FIRST DRIVE: New Renault 5 electric! As good as it looks? | Electrifying.com
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Re-inventing an icon is never an easy thing to do, but that’s exactly what Renault is hoping to do with the reborn R5. Having seen MINI and Fiat successfully resurrect classic designs from the past, the French giant is betting big on its iconic supermini. It ushers in a new era of electric Renaults and will be followed into showrooms by a reborn Renault 4, which will also take styling cues from its famous predecessor.
There are two batteries up choose from; a 52kWh battery that gives the Renault an official WLTP range of 248 miles which will be the only option from launch, while a smaller 40kWh battery managing 186 miles will be joining the lineup at a later date.
The Renault 5 E-Tech comes as standard with 11 kW bi-directional charging including vehicle-to-load capability. This allows you to charge an electrical device - whether it’s your laptop or an e-bike - from the 5’s high voltage battery. It also means that the Renault supports vehicle-to-grid charging, which allows you to use the car’s battery to help balance your home energy or even to feed power back into the grid and earn money from it at peak times. You do need a home charger that’s capable of supporting this function, though; not all home wallboxes can do this even if the car has the necessary tech.
Does the new Renault 5 look like a winner to you? Let us know in the comments below.
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The Renault 5 when it was launched wasn't a Hot Hatch. Why would you think this version would be any different??? The Alpine A290 is the Hot Hatch version. This is just a daily driver .......
If the Alpine doesn't have RWD it will be an absolute disappointment. All Renault EV struggle with traction when pushed. I tried the Megane and Scenic.... Went for other brands that have RWD EV.
Absolutely agree. When people speak about cars not from the lens of the target audience, but they own
This is the sort of car the EV market needs now. We've had all the top end £40k plus stuff. Now it's time for EV's people will *want* to own..... I understand there are thousands of pre-orders already for this car.....
I just saw A6 for 80k today... and I wonder if it's four times better than R5
... Or twice as good as a Tesla Model 3 for that matter (even with the stupid lack of indicator stalk)
And yet it's 33K...
The 25K is for 2026 deliveries. And without proper AC and DC ratings.
@@RedBatteryHead if this will be 33, how muchthey will charge you for R4... 50?!
@@michalklucz6907 I heard €38K on the launch models.
I viewed around 10 RUclips’s of R5 car tests but I appreciate this one, the most critical. We need to have objective facts, not a pub video. Congratulations.
But some of the criticism isn't fair or very personal thing and not an objective critic
It's funny how youtubers try to find angles with polemical titles (and thumbnails) so as not to give the impression that this is going to be yet another laudatory, dithyrambic video for this little Renault 5. Well done, Renault, well done :D
Before watching this I watched the "What Car?" review, and they commented on how quiet their car was at motorway speeds, with very little wind noise, and they also saw efficiency of around 4mi/kWh. It will be interesting to see how these cars do when they're being bought in numbers, as it looks as though there are some inconsistencies with build quality at the moment.
Yup. Autogeful also said it's quiet. Must have been a problem with the door or window in this one.
Why MILES and mi/1kWh? Are UK/US viewers the main target audience only? It's so hard to put that into the numbers 99% of the world uses.
I want a Renault 5 and I want it now!!!!
Bravo Renault! You are knocking it out of the park lately with your EV releases as of late. Amazing job.
😢😢😢You are very lucky if you live where you can buy one!! I am not…..😢😢😢Sad Face
@@kyliefan7 that's a shame
😂😂😂 calm down. It’s just another EV, with ridiculous wind noise.
@@markgt894 OK Mark I am very sorry I spoke 😂😂😂
@@deansh8506 no worries! You must work for Renault
Wind noise. I watched a couple of R5 vids and I think wind noise might be specific to the car you drove. In one Vid, lack of wind noise was specifically praised. Sounds like a door seal issue.
