RENAULT has proven its electrified 4Ever Trophy idea mannequin on the Paris Motor Present this month, the mannequin changing into the second to revive a traditional nameplate following the Renault 5 Prototype.
The French car-maker stated the idea mannequin goals to “create new reminiscences whereas bringing again previous ones” by stylistically tying the automobile to its 4L predecessor.
It contains a acquainted silhouette, distinguished bonnet, bumper and angled rear part, in addition to trapezoidal facet home windows with rounded corners, naked entrance guards (with no lights or vents), and wings atop the wheel arches that attain by way of to the windshield.
Renault stated the retro type of the 4Ever Trophy “blends harmoniously with the remainder of the in any other case subtle and technological traces” of the automobile’s design, which boasts beneficiant curves and a really elaborate grille.
“(The) Renault 4 is a fable; and myths by no means die,” stated Renault CEO Luca de Meo.
“(The) R4 is a automobile that everybody can love, and in the present day we wish to rediscover this common dimension by way of a contemporary and electrical reinterpretation.”
The idea mannequin’s horizontal grille options in-built Matrix LED headlights whereas on the rear, pill-shaped tail-lights are a transparent nod to the enduring 4L.
The light-weight mannequin, completed in Gun Metallic Silver for the Paris present, is geared toward these with a aptitude for the outside and is contrasted with Magenta highlights on the roof straps, suspension springs and wheel emblems.
Renault stated the “dune-buggy vibe” of the 4Ever Trophy contains a carbon-fibre roof to cut back weight and gives a spare-wheel holder alongside shovel and waffle boards on the higher part of the rear door.
The “any highway” automobile is supplied with quite a few physique safety panels on the decrease part of the physique and gives 200mm of floor clearance and 19-inch alloy wheels. The underbody has been strengthened to offer higher safety to the battery pack situated between the axles.
The European B-segment mannequin CMF-BEN platform might be manufactured at Renault’s ElectriCity facility in northern France. Manufacturing prices are anticipated to be two-thirds that of the present Zoe.
The 4Ever Trophy measures 4160mm in size, 1950mm in width, 1900mm in peak and rides on a 2570mm wheelbase.
“To deliver (the) 4Ever Trophy into the fashionable period, we now have infused its streamlined form with technological sophistication,” stated Renault vice chairman of design, Gilles Vidal.
“All these components have been rigorously crafted in order that the design resonates with those that are accustomed to the 4L and its illustrious historical past, and with youthful generations.”
Renault produced over eight million examples of the 4L (also referred to as the Quatrelle or R4) between 1961 and 1994 which it bought in additional than 100 nations – together with Heidelberg, Victoria between 1962 and 1966.
