Renault 4Ever Trophy: an adventurous future 4L

Renault 4Ever Trophy: A year and a half after the R5 Prototype, Renault formalizes the arrival of a 4L in the range. The 4Ever Trophy style study further emphasizes its urban SUV character. Captur's alter ego in electric mode?

After the Renault 5 prototype was unveiled in January 2021 and announcing an electric R5 in the range until 2024, the brand has just formalized the arrival of a 4L watt in 2025. This is precisely the purpose of the Renault 4Ever Trophy concept car that today it takes its first crowd bath in the Mondial de l'Auto in Paris.

The message is clear, under the guise of honoring the legendary R4 and specific to the 4L Trophy event, the diamond brand tells us that its future Renault 4 will be SUV-like. Clearly with the future R5 and R4, the manufacturer will recompose in electric the duo formed in thermals by Clio and Captur. Split the ranges to target as broadly as possible.

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Gilles Vidal, the head of Renault styling, deciphered the lines of the concept for us. Simply put, the entire upper part of the production car will stay true to this concept, the same for the front mask which gives it a very beautiful appearance. For the bottom bracket, things will be a lot more polished with less ground clearance and narrower rails.

The wheel arches we will reserve surprises with an original treatment, but much wiser than what you have in front of you which, by its arrangement removed from the bodywork, is somewhat reminiscent of the fender extensions of the Mini JCW GP . In detail, the coupé spirit with an absent rear handle will not be found on the standard 4L.

The latter will have all classic handles to reduce manufacturing costs. The future Renault 4 E-Tech will be assembled at the Douai plant.

Of course, the luggage rack that carries the spare wheel, hood handles and rear window sand removal plates will be gone. Unlike armor reinforcements which will be redesigned. A way to echo the sheet metal tubes crushed at their ends that protected the front corners of the 4L. Especially not neo retro, but small touches evoking the ancestor here and there.

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As far as the cabin is concerned, it will still be necessary to be patient, as the 4Ever Trophy concept exhibited at Mondial is just a model called semi-hollow, which means in the jargon of the designers, a full shape with only a top of the maple edge and top of the designed seats visible in transparency through the windows. Renault will put us on board later.