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Renault has given the Twizy electric car a mad twist by bolting on an F1-style KERS system for Megane Renaultsport 265-worrying performance available for the very brave. The Twizy Renault Sport F1 Concept sits on single seater racing wheels, has an F1-apeing front splitter, side-pods, rear wing and even a rear diffuser to make the link to the racing side ...

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Renault Twizy RS F1 concept (2013) first official pictures

Andy Downes, 25 April 2013 17:00

Renault Twin-Z concept (2013) first official pictures

Ollie Kew, 08 April 2013 11:30

This is the Renault Twin-Z concept (say it 'Twin-Zee'). Although it packs the usual concept car madness of suicide doors, a pared-back cabin and LEDs everywhere, it actually previews the look – and drivetrain – of the next Renault Twingo. The big news is that it'll be rear-engined, rear-drive, and offer an electric option for less money than the £13k Renault ...

Renault Zoe EV production car at 2012 Geneva motor show

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Tim Pollard, 08 March 2012 09:10

Renault had a surprise up its sleeve at the 2012 Geneva motor show – the new production version of the Zoe electric car will cost just £13,650 in the UK. That’s after the Government’s Plug-in Car grant which pays up to a quarter or £5000 of an electric car’s RRP, and makes the Zoe a more attractive proposition than other ...

CAR interviews Renault’s electric car chief Thierry Koskas (2011)

Tim Pollard, 24 March 2011 10:50

CAR recently had dinner with the head of Renault’s electric car programme, Thierry Koskas. We grilled him on the finer points of Renault’s ambitious EV plans, asked him how on earth Renault will make money on it and probed him for the truth on the espionage scandal. Read on for our interview with Renault’s EV boss. CAR: You’ve just priced ...

Renault announces new six-year strategy

Tim Pollard, 10 February 2011 10:40

Renault today announced a new six-year strategy dubbed Renault 2016 – Drive the Change. A typically naff marketing-led title, but there’s some interesting detail on CEO Carlos Ghosn’s vision for Renault between now and 2016. Like how he wants to build 1.5 million electric cars in the next five years. How he’ll integrate Renault more closely with Nissans and Mercs. ...

Renault Twizy (2011): the tandem-seat electric city car

Ben Pulman, 30 September 2010 10:30

This is the production version of the Renault Twizy, a mad 1+1 tandem-seat electric city car that will go on sale in the UK in early 2012. It’s just been unveiled at the 2010 Paris motor show. Ah yes, I remember the Renault Twizy concept from the 2009 Frankfurt motor show… And 12 months on in Paris Renault has unveiled ...

Renault Zoe Preview (2010): the electric supermini

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Ben Pulman, 30 September 2010 10:30

This is the new Renault Zoe concept car, a ‘90% ready’ preview of an electric supermini that will go on sale from 2012. It’s just been unveiled at the 2010 Paris motor show. Didn’t Renault reveal a Zoe concept car at the 2009 Frankfurt motor show? It did, but it also admitted that that car was very much a flight ...

Win a signed sketch of the Renault Dezir concept

Ben Pulman, 23 September 2010 15:12

The new October 2010 issue of CAR Magazine features a beautiful shoot of Renault’s new Dezir, a rear-wheel drive electric supercar concept that will be unveiled at the 2010 Paris motor show. And CAR’s editor Phil McNamara has been to Paris early, for an audience with Renault’s design director Laurens van den Acker, and to see the stunning Dezir in ...

Renault Dezir concept (2010) first official pictures

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Mark Passer, 05 July 2010 13:00

These are the first pictures of the Renault Dezir, a sporty Clio-sized electric concept set to be unveiled at the Paris motor show in September 2010. Renault Dezir: a pitch to make La Regie sexy again This is the first car produced under the watch of new design director Laurens van den Acker, who's charged with reinvigorating the Renault range after ...

Renault Zoë ZE electric car 'to cost £13,000' in UK

Tim Pollard, 13 May 2010 07:55

Renault's new electric cars may turn out to be cheaper than we expected. We had been looking to a price comparable to modern turbodiesels, but a senior executive has told us that the new 2012 Zoë ZE city car will be priced from just €15,000. 'The Zoe will cost around €15,000, or £13,000 in sterling,' said global vice president of ...

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