of the 2021 概念 car based on the classic Renault 5?

Much like its best-selling 1972 前任者, this 5 E-Tech will be a small, nippy runaround that won't break the bank - 的ing at the cost-conscious 買い手. The difference this time, of course, 存在 the all-electric part.?

Along with some other 明言する／公表する-of-the-art tech, the 5 E-Tech will come with bi-directional 非難する which you can use to 料金d electricity 支援する to your home, gadgets or the energy grid.

Size-wise it sits between a Twingo and a Clio, with sportier look.?

The Renault badge sits bang-非難する in the m iddle of the 前線 end, but the 後部 is badgeless with just has the words 'Renault 5'.?

There's a large 空気／公表する intake on the 前線 bumper (for 殴打／砲列 and モーター 冷静な／正味のing), LED headlights, 従来の door 扱うs up 前線 and 隠すd 扱うs on the 支援する doors, and vertically-stacked spine-like tail lights.?

As with the Renault Megane E-Tech the 非難する port is 位置を示すd by the 前線 wheel arches.

The design is '95 per cent' the same as the 2021 概念 car Renault says, and 連合させるs sporty design with 'humanised' features

But really when it comes to design, this car is all about charm. It's packed with personality inside and out - it's a car to have fun with.?

Renault says the 生産／産物 car is '95 per cent faithful' to the 概念, while using an array of 再生利用するd 構成要素s 含むing denim made from 再生利用するd plastic 瓶／封じ込めるs.

And Renault 活発に 手配中の，お尋ね者 to 'humanise' the 5 E-Tech: The LED lights light up and wink a hello or goodbye at the driver, the customi sable steering wheel 機動力のある gear-selector is in the 形態／調整 of a Chanel lipstick 支えるもの／所有者, and there's even a baguette basket clipped to the centre console so hungry French drivers can 輸送（する） their baguettes in style.

Helpfully too the vent on the bonnet of the 初めの car is now an exterior 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金-level 指示する人（物） in the 形態／調整 of the number 5 - and it also lights up as you approach.?

It's 十分な of French fun design elements 含むing this baguette basket, which can 二塁打 as handy flower 支えるもの／所有者 when someone's in a romantic mood

Rebirth of a ‘Cinderella’ classic?

Joanna Lumley washing her Renault 5 outside her flat in Holland Park, London.?

The new Renault 5 was re-born in late 2020 when the then new 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある, Luca de Meo, arrived to 検査／視察する the 軍隊／機動隊s in late 2020 and, to the alarm of long-serving (n)役員／(a)執行力のあるs, started nosing around the design studio.

While there, the charismatic Italian spotted a half-hidden 十分な-規模 原型 model of a small hatchback that intrigued him.

He told me that he asked a designer what it was. ‘It's a 熟考する／考慮する for a modern take on a retro hatchback’, （機の）カム the 辞職するd reply. ‘But we've been told that Renault doesn't do retro, so it's not going anywhere’.

It was at this exact moment that de Meo experienced a classic light-bulb moment ― which he told me was pure 'gut' reaction.

And, then, with a wave of 'fairy godmother' de Meo's 病弱なd, the car in question was 即時に transformed from 存在 an overlooked, half-for gotten and under-高く評価する／（相場などが）上がるd Cinderella design 運命にあるd for the dustbin of history, to 存在 a glamorous 星／主役にする going to the ball.

Barbara Carrera drove a Renault 5 in Never Say Never Again in 1983

When in 2021 de Meo 輪郭（を描く）d his 詳細な計画 to transform his company for the challenges of the 21st century, he 強調する／ストレスd that his 計画（する） to resurrect and update the classic Renault 5 最高の-小型の as a pure electric hatchback would be a centrepiece of his 回復 計画（する） and see the 会社／堅い 'reconnect with its past'.

The 初めの Renault 5 伸び（る）d 教団 status during the 1980s and was driven by the likes of Joanna Lumley, photographed washing hers outside her flat in London's Holland Park, and by actress Barbara Carrera in the 007 movie Never Say Never Again starring Sean Connery in 1983.

De Meo, who in his former 役割 at Italy's Fiat spearheaded the 最近の 復活 of the retro 500 - now reborn as an electric-only supermini - told me: 'At the time, the 5 was not even there as a 事業／計画（する）. The whole thing was done in a month and a half. いつかs there's no big 戦略. It's from the guts.'