The stalk thing on new Renaults is no issue. Want gear, approach from top. Want wiper approach from bottom side. I drive a Mégane it’s easy. The audio stalk is haptic perfection and I wouldn’t have any other kind it’s been here since 1989.
I disagree. The audio stalk is one too much. It might have been needed in the days where steering wheels had no buttons and gear selector was in the center console (as on my old Clio) + but now it's just cluttered. I had a rental AustralE for two weeks. The 3 stalks drove me crazy.
I was very worried that my two adult sons wouldn't fit in the back, and now I know they won't...but luckily I hear public transport is very good nowadays
😂
Consider the Hyundai inster. The range is a bit worse than Renault 5, but it's crazy spacious
I do not think this is a family car. For this you need to go with the R4 or the Mégane
18 inch wheels are huge for a 'small' car. The original 5 would probably have had 12" wheels!
135 SR 13, which is very small overall. In USAmerican inches, that's 5.3 inches wide.
I don't get the obsession with large diameter wheels.
@@terrencebiggane8648"Looks"
Definitely 13” would be practical for a car like this…
@@terrencebiggane8648I think it's because EVs have to be taller so the batteries can fit underneath. On the Zoe which has small/normal size wheels this makes it look oddly tall and ungainly. By putting on bigger wheels it tricks the eye into misreading the scale. I expect we'll see more of this
Honest review. Good to hear. I don't understand why ground up EV's do not have 1 pedal driving or frunks. Simply no excuse not to have these at this stage of EV development. (BMW's i3 had both from 2012/13). And real world efficiency for this is a concern (as it is for the Megane). Will wait to see what owners see after buying them. But an excellent price it must be said from a manufacturer that is not Chinese.
A frunk may not be possible to keep the R5 design. Plus the capacity is pretty meaningless.
I don’t get the obsession with 1 pedal driving tbh 😂 i absolutely hate that trend
@@FGGiskard Me neither.
1 pedal divine arrive in january
@@FGGiskard You don't have to activate it if you don't like it. The problem is that the setting doesn't exist. Just give people the choices?
To answer the initial remark, I guess it's somehow a relic trait of the corporate culture of historic carmakers. They like EVs to creep like ICE cars while in gear without even touching the gas pedal. And they are afraid that their usual customers could be unhappy of a change in behavior. But as I said: just give people choices! Allow the setting, just don't make it the default one.
It's not a "frunk", it's a "froot"!!😂
As I understood the review, its neither. 😞😞
@@stephenlee5929 it's a fraud! 😂
I'm glad there's no frunk. I never liked the idea to open a huge bonnet and then have a tiny little frunk staring at you. A bit ridiculous. The R5 seems really a great product in the segment.
I don't care that the back seats are pitiful.... it's beautiful and it's not a mummy-pants SUV! I want one.
Weird about the wind noise. Other reviews commented how quiet it was.
Autogefuhl also mentioned the wind noise
One pedal driving: so many reviewers think it’s important but car designers think otherwise. Personally I think one pedal driving is massively overrated, and we shouldn’t be messing with the classic use of the brake pedal.
Strange post. All EV's use and need regen braking in some form.
I also thought one pedal driving was over rated -- until I drove an EV that has one. Been 8 months now that I drive an EV daily , always in one pedal drive... For me all EV should have it, at least as option (if not as default setting)
I have an EV (previous Zoe) and i disabled the one pedal drive: it makes me sick (with motion sickness)
This bodes *extremely* well for the Alpine A290.
Depends on the price, probably be high 30s for the GT Premium!
@chrisbaker4849 Cheap these days, compared to anything with similar performance. Allowing for inflation, it's probably a little less than the BMW i3S sold for, I think.
It seems good value compared to the new electric Mini, unless BMW come out with something very special for the JCW.
If the Alpine is FWD it will be nothing great. AWD or RWD is the only way an EV gets anything close to sporty feeling
@alexa.6316 I'll agree to disagree on that one, especially when there are lots of very good FWD Renault hot hatches. In fact, the ones with questionable handling tended to be the mid-engined RWD road cars(!).
