PARIS — Renault plans a full slate of launches and product reveals at this 12 months’s Paris auto present, led by the Renault 4 idea, a retro-inspired small full-electric automobile that may go into manufacturing by 2025.
The Renault 4 might be a “reinterpretation” of the unique mannequin, a rugged five-door hatchback that was in steady manufacturing from the Sixties to the early Nineteen Nineties, the automaker stated Friday in a information launch.
The automobile — doubtlessly named the 4ever — is probably going to enter manufacturing as a small SUV, a companion mannequin to the approaching Renault 5 small EV hatchback, which additionally attracts on the unique mannequin.
One other key premiere on the present might be an idea automobile from Alpine, Renault Group’s sports-car and racing model.
Beneath a plan to increase the model from the A110 sports activities coupe, Alpine plans three full-electric fashions – together with a small “sizzling hatch” associated to the Renault 5 and an SUV. Renault stated solely that the idea would embody “the way forward for its product and sports activities technique.”
Renault model may also present the full-electric model of its Kangoo compact passenger van and “a sporty and offbeat present automobile” to have fun the fiftieth anniversary of the launch of the unique Renault 5 in 1972.
Additionally showing on the group’s stand on the present, which is being held for the primary time since 2018, would be the Mobilize Duo, a small EV designed for city mobility on a subscription or sharing foundation, from Renault’s mobility and finance unit.
The Paris present, after affected by the absence of many non-French manufacturers in 2018 and being canceled in 2020 due to the pandemic, is looking for a reboot by combining with the Equip’Auto exhibition for after-sales and companies. It runs Oct. 17-23.
Jeep, Chinese language debuts
Along with Renault Group, manufacturers which have dedicated to seem embody Stellantis manufacturers DS, Jeep and Peugeot, and the brand new Chinese language entrants Nice Wall and BYD.
Main public reveals embody the Jeep Avenger small SUV, the Peugeot 408 compact fastback, a facelifted DS 7 Crossback SUV, and coming fashions from BYD and Nice Wall.