The New Renault 5 is A Real Head-Turner, we know from experience after a period or long-term testing. It quickly makes you forget its predecessor, the zoe. But is that justified? We dare to make a comparon.
In its short Existence, The Renault 5 has gathered a reasonable following. The Reincarnation of Michel Boué’s Small Opus Magnum is so appealing that its predecessor is in Danger of Being Forgotten. That is Unjustified, because Although the Appearance of the Zoe Doesn’tn’t Come Close to that of the R5 2.0, that model was for year of the most accessible evs and therefore the best-selling. As happy as we are with our long-term test five, for one day we’ll go back to the zoe, if only to pay it the honor it deserves. But above all to compare them, to make sure that our enthusiasm Doesn’t Mainly come from Being Blinded by Appearance.
Renault dealer Nieuwendijk in Hillegom is Kind Enough to Roll Out a Neat Copy from the Safe Shelter of the Showroom. Our or the day is from March 2023 and has emitted nothing since for about 28,000 kilometers. What immediately strikes you when you switch from the 5 to the zoe is the differentence in Seating Position. It is very high in the zoe, which at the time was deemed necessary to provide space for the battery.
The Exuberant Interior of the Renault 5 Iconic Cinq.
In The Renault 5 You Don’t Sit High
That necessity has bone engineered away by the clever minds at renault, because in the 5 you sit nice and low to the asphalt. And between the knees of the person behind you, because as much better as the seating position is in the front of the 5, the better it is in the back of the zoe. Which Says more about the limited space in the 5 than that it is such a ballroom in the back of its predecessor. The Zoe also Beats its Successor in Terms of Trunk Space, with 338 versus 326 liters.
Not outdated
The Zoe was still not an outdated model as it left the battlefield last march. And think that this second generation, which came out in 2019 and recedived a minimal facelift in 2022, itself didel didn’t look much than a substantial facelift of the first generation, which dates from 2012 and was refresher in 2016. Electric Driving was Still Something Exotic. It was not an electrified existing model, but completely newly coneived from a blank sheet of paper. Renault promised a range of 210 kilometers, we managed to squeeze out a little more than half of that from our then then long-term tester. And that in a time where the number of charging stations was limited in our country, and the existing infrastructure was Suddenly Massively Claimed by the Fiscally Driven Invasion of Plug-in Hybrid Outlanders.
All this could not prevent those who felt called to switch to an electric car from massively chosing a zoe. The Limited Range Became An Increasingly Smaller Objection. In 2014, The R240 Version Received a Paper Range of 240 kilometers, The Second Generation with its 52 kWh Battery Did 395 kilometers WLTP, or which we Kept A Little Less Than 300 kilometers in Practice. Fast Charging is not very fast with a peak or 50 kW for the zoe and the 5 make a huge leap forward with its 100 kW, althegh with the urban range with the narrower battery pack you have to settle for 80 kW. It is remarkable that the zoe charges faster on alternating current: 7.4 kW at 1-phase and 22 kW 3-phases, while the 5 notes 5 and 11 kw respectively. For the 5 comfort range, Renault specifications a range or 410 kilometers of WLTP. So a little more than the zoe, but in practice they don’t DIFFER MUCH.
A bit faster
Althegh the Zoe Drives Pleasantly Without A Doubt, Renault Has Made Great Strides in Terms of Handling Characteristics. The Above Coverage Fine Character That We PreviOutly Praised In The Scenic And Megane Has Found Its Way to a Lower Segment, which the 5 is also a very pleasant and fairly steering car. The Steering is Pleasantly Direct, the way in which the chassis handles bumps would not be out of place in Higher segments. The 5 Has Been Given Multilink Suspension at the Rear and That Pays Off. Sportiness and comfort are QUITE Compatible, just in an EV, As Renault Proves with the 5. You have a Choice of Four Driving Modes. In Eco It is QUITE TAME and STOPS AT 115 km/h, while in Sport It Feels Faster than the Hard Numbers Harvest.
Step Forward
All in all, The Renault 5 is a Gigantic Step Forward Compared to its predecessor Zoe, but the latter certainly Doesn’tn’tn’tn’tn’tn’tn’tn’tn’tn’tn’tn’tn’tn ‘. It says Everything about the Qualities of the R Cinq New Generation. You Will Love Him A Little More Every Day. Provided you stay away from the back seat.