Porsche rivalling sportscars, no. But accessible B-road blasters whuch are fun in another way, most definitely. Just watch not to lose the tail with LOOS on the older ones.
Bit of a disappointing review from Ginny. I drive a Megane and it has some quirks but is a really good car. The drive selector is easy to get used to even if French logic means R and D are not where you expect. The cable storage is exactly the same as on the Megane and frankly yes it could be a nuisance if you had to get to the cable with a boot full of stuff..but here’s the thing. I rarely carry the cable as away from I pretty much always use CCS rapid chargers so don’t need my cable. On the rare occasion I know I might (e.g a hotel 7kwh charger) I just find some space in the boot. Oh and yes the underfloor storage bit is actually the same issue in many EVs. As to the speech recognition..just say heh Google it is brilliant and amongst many things it will do is turn volume up and down and the same with temperature. Iam not a fan of Google but their car system is really good.
As to the rest..iam sure driving is a matter of taste and other journalist seem to like it and I may or may not if and when I have a test drive.
Final bit. Wind noise. I suspect the car you drove has the same problem I currently have and that needs fixing. Basically some of the windows are falling a small amount within the door. If you hit the raise window button it goes away.
One of the other road testers commented that it was very quiet at motorway speeds.
Maybe your one had an ill fitting window?
Yes - and it was doing 6.2km per kWh - very efficient.
Ill fitting windows is taking the retro-theme all the way! Maybe it rusts quickly as well.
just the interior gets me above all it is so damn good and different !!
A bit “cost-conscious” is one of the best polite insults I’ve heard. It competes with “bless her heart” that’s used in the US South ❤
It's good that the audio control is where it, it's like that on all Renaults since the late 80s and it's the best place I wouldn't want it anywhere else. And I'm pretty sure every Renault driver will see it the same
Hi Ginny, this takes me back! My first car was a 1974 Renault 12TS in bright yellow with a black roof. Not a bad car for the time, but oh, the rust! 🤣🤣🤣 My Mum had a Renault 6, followed by a Renault 5. Life was simple back then, manual choke, umbrella handbrake, dash mounted gear lever (just like the 2CV).
I think there was something wrong with your car re wind noise because others didn’t flag it as an issue.
It certainly looks like Renault are on to a winner cracking colour range and competitive pricing 😊
Competitive pricing?! This car is smaller than a Clio or a Zoe inside. At least in a mini you know the money went into the premium interior...
Great to see a New smaller EV 👍🏼
how does this car look so big and so small at the same time
The Alpine A290 is supposed to be the ‘hot hatch’, not this one.
And that had a push button gear selector on the centre console
Exactly
I find it really amusing that car "reviewers" seem to all have trouble mastering 3 stalks and an audiopod in Renault's electric cars. I've been driving a Megane E-Tech Electric for 2 years (my first Renault) and the number of times I've got the gear selector and wiper arm wrong can be counted on two hands, so on average less than once every two months - but of course learning skills varies. As for the audiopod, I think it's a really good solution, you get used to it quickly and you don't have to take your hands off the steering wheel or your eyes off the road to operate it. I previously had a DS 3 THP Sport, it had "pods" for both cruise control and audio control, it's probably the best control of both I've experienced, and far better than buttons in the steering wheel, same as Renault's audio pod, you didn't need remove your hands from the steering wheel or your eyes from the road because you couldn't see the two pods anyway and within a few days their operation was completely intuitive - like Renault's audiopod.
Ginny has mentioned it in other videos about the Scenic and not being a fan of the 3 stalks, but she's left handed, so that might be why.
I had a rental AustralE for two weeks. Loved the Android automotive, hated the 3 stalks.
Only 2 of the colours are worth having, it's the Yellow and Green.
I remember the original Renault 5. I can't believe how BIG this EV version is!
