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Renault 4Ever Trophy: the goal of Roland-Garros News from Auto Plus in your smartphone News from Auto Plus in your mailbox

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Renault 4Ever Trophy: the goal of Roland-Garros News from Auto Plus in your smartphone News from Auto Plus in your mailbox

After the Zoé and the electric Mégane E-Tech, In the coming months, Renault will step up its push for 100% electric. Thus, the upcoming lineup will soon consist of the new Scénic announced Concept Scénic Vision 2022. It will be Scénic in name only and will now be a large electric family SUV. And no longer a minivan, as it has been since 1996. The next new features will be called R5 and R4.. The first, expected for 2024, highlighted the concept of the same name. It was released in 2021 at the same time as the new strategy Renolution group, Luca de Meo. This is an electric city car assembled in Douaiwill have to help the Clio, which is only available in a petrol or hybrid version.

A more aggressive SUV style

For Renault 4, the philosophy will soon change. Our good old ‘4L’ will also go electric with a more assertive SUV look than before. Because yes, if we look back in history, the R4 has already heralded the future dominance of SUVs. Increased ground clearance, high running suspensions, large volumes… It was in its own way, and since 1962 a harbinger of this future category! A detail that has not escaped Renault, so this 4L 2.0 will truly be an SUV. It will fit in the range above the electric R5 exactly. For R4, an alternative to gasoline and hybrid Captur. She will be collected in the North with her little sister, but will prefer her Maubeuge assembly lines. There was a new French star was introduced as a prototype in 2022 under the name 4Ever. It is now evolving into a more fun, colorful version and more in the style of the original 4L.

A tribute to the sixties… and Roland Garros

Called the ‘4Ever Trophy’, it is a direct nod to the first R4 introduced in 1962.. Its blue color is really very similar to “Blue Ile de France” presented at startup. A color that suits it much better than the stark gray 2021 prototype. The ‘Trophy’ is also another nod to the first R4, which has been the focus of the famous ‘4L Trophy’ rally since 1997! Why Renault showed a second concept, very similar to the previous one? To continue to praise the upcoming arrival of the new R4, on the one hand. On the other hand for exhibit a prototype at Roland Garros, Renault is the new official sponsor from 2022 ! It’s for this reason that it sports some fluorescent yellow inserts, in addition to this rather funky blue livery. A nod to tennis ballsOf course. It will be exhibited everywhere Roland Garros 2023, which will be held from May 22 to June 11. A standard electric 4L will arrive in 2025.

Author: Quentin Panno
Source: Auto Plus

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