Renault’s retro 5 electrical hatch will look similar to the idea

The production-spec Renault 5 electrical hatchback seems to have been leaked forward of its official reveal early subsequent yr.

The retro-styled electrical hatch is because of be revealed on the 2024 Geneva motor present in February, as reported by Autocar, nevertheless it appears we already know what the little electrical automobile (EV) will appear to be earlier than it hits the present flooring.

Leaked pictures have appeared on Korean web site Autospy. A person says the images have been taken from a presentation, nevertheless their actual origins stay unclear.

Whereas the photographs are fairly blurry, they do reveal how related the manufacturing mannequin is to the idea model, which was revealed in 2021.

For the reason that idea was revealed nevertheless, the French marque has teased the 5 a number of instances, releasing pictures of camouflaged prototypes.

Aside from just a few particulars corresponding to bigger facet mirrors, protruding door handles, barely totally different fog mild signatures and the absence of an illuminated ‘Renault’ badge on the entrance grille, the leaked automotive stays the identical because the 2021 idea.

The wheels on the production-spec mannequin additionally seem like sporting ‘aero’ covers.

By way of the entrance windshield, we will faintly see a big display screen meeting that stretches from in entrance of the driving force to the centre of the cabin, as we might see on a prototype teased in July.

Full-scale manufacturing of the Renault 5 is predicted to begin in 2024 and can happen at Renault’s Douai plant in northern France.

The 5 would be the first mannequin to make use of the AmpR Small platform, beforehand known as the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi CMF-B EV platform, which may also underpin the electrical Nissan Micra in addition to the retro Renault 4 and doubtlessly the next-generation Twingo.

The platform will share round 70 per cent of its elements with the CMF-B platform that underpins the likes of the Renault Arkana and Captur, and Nissan Juke.

The 5 shall be powered by an electrically excited synchronous motor named ‘ePT-100kW’ that’s stated to be extra highly effective than a everlasting magnet design and doesn’t require any uncommon earth metals, making it cheaper and cleaner to provide.

This new electrical motor is a spinoff of the extra highly effective ePT-160kW electrical motor used within the Renault Megane E-Tech Electrical.

Renault hasn’t revealed battery capacities for the 5, however we all know the most important battery provided within the Zoe is a 52kWh unit, which has a WLTP driving vary of 395km.

The corporate has been tapping its lengthy historical past because it adapts to the electrical automobile period.

The subsequent-generation Twingo will characteristic styling closely impressed by the unique, hot-selling Twingo, whereas a manufacturing model of final yr’s 4Ever Trophy idea will see the long-lasting Renault 4 reborn as a small crossover.

The Renault 4 badge returns after a 30-year hiatus and a manufacturing mannequin is due by 2025.