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I’ll always remember the sight of a vibrant yellow cool trying automotive hurling up the slim gravel highway to my home — in 1976! Sure, my dad was testing a model new Renault 5 and simply needed to give me — 7 years outdated — a trip in it. We had a Citröen 2CV in our family, and this 1st era Renault 5 was so refreshing. Cool trying, quick, roomy. I simply cherished it. One of many high automobiles I might like to personal immediately is the just about unattainable Renault 5 Turbo, however then …
Renault stopped manufacturing of this automotive after 24 profitable years, and the Renault Clio that got here in 1990 form of changed it. However look and behold, a model new Renault 5 sees the day of sunshine, and it’s electrical! It’s also now the European Automobile of the Yr 2025. And it’s yellow! Nicely, I’m positive you will get it in different colours too, however I don’t care. It’s a testomony to the sensation this automotive gave me in 1976, and I feel many others really feel the identical.
It shares the title with its sister mannequin, the Alpine A290.
Excerpts from the press launch from the Affiliation of Danish Motorists (FDM):
“Renault 5 is The Automobile of the Yr 2025. The small retro electrical automotive ended up on the high of the rostrum when the distinguished title was awarded on Friday morning in reference to the opening of this 12 months’s main motor present in Brussels, Belgium. Renault 5 shares the title with the Alpine A290, which is a sister automotive.
“Kia EV3, which in November was Automobile of the Yr in Denmark 2025, got here in 2nd place.
“This 12 months is the 62nd time {that a} jury of a complete of 60 European automotive journalists from 23 international locations has chosen The Automobile of the Yr.”
FDM’s automotive technical editor, Søren W. Rasmussen, president of the jury, says:
“With the Renault 5, it’s now doable to purchase a well-functioning electrical automotive within the worth vary of round 200,000 DKK ($27,500). The most affordable model prices 185,000 DKK ($25,400), whereas the highest model is offered for 230,000 DKK ($32,600). The Renault 5 is thus following within the footsteps of the bigger Renault Scenic, which gained the identical title final 12 months.”
Whereas the electrical automotive fever is raging in Denmark, gross sales of electrical automobiles are considerably slower in Europe. That is additionally seen on this 12 months’s ultimate line up of automobiles, the place solely 3 of the 7 finalists are pure electrical automobiles.
“Nonetheless, it comes as no shock that the title of The Automobile of the Yr as soon as once more goes to an electrical automotive. As a result of though not all international locations are as far superior as we’re within the Nordic area, on the subject of electrical automobiles, the path for growth has been set by each politicians and automotive producers: Electrical automobiles are storming forward, and within the coming years we will anticipate many extra electrical automotive fashions to select from,” says Søren W. Rasmussen.
The outcomes from the jury had been as follows:
- Renault 5/Alpine A290 (electrical solely) — 353 factors
- Kia EV3 (electrical solely) — 291 factors
- Citroën C3/ë-C3 (petrol/electrical) — 215 factors
- Hyundai Inster (electrical solely) — 172 factors
- Dacia Duster (petrol/hybrid) — 168 factors
- Cupra Terramar (petrol/hybrid) — 165 level
- Alfa Romeo Junior (petrol/electrical) — 136 level
It’s humorous, that is such a cool automotive, and if I needed to exchange my Tesla Mannequin 3, this is able to be the one I wished. I don’t even have to check drive it. I simply know it is going to deliver a smile on my face. Hold on, my daughter wants a automotive….
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