Renault 4 Electric, the retro vein

This is defensible. Renault has decided to summon some of the most glorious pages of its history to convert motorists to the electric city car. After the R5 relaunched last year and while waiting for the Twingo next year, it's the turn of the famous 4L to reinvest the landscape. We are therefore on familiar ground. We can see a virtue in this: consumers afraid of the idea of ​​switching to electric technology are reassured. For many, the lines of the new diamond-shaped model awaken memories. After having introduced the 1968ers to the automobile, the R4 thus aspires to introduce its children and grandchildren to battery-powered cars.

Parked next to its inspiration, Renault's latest creation nevertheless seems to come from another planet. In more than sixty years, the proportions have changed scale. From the rolling legend that remained the most produced Renault in history with 8 million units between 1961 and 1992, the designers have managed to preserve...