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Après R5 et R4, c’est au tour de la Renault Twingo de faire son retour en fanfare. Avec des couleurs, des lignes craquantes et l’utilisation d’une batterie LFP, elle se veut être la voiture du quotidien mais pas uniquement réservée pour la ville. Explications. 30 ans de métier, cela vous forge un homme. Cela vous …
Lire la suite de Premier essai : Renault Twingo E-Tech Electric : pour enchanter nos routes…
Les adeptes des raccourcis scabreux y verront une simple version allongée de la Renault 5. Les plus perspicaces comprendront pour leur part que cette Renault 4 se veut avant tout un véhicule à la polyvalence améliorée pour s’adapter au mieux à son époque en singeant à sa manière le modèle originel apparu en 1961. Des …
Lire la suite de Premier essai : Renault 4 E-Tech electric : un supplément de polyvalence bienvenu
La voiture de l’année 2025 semble redonner des couleurs aux chiffres de ventes de la marque française en ce début d’année. Certes, le jaune « pop » de notre version d’essai ne fait pas dans la discrétion mais nous n’avions plus rencontrés de réactions aussi enthousiastes à l’égard d’une Renault depuis notre essai de la Mégane RS …
Lire la suite de Essai : Renault 5 E-Tech Electric 150 HP : une arme de séduction massive ?
The 2024 European Car of the Year is the Renault Scenic which is now only available as an EV. It's a deliberate choice that the French brand fully assumes. Renault thinks it’s the ideal product to reclaim the lead in a segment close to its heart : the family lifestyle car. With its new crossover …
Lire la suite de New car test: Renault Scenic E-Tech electric: a well-deserved Car of the Year crown
The Hyundai Ioniq 6 generally makes a strong impression with its arch-like form. Electric cars are mainly SUVs : these are scandalouly profiable for their makers. Going against the flow, the Korean manufacturer is setting an example of what an electric car should always have been : its perfectly aerodynamic shape flows through the air …
Lire la suite de Test Drive : Hyundai Ioniq 6 RWD : the good example
There’s always been an Astra estate in the Opel range since 1991. Its aim is to maximize space and offer the biggest possible volume while keeping smalllish dimensions. The SUVs popularity won’t change this tradition : our test car being the sixth generation on sale. However, beneath its ultra-modern looking bodywork, it shares most of its …
Lire la suite de Test Drive : Opel Astra Sports Tourer PHEV: chaaaaaarge !
Lancia will use some names of its back catalogue to reinvent itself… should we blame Renault for calling the biggest SUV of the range « Espace »? Being brave and living with our times, let’s enjoy a car offering seven seats and an up to the minute powertrain. Even if we still think that a …
Lire la suite de Test Drive: Renault Espace: hybrid all the way
The C40 is assembled in Volvo(s Belgium plant in Gent and is the XC40's electric little sister. With its truncated rear, it loses in roominess what it gains in modernity. Comfortable and reasonably well finished, it now boasts an extended range thanks to a 78 kWh battery mated to a new electric motor. We got …
Lire la suite de Test Drive: Volvo C40 Recharge Extended Range: the Belgian goes to great lengths
Mercedes’ electric range is now complete with the new the EQE SUV. There's something for everyone and every budget. The proven formula is still the same : the EQE reuses the EVA2 platform found in the EQE and EQS saloons, not forgetting the EQS SUV as well. While we found the latter too bulky and …
Lire la suite de Test drive: Mercedes EQE SUV 350 4MATIC Luxury Line: the right balance
The Italian SUV shares most of its components with its American cousin, the Jeep Compass, In order to be attractive on European markets more rabid than Elon Musk, a plug-in hybrid version is also available. Will the Tonale’s clever packaging and upmarket interior be able to seduce punters and sell in massive numbers to put …
Lire la suite de Test Drive : Alfa Romeo Tonale PHEV Q4 : the hybrid with broad shoulders