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| Renault 4, 17, 5 – photos by Tarek Chemaly of present vehicles in Lebanon |
Renault has simply launched electrical variations of Renault 5 (right here), Renault 4 (right here), Renault 17 (not up for manufacturing but together with designer Ora Ïto – right here), and Twingo (right here). Like every Lebanese, the emblematic Renault is a part of my previous. Take Renault 12 (right here) – it was so ubiquitous one could be mistaken it was assembled in Lebanon. Positive positive, you may classify me as a retro lover who refuses to see new variations of his beloved fashions. However significantly, in case you do take a look at the fashions, they’re stripped from their soul. The lovable R5 is totally beefed up, the R4 greater and Longer, the Twingo fortunately retrains its beautiful headlights however there may be loads of lost-in-translation components, fortunately it was the robust hand of Ora Ïto that saved the R17 extremely devoted to its roots.
However Critically, whereas I can discover the vehicles above “good” typically, and whereas I’m under no circumstances a motoring specialist, I do have questions concerning the finish consequence – the primary is “why”? If you’re going to faucet nostalgia why bastardize it so dangerous it turns into unrecognizable? In case you are certainly tapping it, for whom? Whether it is to focus on folks of a sure age, who keep in mind driving such autos, they’re really – chronologically superior at this level. GenZ? Actually, them? The final who will discover a fault (moral, economical, and many others….) in something? Look, am positive the bigwigs at Renault have thought it over, and I really beloved their E-van advert (right here) however liking an advert is one factor, and having the previous repackaged with no frisson is one other.