It’s smaller than the outgoing Clio.
The wind noise is surprising. That does put me off slightly. I’ll have to test this myself before I buy.
I think it's a problem with this car or the windows weren't up properly. No one else has mentioned it.
I'd have music on so no issue
Door not well locked perhaps ? One must check if it's one sided.
@@AlanTovpeople have said the wind noise is minimal. I had to watch about ten in Dutch, French and German before our U.K. lot got a review out.
Others didn't have that problem so it seems like it was either a problem with that specific car or the windows weren't fully up
Lots of wonky stalks around the steering wheel was par for the course for French cars back in the day (in fact they were rather infamous for them), so this must be another retro throwback methinks... :) I remember the grey color Renault my school mate's family used to have, and the sloppy steering wheel-mounted gear selector it featured. His mum would fight with it as she carted us kids around in that car somewhere. Dang, those were the days... ;)
The 3 stalks are a pain. After suffering for two weeks on a rental car - I decided I will never ever buy a Renault as long as they have these. A pity really, the Android automotive is nice.... But you get that on Volvos and Polestars, so sorry Renault
I didn't realise those were 18" tyres. Had hoped there was smaller ones, but thought the smaller ones would be 14"/15"
Smaller ones will make this car look like have chicken legs😅because this car have highground body and propotion,if smaller car with lower ground design its ok with smaller wheels
@@hanisrosli5484 smaller wheels (and commensurate larger tyres) are more efficient, more comfortable and more resistant to kerb damage.
Love the Renault 5, looking forward to a test drive next year, got megane e-tech at the moment, the storks on one side work well.🙂
Strange as another review said was really refined? Do you think was pre production and they will sort out?
It's pity that doesn't have a glass roof. Even AMİ has it. It doesn't need to be opened but it's good for sunlight to come in.
Not in the Sth of France or other Med countries where the 5 is popular.
How long did you test it for @electrifying? You should reset the trip and drive at least 70km for it to recalculate. Snapshots are not useful.
Brilliant in yelow😊
But does the nordic version have the battery pre-conditioning like Megane does?
Renault is knocking it out of the park at the moment! The new 5 and 4 are so cool and the new Scenic is great too.
What is the consumption readout showing you? You cannot use the Guessometer (GOM) to judge the range or efficiency. All cars tune those to be conservative (except infamously Tesla) to ensure you won't get caught out running out of juice. Others on the same junket showed 4.6 miles/kWh meaning it is very high efficiency. I guess we'll wait for some careful consumption testing. Renault was supposed to be moving to the Electronically Excited motors along with partner Nissan. Is that the case for this car?
Exactly. In Renault you need to drive 70kms after reset before it recalculates. Reviewer snapshots are useless.
Don’t know who did the editing for this video but the music bits were a bit too loud and you couldn’t really hear what Ginny was saying! Love the car though.
❤❤❤I just wish Renault would relaunch in the US so I could buy one!!! As long as they are reliable!! I think that’s the reason why Renault originally left the US but correct me if I’m wrong! But bravo on the styling! I think they are just trying to make nice cars that just happen to be EV’s!! I wish more car makers did that! I don’t need a New/Ugly car that shouts I’m an EV!! If I had to say who’s doing that it’s Kia/Hyundai at the moment.
Already got an ex30, this would make a great second car for us.
There is no way that this car can be described as "compact", have you ever driven the original? That was compact and just what is needed for local driving. This is the size of a house by comparison. Good review as always, Ginny.
glad someone is flagging up a few of the less desirable qualities....overall still looks very interesting. Also clear that Renault will be drip feeding in some aspects that you would feel should be there from the start - all part of keeping the cost down.
Ginny great review , Renault 5 looks just amazing, has sporty looks like proper hothach, but sad to hear that it is not that.
