{"id":2160430,"date":"2026-09-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2160430"},"modified":"2026-09-24T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T21:00:00","slug":"wow-the-renault-8-gordini-concept-is-a-retro-rear-wheel-drive-two-seater-coupe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2160430","title":{"rendered":"Wow! The Renault 8 Gordini Concept is a retro, rear-wheel drive two-seater coupe"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Renault\u2019s retro renaissance has been a bit of a hit so far, with the 5<\/a>, 4<\/a> and Twingo<\/a> all transforming into excellent little electric cars. But even so, if it were to put it into production, this latest reboot would really take it up a notch.<\/p>\n

You see, what you\u2019re looking at here is the Renault 8 Gordini Concept, and it is absolutely fantastic. It pays tribute to the rear-engined 1960s saloon with its boxy shape and bluff front end, but Renault has transformed it into a little two-door coupe with a carbon body and a 266bhp electric motor driving the rear wheels.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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We\u2019re told that it takes inspiration from clean caf\u00e9 racer motorbikes in its modernisation, although it does also get properly wide arches, a roof spoiler, a raked rear end and staggered 19\/20in alloy wheels. The obligatory Gordini stripes are present and correct though, and all those spotlights up front are a throwback to rally versions of the original ‘Gorde’. We like.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith Renault 8 Gordini Concept, we wanted to spark emotion by drawing on both our heritage and modern times, bringing together the icons of yesterday and the future,\u201d said design VP Alexandre Malval.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThis exercise in style sets out to reinvent Renault 8 Gordini for the modern day. The aim of this coup\u00e9 is to inspire emotion and capture the imagination of all car enthusiasts. And when I talk about emotion, I\u2019m not talking about nostalgia, but real passion for cars.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The interior is equally as exciting, because instead of a giant touchscreen tablet there are six little circular digital displays that sit on top of a brushed aluminium dashboard. Plenty of real aluminium buttons down on the centre console too, plus lots of lovely Alcantara and corduroy trim.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis minimalist design leaves little or nothing to distract the driver,\u201d Renault tells us. \u201cThe focus is clearly on driving.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thinking all of this is too good to be true? Well, you might just be right. This particular concept follows on from the R17 electric restomod<\/a> and the 5 Diamant art car<\/a> \u2013 both of which were one-offs and were essentially made to advertise the fact that Renault is opening a new museum full of its old models in just over a year\u2019s time. Booo. In fact, we\u2019re told that after its debut at the Paris Motor Show in early October, the 8 Gordini Concept will pop up again on display at said museum in Flins, France.<\/p>\n

Still, when the electrified R17 was first shown off back in 2024 we were explicitly told that it was \u201cnot a forerunner for a future production vehicle\u201d, and there has been no such communication this time around. So, you\u2019re telling us there\u2019s a chance?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Renault\u2019s retro renaissance has been a bit of a hit so far, with the 5, 4 and Twingo all transforming into excellent little electric cars. But even so, if it were to put it into production, this latest reboot would really take it up a notch. You see, what you\u2019re looking at here is the […]<\/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-2160430","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\/2160430","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=2160430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2160430\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2160430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2160430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2160430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}