{"id":2088776,"date":"2026-08-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2088776"},"modified":"2026-08-11T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T21:00:00","slug":"china-is-coming-for-the-renault-5-and-id-polo-with-this-new-electric-hatchback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2088776","title":{"rendered":"China is coming for the Renault 5 and ID. Polo with this new electric hatchback"},"content":{"rendered":"
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You missed the launch of Aion in the UK earlier this year, didn\u2019t you? You\u2019re completely forgiven, because it was yet another Chinese brand arriving with a bland electric crossover. Boo.<\/p>\n

Things might be starting to get a little more interesting for the GAC-owned firm though, because it has just confirmed orders are set to open for its second car next month. Said car will be called the Aion UT, and it\u2019s a hatchback. Hurrah!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Aion itself describes the UT as a B-segment electric supermini that offers \u201cC-segment quality, space and features\u201d. Should be priced as a rival for things like the Renault 5<\/a> and Volkswagen ID. Polo<\/a>, then.<\/p>\n

Customer deliveries will kick off in October this year, with a single powertrain and trim level. That means you\u2019re looking at a front-mounted motor making 201bhp and a 60kWh battery that should provide 268 miles of range. A 30 to 80 per cent charge apparently then takes 24 minutes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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There have apparently been plenty of tweaks to get it ready for UK roads, with a new suspension setup and revised anti-roll bar. Oh, and we\u2019re told that the UT was \u201cstyled for Europe\u201d at GAC\u2019s design studio in Milan. There\u2019s talk of the face being \u2018owl-inspired\u2019, but we\u2019re unsure if that\u2019ll translate into the UT being able to perform rapid U-turns. It should really have come with a proper handbrake. Instead, you get heated front seats, a whacking great touchscreen and a 360-degree parking camera inside.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s also a Premium Pack that adds a panoramic roof, a powered tailgate, a ventilated driver\u2019s seat and wireless charging for your phone. Plus, Aion\u2019s big thing is apparently something it calls a \u2018Great 8 Promise\u2019. That means an eight-year warranty, eight years\u2019 servicing, eight years\u2019 roadside assistance and MOTs to cover the car until it\u2019s eight years old. Could that tempt you out of the rather wonderful Renault?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You missed the launch of Aion in the UK earlier this year, didn\u2019t you? You\u2019re completely forgiven, because it was yet another Chinese brand arriving with a bland electric crossover. Boo. Things might be starting to get a little more interesting for the GAC-owned firm though, because it has just confirmed orders are set to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,237],"class_list":["post-2088776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-topgear-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2088776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2088776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2088776\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2088776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2088776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2088776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}