Just weeks after an online presentation showed a glimpse of the upcoming Renault 5, online patent images have confirmed the final look of the electric city hatch before it enters production.
UPDATE, Wednesday 13 December 2023: Patent images have been leaked of the 2024 Renault 5 E-Tech, with the styling of the electric city hatch now locked in ahead of production.
The news comes less than a month after Renault provided a sneak peek at the production version during an online presentation.
The patent images confirm Renault won’t stray far from the original 5 concept, with the showroom version to be heavily influenced by the original Renault 5 city car of the 1970s and 80s.
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Friday 17 November 2023: The forthcoming Renault 5 electric hot hatch has made a cameo appearance during a presentation by the French car maker, ahead of its unveiling at the Geneva motor show next February.
Renault unveiled its Twingo concept earlier this week, during which it provided a glimpse of what is believed to be the production version of the Renault 5 electric vehicle, due to go on sale in 2024.
While the production car has retained many of the design elements as the concept version – first shown in February 2023 – the large ‘Renault’ illuminated script on the front bumper no longer remains.
The concept’s flush door handles have also been swapped out for more traditional pull-handle items, and the Renault 5 now appears to have smaller black aerodynamic wheels – echoing the wheel design on the concept.
The black roof and red pinstripes which follow the side windows also remain.
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Overall, the production model stays mostly true to the original concept car, with the most noticeable changes being made to increase air intake at the front bumper, while the square daytime-running lights are now each split into four 90-degree corners.
The Renault 5 is a modern take on the brand’s iconic city hatch from the 1970s and 1980s, before the model was eventually replaced by the Clio.
It’s expected the hatchback will be powered by a 100kW electric motor on the front axle, fed by a circa-50kWh battery pack with an estimated 400 kilometres of driving range.
The Renault 5 will ride on the ‘CMF-BEV’ electric-car platform – now renamed ‘AmpR Small’ – which is designed for electric cars only, but borrows parts from the ‘CMF-B’ chassis below the Renault Clio, Renault Captur SUV, and Nissan Juke small SUV to reduce cost.
Handling is expected to be a selling point of the Renault hot hatch, after the French brand confirmed the model will use multi-link independent rear suspension – an atypical feature of vehicles of this size.
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The 2024 Renault 5 is due to be unveiled next year ahead of showroom arrivals in Europe.
Renault Australia has expressed a “significant interest” in bringing the car to Australia, though it has yet to confirm whether the model will join the local line-up.
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