Because of all regulations that are applied on a "car" in the EU they will never be "cheap". It can be cheap if it's registered as a moped or tractor. 🥺
@@leiflillandt1488true! EU will demant all future cars to be equipped with ISA (limits the car speed to match the speed limit). Next step will be to report speeding drivers to the authorities (the system can be disabled by the driver). Welcome to the new normal!
Fun fact - The original Renault 4 was not only sold in Australia, but also assembled in Australia too (Heidelberg, Victoria). Not too many people know this.
It's one thing this looks absolutely grotesque, but could they at least not fall into the same trap as Fiat and others and not name it the same as one of their old classics?
Am I alone in seeing a somewhat DULL little car? Nothing like the original. None of its clever design traits. Basically a Renault badged Dacia... which in itself is no bad thing, but why go to the expense? ANY car can go 'off road', you only have to look at The Grand Tour (New Top Gear) taking wholly unsuitable old cars to completely outrageous places. Just give it plastic wheel arches and chunky tyres, and there you have an 'off-roader'. 2-wheel drive is enough-wheel drive, because virtually NONE of so-called off-roader buyer ever truly go off the beaten track. I'm surprised nobody has yet simply added a driveshaft and ordinary axle to the undriven end of an EV to give it on-demand 4WD... a bit like the old Renault RX4. Certainly cheaper than an extra motor. This little car will sell on price alone, nothing else (except the French, who will buy it because it's French, irrespectively). I'm genuinely surprised how expensive the Chinese offerings are outside China, which has stranded their sales over in Europe (actual, not just EU). I realise they're heavily taxed for protectionist reasons, but if sold at cost to establish the brands, they would create the market conditions that made them the go-to choice of vehicle type (EV). I read lots of excuses, but see no clever solutions. If Japan could do it back in the day, with Datsuns et al, then the Chinese ought be at least able to copy that plan.
I think this will a better Jeep Avenger. Similar power and range, but better tech, materials and around 5000€ cheaper. I think Renaults 5 & 4 will force Stellantis to cut prices on their eCMP platform vehicles. The BYD Atto 2 (Yuan UP) and Skoda Epic also target this segment, but is unclear when they'll arrive, maybe they will wait to see how the market responds to the R5. If the R5 does well, not being a SUV, any B SUV will do better.
What about the Renault 5? Not planned for Australia. Current plan is in France. Would prefer rear motor rather than front motor. VTG is great. Should be standard across the industry.
It has nothing to do with the original one which I have driven much when I was 18 in a firm I was working for. Why revive something which is far from the original.Will Renault 4CV,Dauphine,4,6,12 and 16 be revived ,too .
Range anxiety will not go away until EV´s get to true 500Km true as in the real world. Most only provide 200Km full blast AC and three passengers. If you´re lucky.
The range anxiety problem can be addressed if supercharging were to be made ubiquitous to match EV demand, however unfortunately that will take another decade and a lot more EVs on the road to justify the supercharging investment. That said it's mainly highways that need super charging to deal with range anxiety. Rolling out sufficient super charging stations every 50km along major highways could be a start.
Where have you been these past 5 years!?. I've owned a Kia e-Niro since 2019 and I can tell you that it has always delivered way over 200 km of range. Summer time local driving = 450 km plus. summer time highway driving = 400 km...Worse case winter driving at autoroute speeds = 320 km.
Utter nonsense. Spoken like somebody who's never even driven an EV let alone owned one, presenting as some kind of media expert on Range anxiety. Total crap
Better than nothing city car but the BYD seal will be better especially if eu governments drop protectionist import tariff ev taxes that hurt eu consumers. Buyers would love the $8,000 BYD Seal… eu govts increase to $18,000 or worse 🤬
This car will be dead on arrival. EU car manufacturers simply can't compete with Chinese supply chain efficiency and scale ... and CPP subsidies. EV car segment will be dominated by companies who manufacture their own batteries (Renault buys them from Samsung).
Renault is among the worst when it comes to "the base car is cheap but lacking a lot of important features while the car you actually want is much more expensive"... so expect this car to actually be 35k if not 40