Hopefully Alpine A290 bring us first proper EV hothach, my I20N Performance competition 😊❤❤❤
Keep it up with great work 🤟🤟👍
It’s not you, it’s the baguette 😂
The baguette took one look at her and ... sagged.😊
Curious, I watched two other reviews and they didn't say anything about windows noise, in fact they said that highway driving was very silent.
Maybe pre release problem and problem with windows rubbers. Nothing new in new cars..
Interesting handling and positioning of your baguette at the beginning of your video 😮
Compared to the Citroen eC3, it is a bit obvious how they have pared back to achieve the price. Like the original Renault 5 it has poor rear legroom where the Citroen definitely scores. On the boot like the Megane it isn't very long but deep instead. Probably the eC3 has more useful space although the volume is less on paper. As usual Renault errs on the very optimistic as regards range. However it does have external style and Renault have learned not to penny pinch on the heat pump which is only an optional extra on the Citroen. The only car (without a frunk) where you dont have to empty the boot to get at the cable is the Skoda Elroq which has the brilliant solution of storing it under the parcel shelf. Why has nobody thought of that before?
All the negatives you mention have nothing to do with the price and equipment and used materials are still better than on the e-C3. Also the e-C3 is longer and has a smaller boot, obviously it therefore has a bit more rear leg room. But cars of this size always will either have good rear leg room or a well sized boot and not both. The boot of the e-C3 might be easier to use, but in the end if you have something big it still might fit in the R5 but not the e-C3 as the missing space might be the deciding factor. Renault is not more optimistic with range than others. In perfect conditions you can get the WLTP range with all the Renaults, whereas some cars from other manufacturers aren't able to, and only very few are able to go over the WLTP range. The Megane is very efficient and R5 is efficient too according to other reviews. The Scenic is also very efficient in most scenarios. Only on the motorway it's not the most efficient bc they made one of the best looking cars with a distinct design and not only focused on aerodynamic in the design, but it's also not a super thirty car. There other SUVs which are way more inefficient
Great report Ginny balanced and informative…thank you😁👍🏻
Love the design and how this has mostly come through to the production stage looking as great as it did prior (shame about the baguette holder 😟)
Surprise the wind noise is so high but otherwise love the car and can see this selling very well
Looks lovely. Am I right in saying that it is no more efficient than the Zoe? Is this old tech in an shiny new outfit?
It has nothing to do with the Zoe.
The Zoe will do 250 miles in summer, also a 52kWh battery, so looks about the same efficiency.
I wish I could have a car that has Inster's practicality and Renault5's design........
OMG i want ittt bring it to the USA please..
It is less than £30,000? What do you want for that much money? I think it looks Cool, even though it's an Electric car! I'm waiting for the Renault 5 Turbo!
I watched the Renault 5 with Will on what car. Sorry Ginny , Will got 4.9m/kw on range . Somebody’s has got a heavy right foot.
Was something wrong with your car? This is the fourth video on the R5 I've watched, the other three commented on how quiet it was, even on higher speeds. Two even said the wind noise was very low...
it has not LFP but NMC battery.
V2L, V2H and V2G is the future. If you're paying that much for a car, it needs to be more than just a means of transport. It should be an energy store on wheels to power your home, your kettle and make you money when you sell energy back to the grid. Myenergi is coming to market with a suitable charger in mid/late 2025. Smaller wheels might also boost range.
Still don't believe it doesn't have a FRUNK for cables ( Under boot storage for something you might need in a hurry, it's just meh .)
Looks like a fun daily drivers car at a fair price.
Watched 10 videos about wind noise on highway, it's weird how nobody said anything about it. Maybe a defective thing on your specific car ?
A good balanced and factual review!
Loverly thing, but if you aren't offering a glass roof and you are putting decals on the roof, why not bung some solar up there? Ok, it's not going to recharge the battery but it could be used to keep the car cool while you do some shopping. As for the wheel size, it feels like someone said merde! what about the Alpine version that will cost thousands more? We can't offer 19/20 wheels because people will pay 1000's more for that
Does it make a noise while charging like Zoe does?
