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“The first mini-electric sport.”
These are the words that Renault has chosen to present all the details of the RENAULT 5 TURBO 3E. The French company has confirmed what the reinterpretation in electric form of the myth will be, of the Renault 5 Turbo. After a first advance in format of Renderswe now have all the details.
The electric car faces a gigantic challenge: to convince that electric can be equally emotional as a combustion car. Renault has decided to take this challenge for the hand to become a reference.
Renault, Bandera Emotion
The choice of Renault 5 as the electrical model of the French brand was not accidental. As we explain in this articlethe companies are pointing to the heart of their potential customers remembering vehicles with which they lived in their childhood or trying to establish bridges with their history to sweetify the transition to the electric car.
The clearest example of recent years is Renault 5which is aesthetically a modern (and great) reinterpretation of the mythical French model. That conductive thread has also wanted to continue with the Renault 4another electrical model that drinks from the past although, in this case, such a clear link with the past has not been achieved.
It is not the only case. When Volkswagen presented his ID.3 He wanted to make it clear that it came to be a car as important as the Volkswagen Beetle (the famous town car) or the Volkswagen Golf. Fiat has resurrected the panda. Ford has resorted to the name Mustang and Capri For two electric cars.
But beyond convincing with a day to day, the electric car has a huge challenge ahead. Among motor fans there are no doubt that an electric car is faster than one of combustion. In a straight line, in fact, an electric is unsurpassed. And brands like Porsche with Taycan either Xiaomi with the ultra They have shown that their cars can compete from you to you with any combustion car in a circuit.
The problem is that these comments usually follow a … “And what?”
The engine fan Miss the smell of gasolinethe peculiar and different sound that delivers a six online cylinders in front of a V6. Do Punta-Tacón To reduce. Feel how a good atmospheric engine stretches until the clutch steps on and lay out a knob in the change of short and precious developments marches.
Right now, they are sensations that have no translation to the electric car market. It is no accident that Hyundai has focused on A change of lies marches for its ioniq 5 n. Or that the Ford Mustang is an imperfect car whose tuning is nervous for pure interest of the brand.
Renault has its proposal. And his proposal is to pull nostalgia but, also, try to get the throne of the first really gross and exaggerated electric car in the world. He will do it with a Renault 5 that collects the spirit of the mythical turbo to propose a car to go down in history.
A Renault 5 as never seen
Of course, it is known what is the final result of the set but what is clear is that Renault has not left anything in the inkwell and goes with everything with this new Renault 5 Turbo 3E.
To start, Renault has designed a new platform specifically for the model. That means you will use 800 volt architecture, which will allow you to recharge your batteries much faster. These, in addition, go from the 52 kWh capacity presented by the Renault 5 of greater capacity to 70 kWh to guarantee an autonomy of more than 400 kilometers according to WLTP cycle (pending approval).
A fact that is in the background because what is intended here is to get as much performance as possible. To do this, the car drinks from what has already been seen with the Renault 5 but the wheelbase is extended (from 2.54 to 2.57 meters) and there is a car 4.08 meters long, 2.03 meters wide and a height of 1.38 meters. The windshield is delayed and gives a more sporty appearance.
Outside aesthetics is clearly more sporty and aggressive, with a more brutalist front and clearly oversized rear wheel steps. Collect the square headlights of the past models and will have a huge air outlet on the hood that “helps optimize aerodynamic load to obtain a perfect balance between the front and the rear.”
Although the true technical data that remove the hypo is those related to its mechanics and benefits. They take air, because curves come:
- Two rear engines (one at each wheel) to generate up to 540 hp of power.
- Rear traction, of course.
- 4,800 nm motor torque.
- A weight contained in 1,450 kg thanks, among other things, to a platform built on aluminum.
- Power weight ratio of 2.7 kg/cv.
- OA 100 km/h acceleration in 3.5 seconds.
- Maximum speed of 270 km/h.
To be able to feed the battery and have the power always ready. This is used, as we said, of an 800 volt architecture that allows it to recharge up to 350 kW of power. With it you can go from 15 to 80% of the battery in 15 minutes.
In addition, Renault has included a Driff Assist. A driving mode specifically designed to skid that it will take advantage of the vertical hand brake that focuses on all eyes inside and that powerfully remembers the competitive history of the Renault 5 Maxi Turbo in the historic group B of the World Cup in Rally, as they remember in Motor journalism.
The company has confirmed that in the coming weeks the orders will open for a model that will be limited to 1,980 units, in a clear wink a year of launch of the Renault 5 Turbo. The price has not been specified but customers can choose the serial number they prefer.
The car will be sold in different interior and exterior colors. It has been presented with the classic combination in yellow, black and white that was used in the Tour de Cors 1982 but there will be completely customizable option.
Photos | Renault
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