One-off Renault 4L unveiled to celebrate classic car’s 60th birthday

It’s the initial Renault 4’s sixtieth anniversary this 12 months. To celebrate the event, Renault has teamed up with the French designer Mathieu Lehanneur to produce a a single-off model of the classic, with a rear cover encouraged by a hotel suite and an all-electric powertrain.

The Renault Suite Nº4 (as Lehanneur phone calls it) is the exact same measurement as the classic estate, but the rear of the car or truck has been changed with a polycarbonate bubble that has a flat, normal wood ground. In the meantime, the entrance seats have been trimmed in a mix of velvet and chenille – supposedly to mimic the style and design of a French hotel.

On the roof, there is a established of transparent photo voltaic panels that not only enable light-weight pass by means of them and into the cabin, but also demand the EV’s battery on the go to top up its vary. There’s also a pull-out bench mounted on the rear bumper that supplies sheltered outside the house seating under the opening rear clamshell.

The bodywork has been painted in a a few-phase method which is intended to make the metal look like cement, while the grille has been swapped for a polished aluminium unit. All of the components for the project had been made in France, with some even remaining provided by substantial-stop Parisian household furniture makers.

Lehanneur’s vision for the Renault Suite Nº4 was to produce a mobile space that enables the driver to encounter the ambience of a luxury hotel suite, where ever they occur to be.

He said: “I wanted to merge the worlds of autos and architecture to produce an open-air hotel place. Even better than the best palatial suite, the car or truck is just wherever you want it to be, no matter if which is by the sea, in the middle of a industry or driving all around the city you’ve normally dreamed of.”

Renault suggests the Suite Nº4 is powered by a “100 per cent electric motor,” though the brand is but to validate facts on the powertrain.

Now simply click here to browse about Renault’s plans to relaunch the four as a retro-styled electric crossover…