23000 is a big kicker! I will Keep it on my radar. But it´s time for me to change car now. So what can I get...
Great video - 2 out of the 3 bug issues you mentioned, made my decision not to choose this as my next car. Shame as I really like the look of the R5 - back in the day this was my very first car……
I kind of agree that if the wind noise is an isdue given the development resources available its an own goal, quirkiness is fine some things just take time to get used to and appreciate.
Personally a bit disappointed at the price point I'm sure there are plenty will think it's a bargain and it might be compared to top spec 208s but the public are looking at approaching price parity with small petrol hatch backs though the likes of Ford shooting themselves in the foot dropping their cars might help. 10 years of development required before we say these are petrol equivalents though if China is allowed to export their largesse of production things might change though some European automakers might cease to be in the face of aggressive dominating pricing.
What would be good to see is a group test of all the new small electric cars compared to the BMW i3 which many consider to be the best of the original crop of small city cars. Obviously the range in the i3 will be a limiting factor but, that aside are the new car significantly better than the original benchmark small electric small car.
If theyd been able to eke 300 miles out of this, it would have been killer😢
Hi from Italy, i didnt hear about one pedal driving…. How is it in this car? Thanks
One pedal driving isn’t available in the Renault 5. There are multiple levels of power regeneration but it won’t stop without hitting the breaks.
However,, the Renault 4 will apparently have it. The 5 could perhaps get it later.
@@Aegirsince2012 thanks 🙏🏻
I went to Everything Electric. I really wanted to love this car. However... I'm 5' 10" and I set the front seat to my driving position. I then went to the back and physically couldn't get my legs in.
price wise it is one of the best cars, but the range should do better. No parking is very odd design choice
Great honest review. 👍😎
Besides Renault brand enthusiasts - I don't see why this car will sell. Its too expensive for the cheap quality you get. If you don't mind cheap plastics get a Dacia spring, you want retro design get a Fiat 500, you want modern french design get Peugeot 208, you want posh you get a Mini...
So the efficiency is about half that of a Leapmotor T03. I thought it would have been better.
I was thinking Dang, that car is huge ....I want a small car....then you said how tall you are.....now I feel better about the size....I'm 5'8"
What are the buttons on the top side of the dashboard binnacle?
I'd suggest your wind noise was the window was open. I've seen this reviewed on a different channel and they claimed NO motorway road noise. Further, I would find single peddle driving irritating! Not everybody wants that!
Probably a pre-production issue, most reviewers saying it's quiet, but several complaining of wind noise
As for the one pedal, lots of people like it. Given it can always be turned off, better to offer it for those who want it and allow those like yourself to turn it off if they don't.
@@benrgrogan Yep, as long as the off position stays off once turned off.
It's to small for my liking, unfortunately. But the Renault 4 looks like a smashing car.
NICE EV, thanks for the review. I wont complain about designers with AI windtunnel syndrome anymore 😁😁
Specially with French EV's.
No adaptive cruise control on the lowest trim, who drives all manual on a highway?!?! And no I-pedal with full stop, so you have to switch between pedals all the time like in old cars, they didn't want to make it comfortable for you, high wind noise on an EV, no frunk, no buttons on the steering wheel for basic things and limited range, the "pre-dirt-textile" design ... that really sucks.
With the, I believe Opel Astra here in Germany (Vauxhall in the UK), Stellantis has proven to built very energy efficient electric motors and cars and I hoped they would share modules within that company, how come this thing has a poor range/efficiency? It better be really inexpensive, else it not going to sell, because there are plenty of cool small EV being released within the next few months.
One positive thing that matters, it comes with 5 years warranty, not like our overpriced German cars with some ridiculous 2 years, which has already been burning a hole in my pocket two years ago, when my last ICE car wouldn't pass its first technical inspection, because the brakes couldn't be cleared and rusted away, because of super cheap steel. I guess they needed to save money to make up for the Diesel gate losses, where they reimbursed US customers with their fraud but not the faithful German customers that I am not part of anymore.
