Renault has revealed the new Espace, which is now an SUV – effectively, a bigger Austral – but it’s not coming to the UK. It’s almost seven years since Peugeot turned the 5008 MPV into a really rather good SUV as buyers’ desire for MPVs waned. And it’s been quite a success. Now, Renault is […]
New Renault Espace TEASED – looks like a stretched Austral
A new Renault Espace is teased to be on the way, no longer an MPV but a seven-seat stretched Renault Austral SUV. There was a time when the Renault Espace was the MPV to have, but its appeal waned as buyers opted for SUVs instead of MPVs and it hasn’t been sold in the UK […]
New Alpine A110 R Fernando Alonso costs MORE than a Porsche Cayman GT4 RS
The new Alpine A110 R arrives to top the Alpine A110 range, with a limited edition A110 Fernando Alonso model at an eye-watering price. It’s almost six years since Renault’s Alpine revealed a modern take on the A110, with the new model delivering a relatively inexpensive lightweight sports car costing from under £50k. Since then, […]
Renault 4EVER Trophy TEASES a new electric Renault 4
The Renault 4EVER Trophy Concept arrives at the Paris Motor Show to tease a new electric Renault 4 due in 2025. The Renault 4 badge disappeared from Renault’s lineup in the early 1990s after a 30-year run as Renault’s take on a more refined Citroen 2CV, selling an impressive eight million or so in its […]
Alpine Alpenglow – it’s a hydrogen-powered ICE concept, NOT a breakfast cereal
The Alpine Alpenglow Concept arrives as a taste of Alpine’s LMDh car and features an ICE powertrain fuelled by hydrogen. French carmakers are fond of a concept that’s more than a little barking and never heading for production, but this Alpine Concept – the Alpine Alpenglow – appears to be a pointer towards Alpine’s LMDh […]
Renault’s R5 Turbo 3E Drift EV casts a HALO glow ahead of new Renault 5 EV’s arrival
The Renault R5 Turbo 3E Drift EV arrives as a one-off to celebrate 50 years since the arrival of the Renault 5 and cast a halo on the new Renault 5 EV. It’s 50 years since the Renault 5 arrived – and getting on for 30 years since it disappeared into the Renault graveyard in […]
Electric Alpine A110 E-ternite Concept gets Renault EV battery and motor
Alpine reveals the A110 E-ternite Concept as an electric version of the ICE Alpine A110, using batteries and motor from the electric Megane. At the start of last year, we learnt that Lotus and Alpine are working together on a new electric car, with the end product expected to replace the A110. Ahead of the […]
Electric Renault Megane E-Tech aims at the VW ID.3 with £35,995 starting price
The new Electric Renault Megane E-Tech is open for pre-orders with a choice of three trim levels and prices starting at £35,995. It’s nine months since Renault revealed the new Megane E-Tech as a challenge to the VW ID.3, and it now opens for pre-orders in the UK with prices starting at £35,995 and a […]
THIS is the 2024 electric Renault Scenic – but with a hydrogen range-extender powertrain
The Renault Scenic Vision Concept is revealed as a look at the 2024 electric Renault Scenic, but previewing future technologies too. We’re well used to car makers churning out early looks at future EVs, so the arrival of the Renault Scenic Vision Concept (pictured above) previewing an electric Scenic for 2024 isn’t really anything new. […]
Renault Austral Revealed – replaces the Kadjar and comes only with HYBRID power
The new Renault Austral SUV arrives as Renault replace the Kadjar with a new SUV with a new look, hybrid engines and an upmarket interior. Renault has been busy teasing the Renault Austral as a replacement for the Kadjar for the last three months, and now it arrives with new looks, new all-Hybrid powertrains and […]