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great idea to redesign the Renault 4 am curious what will be the final result!

Me too. I love that nice oldie :)

Fiat 500 is great. Too expensive I reckon, but it's very well modernized IMO. Would love to see a new modern approach to Renault 4 as well.

I guess the problem with the modernization is the price that it carries along. I wouldn't mind that it was modern as long as the price was as accessible as the original price once was (not the same, m...
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I guess the problem with the modernization is the price that it carries along. I wouldn't mind that it was modern as long as the price was as accessible as the original price once was (not the same, mind you, but comparatively just as low).

Oh yeah, the car will look either funny, or just cute. Either way, I'm looking forward to it.

Yeah, hope the gear shift handle remains in the same place as the classic one (I was going to say "old one" but it just didn't seem right) :)

Yeah, if somethings old and great, it's a classic. Consumer advice for you there.

If they ever produce a remake, be sure they'll slap a premium on the sticker there - otherwise they'd be missing an opportunity. Citroen has been itching to do the same with the 2CV, they just haven't...
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If they ever produce a remake, be sure they'll slap a premium on the sticker there - otherwise they'd be missing an opportunity. Citroen has been itching to do the same with the 2CV, they just haven't got the right prototype yet. Hence Renault taking the crowdsourcing approach. The future "classic" affordable cars are being produced and driven around as we speak, they just haven´t gathered the retrospective nostalgia and patina required. To put it another way, we don't recognize them yet, because they still have to go through the test of time as adventure cars, family cars, hand-offs from parents, & so on... and modern cars don't go through such long production cycles, which doesn't help with reaching icon status. Well, my 2cents anyway.

Oh and by the way: a "new" Renault 4 has been around for 14 years: drumroll... the Kangoo! An affordable, practical, "reasonable" car, a true spiritual successor: www.autoviva.com/renault_kang...
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Oh and by the way: a "new" Renault 4 has been around for 14 years: drumroll... the Kangoo! An affordable, practical, "reasonable" car, a true spiritual successor: www.autoviva.com/renault_kangoo_express_compact_confort_1_5_dci_70c/version/24098 Hah! This in turn is an update from the Renault Express, which modernized the 4 sometime in the 80's but kept it to the commercial vehicle "underground". So there.

I learned to drive on this one. I don't think it will translate as well as the Mini or 500 which had that ultra-compact, "cuteness" design factor, still curious though