Cynic here - it's a different skin on a Zoe. I think EV buyers will get wise to this before long and be looking for better battery technology rather than for retro styling.

And yes - I had several 5s; particularly enjoyed an early 5TL with the umbrella handle gear change.

This looks very attractive. We (as in my family) had a couple of R5s back in the late 1970s. Great cars although corrosion was a problem. However, most cars rusted back then, it's one aspect that the makers seem to have sorted.

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Good little car in its time although the double skinned parts of the body difficult to repair when they inevitably rusted.

Not sure I agree that makers have rust totally sorted - some makes are better than others but many cars quietly vanishing. Sometimes different batches of the same car are worse than others - could be pot luck with recycled metal quality (just a theory!).

We had a Punto where rust started forming where things such as suspension mounts were welded to the body. Not a major problem whilst we had it but I noticed it failed it's last MOT with serious corrosion at these points. Many cars have subframes/suspension that aren't galvanised etc that are thick but can eventually fail - usually when this happens the car is old enough for repair costs to be above the cars value.

Saying that it's now way better than cars of the 60's / 70's I bought a cheap £50 9 year old 1973 Vauxhall Viva that already had holed inner wings and very crispy sills. Still managed to get it through a few MOT's after quickly learning how to weld.

Edited by Big John on 07/08/2021 at 22:26

That's the standard Stellantis 136ps motor with the 50kwh battery. You can have this with your Renault 5, or a Citroën or PEUGEOT 2008 or Vauxhall Corsa e or the new Vauxhall Mokka e and probably a few other 'flavours'.

I drove the Mokka the other day. They'll all do 0 to 60 in 9seconds plus/ minus a bit and top out at 93mph. Range about 200 plus/minus according to WLTP or 170 to 180 in real life. The acceleration is pretty decent , not Tesla decent but still decent. The ride handling was pretty decent too. You can unstick the fwd going round a roundabout no problem. Instant torque.

I think the common use of parts is a great idea myself. Looking at the design of the Mokka battery it looks to have been designed so a few bolts and the assembly drops down. Servicing is 70quid a year. Just checking brakes tyres lights etc. Yep you guessed it I've been doing a lot of research into this.