the Renault 17 of the 1970s was a kind of crossover between a coupe and an estate car it is one of the Brand's Classics now the French manufacturer is presenting an electrod version the 1.6 L petrol engine that drove the front wheels in the original is replaced by a 200 KW electric motor on the rear axle the engine could be closely related to the EP 200 KW engine that Renault plans to use in its electric cars from 20 27 writes autocar this motor which was developed together with valio was announced in Autumn 2023 and like the motors used to date is designed to work without permanent magnets and therefore without rare earth materials unlike the Brand's previous electrically excited synchronous Motors eesm however the motor is designed for 800 volts with its 200 KW Drive the IR 17 electric Resto mod x Ito the official name of the concept car is designed to Sprint significantly faster than the original combustion engine with a maximum output of 107 horsepower which however also took almost 10 seconds to sprint in the combustion world of the 1970s that was fast today it is rather slow of course the original didn't weigh much more than a ton in the electric Renault 17 a carbon chassis is said to reduce the curb weight to 1.4 tons while A Renault Main ech electric weighs around 1.7 tons the design was developed together with the French designer aao Wikipedia it is as angular as the combustion model and many body features have also been adopted for example the car does not appear to have a roof pillar behind the front window probably not ideal in terms of crash safety the yellow headlights of French models from this period were also adopted however here they are rectangular and slitlike instead of round as on the original Ito also chose angular wheel cutouts the car will have the same doors windows and underbody as the original but will be significantly lower and 17 cm wider the R7 of the 1970s was 4.26 M long 1.65 M wide and only 1.31 M High the cockpit is designed in the style of the 1970s this includes not only the extravagant shapes of the steering wheel and instruments but also the brown and beige color scheme the electrod study will be on show at the Paris Motor Show in October Renault also plans to unveil its electric R4 as a production car there with which the manufacturer is continuing the Retro series that began with the electric R5 which will also include an electric twingo however no production version is plann for the R17