Gone are the days when car manufacturers dreamed of dreams. That time when we rushed to the Paris Motor Show to discover futuristic models, to get excited about prototypes that would never see the light of day, to forget that we had come in an old car thinking that Perhaps one day, with the help of the Lottery, we could afford one of these sublime bodies. It was a time when manufacturers presented the craziest models, competing in ingenuity, technology and glitter to amaze visitors.
Renault hopes to seduce by recycling its iconic models revisited with electric energy
As the largest automobile show on the planet opens this Tuesday in Paris, in terms of attendance and longevity, the automobile giants will have a much less flashy ambition: to revive a suffering automobile market. You don’t have to have won the Nobel Prize in economics to understand why the sector is doing poorly. To anticipate the ban on the sale of new cars with thermal engines in 2035, manufacturers have significantly accelerated the production of electric vehicles. However, consumers do not want them, finding them too expensive. Clearly, the electric market is lagging behind in its start-up.
So, manufacturers will be focusing less on concept cars this year than on accessible models. The proof, the stars of the Paris Motor Show will be, fasten your seat belts, the 4L and the R5! Renault hopes to seduce by recycling its iconic models revisited with electric energy. However, let us recognize a certain charm in the electric R5, faithful to the lines of its big sister, more attractive than this 4L which only has the name in common with its ancestor. Beyond tastes and colors, the reality is there: European – and Chinese – manufacturers will compete in imagination to promote their small electric models to the public and try to relaunch a promised automobile market, from all sources. way, to a 100% electric future.