Anyway praise to Stellantis to come up with some basic promised quality, which still isn't quite what the South Koreans offer (7-8 years), or some Vietnamese car with 10 years, but no current service network that I know of, but still way better than 2 years for a German car with planned obsolescence.
When I drove long distances, I had a car with adaptive cruise. Now my current car has manual cruise control which is okay for short motorway trips, but generally I use manual control - but that's because I do maybe 200-300 miles a year on a motorway and the rest in towns and cities.. which I guess is what this car is for, at least those buying the basic trim model. If you do 5-10 miles a day going to work or the supermarket, do you need all the creature comforts the higher trim levels offer? I respect Chinese manufacturers opting for a single spec with all the toys, but in some ways that's a lot of stuff to potentially fail (or stop receiving support) as the car ages, and some people will want simplicity - oh and a cost saving.
Renault isn't part of Stellantis
@@196neek oh, thank you, I had no clue, that changes my view
But not everybody needs an adaptive cruise control and people who don't want it or don't need it bc they are for example only do city driving they don't want to pay for something they don't need. Also with the smallest battery range is limited anyways so people who buy that version won't do long trips with it anyway. Also which car in that price category does have that as standard? You can't have a low price and still get all the features, that's simply not possible. The high wind noise must have been a problem with that specific car as in no other review that was a problem, the opposite was the case they all said it's pretty quiet. Also in the other reviews the car was pretty efficient, so it might have to do with the driving style, therefore it has pretty good range for such a small car which isn't very expensive. Other cars with similar size have smaller batteries or batteries of the same size but are much more expensive. A frunk is simply not possible on such a small car with front wheel drive, bc there is no space for it. And yes front wheel drive is better, bc the frunk would be good for the cable, but for nothing else and you would therefore lose a lot of space in the boot if it was rear wheel drive, which in the end means that things wouldn't fit in the boot that fit now bc of the front wheel drive and bigger boot. And if something bigger wouldn't fit anymore, what would you do? Break it to put one part in the boot and the other in the frunk? Also what do you mean no buttons for the basic things on the steering wheel? There are buttons for all the important functions on the steering while. The only thing which isn't is the radio/volume control which is on the lowest stalk behind the wheel on the right side as in every Renault since the late 80s. And that is the best system ever, super easy to reach while driving. Every Renault driver loves that and would be mad if they would change that.
@@flo_h_96 Thanks for your reply ... I live in Europe (Germany) and we have a new European law that makes new cars have an adaptive cruise control by design, because less stupid stuff happens and it doesn't cost much ... its easy to be implemented and makes so much sense, you can not just bump into a car if you are not focused, and stop & go is all automatic, which is a part of most peoples drive to and from work. I am surprised despite this EU rule they can sell this?!?! Maybe its just the automatic emergency brake that is mandatory?
Just look at the coming Hyundai Inster, it will be cheaper than the R5 and come with plenty of passive safety and comfort even in the lowest trim. And it has 8 years warranty, and with few bucks on top it almost drives by itself, but I agree, that is a nice to have not a necessity. Extremely comfortable smart single pedal driving also is part of the base trim, so that should be our standard. I actually like the exterior of the R5 better, on the inside they are both not exactly my cup of tea, but the interior's flexibility, technical features and price are really remarkable and since I spend all the time in the inside driving, and its for me, not for people on the outside, I totally prefer the many safety and comfort features that I have never seen on any other car in this lowest price range.
You flip the seats and sleep in it, you can rearrange the back seat for more or less space in the trunk, you can flip the co pilots seat and use it as table for eating or your notebook, sitting the the 2nd row ... its just a really well designed ultra flexible car that can have all the safety features you can get a car 4 times the price ...anyway I think it is not enough to put all the focus on a retro car, when it has too many disadvantages.
