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I had an R-5 and I really liked it, except that it was a terrible car. Bought it new and somehow nursed it along to 100,000 miles, but it was very unreliable. It wasn't even the expense, it was never knowing if it would get us where we wanted to go, and stranding us on multiple occasions.
If I were in the market for an electric car (and I'm not, not quite yet) I would be disinclined to consider a Renault.
If the performance harkened back to the original mid-engined R5 Turbo, it'd be a hoot!
Did the U.S. ever get the R5? Or did we just have the crappy slow version?
If this is the future of the hot hatch segment, I (begrudgingly, because somethingsomething stick shift, somethingsomething engine noise) welcome it. Would love to have one of these things if Renault/Nissan could keep the price reasonable.
I had an R-5 and I really liked it, except that it was a terrible car. Bought it new and somehow nursed it along to 100,000 miles, but it was very unreliable. It wasn't even the expense, it was never knowing if it would get us where we wanted to go, and stranding us on multiple occasions.
If I were in the market for an electric car (and I'm not, not quite yet) I would be disinclined to consider a Renault.
Are the two paragraphs related? As in, would you be disinclined to consider a Renault based solely on your bad R5 experience?
One thing they got right: making it RWD. All the packaging efficiency and fuel economy benefits of FWD simply don't exist with EVs so it confounds me how so many purpose-built EVs (not just EV conversions of existing ICE platforms) are still FWD.
I have heard most speakers of English and German say something like Ruh-no, with emphasis on the second syllable. In most cases, a French name or word with a letter T at the end is silent, especially if it follows a letter L or a vowel. Just like with Cheverolet, English speakers like us don't pronounce a hard T at the end.
Just as a side note, I saw a Tesla for the first time here in Chemnitz, parked across the street at a charging station. Renault Zoe EVs seem like the most common EVs that I see around here, but VW EVs are becoming more common too. VW's big EV factory for the ID3 is 25 miles west in Zwickau.
I was a grown adult when the Le Car came out. At the time I lived in the Midwest, not the hotbed of imports, and still saw plenty of them around. It fared better than other French cars but ultimately like all the other ones it bit the dust. It was the contemporary of Fiat 124, 131, Civic and the rest. French and Italian cars have never made it here. Remember Fiat 500 that was also declared "cute" by the press.
I have heard most speakers of English and German say something like Ruh-no, with emphasis on the second syllable. In most cases, a French name or word with a letter T at the end is silent, especially if it follows a letter L or a vowel. Just like with Cheverolet, English speakers like us don't pronounce a hard T at the end.
Just as a side note, I saw a Tesla for the first time here in Chemnitz, parked across the street at a charging station. Renault Zoe EVs seem like the most common EVs that I see around here, but VW EVs are becoming more common too. VW's big EV factory for the ID3 is 25 miles west in Zwickau.
A more accurate pronunciation would be "REH-NAHL." Technically French does not have syllabic emphasis like English does so there would be equal emphasis on both syllables.
It is RWD? That is great. It is too easy to spin/skid my wife’s Leaf’s front wheels on acceleration. FWD does not make sense.
FWD on a gas front engined car makes sense, with the predominant mass above the drive wheels, but not for electric.
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