But it won't stop there. The classic Renault 4 is 始める，決める to be the next classic for a retro reincarnation.

The Renault badge is 前線 and centre and 側面に位置するd by LED headlights that wink hello and goodbye

The '5' at the 前線 lights up and （テニスなどの）ダブルス as a 非難する 指示する人（物） in a neat design feature

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The scene stealer in the 内部の is the Google infotainment 審査する but analogue 熱中している人s will love that buttons are 支援する too

The seats are made from 再生利用するd 構成要素s and have a sporty-retro look with contrast stitching

The 内部の has contrast 有望な pop colours throughout 同様に as 再生利用するd 構成要素s 含むing denim made from old plastic 瓶／封じ込めるs

Inside the Renault 5 E-Tech sporty styling continues the 全体にわたる 主題 奮起させるd by the iconic R5 Turbo of the late '70's and '80's. It's retro 会合，会うs very modern tech:?

The 再生利用するd-fabric seats, door 挿入するs and dash stitching match the exterior colour (in this 事例／患者 yellow) and there's 空気／公表する vents that hark 支援する to the 初めの 5 同様に as dashboard buttons.?

But the main draw is the Google infotainment 審査する: It has 発言する／表明する 命令（する） with AI ChatGPT called 'Reno' (just say 'Hey Reno to 活動させる／戦時編成する) and on-board soundscapes developed by 作曲家 ジーンズ-Michel Jarre.?

The 外部の alarm that 警告するs 歩行者s is also designed by Jarre.?

The car will be 利用できる in five colours (含むing Yellow Pop and Green Pop) and the UK will get four 削減する levels 含むing the 範囲-topping 'Roland Garros' 見解／翻訳／版.

You'll be able to choose between a 40kW 殴打／砲列 that 配達するs 186 miles of 範囲, or a 52kW 殴打／砲列 that stretches to 248 miles.?

0 to 62mph is in 9 seconds with the 90kW (120hp) electric モーター, or 買い手s can save a わずかに pointless 1.1 seconds off that time by 選ぶing for the 110kW (150hp). 最高の，を越す 速度(を上げる） is 93mph.?

利用できる only as 前線-wheel wheel-運動, there will be no all-wheel 運動 見解／翻訳／版 - which makes sense as it's really a city car.

At-home wallbox 非難する will take three and a half hours and a powerful public 早い charger will give 80 per cent 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 in 30 minutes. And don't forget the handy bi-directional 非難する which Renault says can save owners up to 50 per cent of their 乗り物 非難する costs.

Will it fit in my garage? Renault 5 E-Tech

Price: £25,000 選択s?

On sale:??To pre-order now. £150 優先 pass

First 配達／演説／出産s: 早期に 2025 選択s?

Seats:?5

Length:?3,922mm?Width: 1,808mm?高さ:??1,499mm?Wheelbase: 2,541mm?

負わせる:?1372kg to 1456kg

Wheel size: ?18-インチ horsepower (on Disco, Techno and Chrome 削減する)

殴打／砲列-size:?40 kW and 52kW

範囲: 40kW up to 186 miles and 52kW up to 248 miles

Electric モーター and 力／強力にする:??90kW (120bhp) and 110kW (150bhp)

0 to 62: 90kW - 9 seconds and 110kW 7.9 seconds?

最高の，を越す 速度(を上げる）: 93mph

運動: 前線-wheel 運動 (no 後部-wheel 運動 planned)

放出／発行s: 無?

牽引するing: 500kgs

Boot: 326 litres?

非難する (too 100%) 11kW AC wallbox:?40kW -?3.5 hours, 52kW - 4.5 hours

非難する (to 80%) 100kW DC 早い 非難する: 40kW - 29 minutes 52kW - 31 minutes?

団体／死体 colours: 5 (含むing Yellow Pop and Green Pop)

UK 削減する levels:?進化, Techno, Iconic 5 and (sporty) Roland Garros

Features: ChatGPT, Bi-directional 非難する to 料金d electricity 支援する to home or grid and electric car 歩行者 警告 sound by 作曲家 ジーンズ-Michel Jarre?