But on the other hand I don't want to project my personal extremely pragmatic view onto others, its just that I want the best price/value ratio for my car, no matter how it looks, it just has to meet some technical safety criteria and be very comfortable. I dislike SUVs and actually bought an crossover SUV, because it was as special offer at the time, but an quite efficient one.
I am German, almost like the exact horrible stereotype 🤣. So maybe many French people are into odd retro designs and it will become a big success, especially if it will be subsidized by the country in an act of patriotism, which I think would be a good step to accelerate the EV growth.
Further! I rrrreeeeeaaaaaalllllllyyyyyy wish you reviewers would stop using tall people to test the seating space. The averwge height for people IS NOT 6ft or taller!
ROAD NOISE. (Wind noise on the motorway). This is a deal breaker for me. I’m really hoping this was just a one off and that when you get the car on UK roads you will find it so. Please update asap.
This is the only review that's mentioned it.
It looks good I wonder how long it'll be before they launch a hybrid.
Got the feeling they have used parts from previous cars.
Cheap flimsy plastics
Volume control that's from a Clio
Don't like steering wheel
As for the baguette 🥖 basket you can keep it or create one yourself from masking tape.
Doubt the can launch a hybrid. Theres not much room under the bonnet for the engine, particularly if they've done the usual EV trick of moving many of the mechanicals from the dashboard to the engine bay to increase passenger space.
£25k isn’t a good enough price to sell. When someone comes out with a sub £20k long range electric car then it will sell like hot cakes. Until then EVs will still be a novelty for the masses
A petrol Ford puma is between £26 and £31k.
I think you're a bit behind the times.
@@AlanTov not at all. The times are wrong. People don’t want to spend £25k on a small city car like this. It should be £15-20k max
That’s just your car was the window up, surly you put the window up and down as watched about ten reviews and all said wind noise was minimal and good. Well the did emit this car will change year on year and not in a three year cycle so things will improve maybe on the cheap feeling plastic. That top of the display moving is a bit off putting, you just want solid. Strange they can’t design in room for your feet at the back, even in the new MINI you can sit not to bad in the back.
I don’t get the obsession with 1 pedal driving. I absolutely hate not being in full control of breaking , I don’t get why people love it
11:27 No one and I mean no one wants a droopy Baguette 😂
I do think eventually vehicle to grid will be mandated to balance the load on the grid. Otherwise the government of every nation that wants to go 100% ev, is going to have to invest 100s of billions in thier grids to support it.
interesting on range as seen others say they got more and over 4
The reviewer didn’t provide any efficiency numbers.
@@agaafear Ginny gave some generalised ones though and another gave like 4miles/kwh but I think for this type of car range is less important anyway
@@ianrob4760 when has a reviewer said - i expected to get 800km from a tank of petrol but only achieved 650km?
Pitty its not the entry level getting launched now.
2 more years for the Chinese to sell their entry levels thatvare really available.
How can we take seriously a journalist that begins her article with the baguette handler and the color palette???
The R5 from the 80's was a ball of s***. This car is no doubt a fabulous upgrade...😂😂😂
I just wish that all manufacturers of low (?) price EVs could omit all the rubbish that is unessary - flash seats, hand stitching, complicated entertainment screens, new decor every year,all the driver aids that a good driver doesn't need etc etc. The price could be graetly reduced . £30 ,000 is still too much for average bloke or pensioners to have to pay for cheap transport.
250 mile range? So it’s going to be 200+ real world range, which quite frankly in a newly released 2024 car is disappointing. But then the Megane isn’t particularly impressive on the range front.
2024 or not it's still the same basic battery chemistry that's been out for 10 years.
MG has a solid state battery car out next year that might be interesting...
@@AlanTov and that powers a well know drum bashing clockwork bunny
Foibles deliver character. Toyota doesn't do foibles.
nice car over all