Motor shows are not motor shows without the concept cars, and one of my personal favourites for Paris 2010 is this – the Renault DeZir concept. With curves in all the right places and wearing a beautiful red dress, I actually enjoyed photographing Mademoiselle DeZir and stayed on for awhile just to admire it after the snapping.
More than just a flight of fancy, DeZir is the first project to have been led by new design boss Laurens van den Acker and marks the beginning of a sequence of concept cars that will provide an insight into Renault’s new styling vision, like the now dead Nagare movement at Mazda, which van den Acker created when he was with the Zoom-Zoom company.
This seductress was designed to evoke ‘simple’, ‘sensuous’ and ‘warm’ feelings, according to Renault. Along with the cute Zoe, DeZir “lays the foundations for the brand’s forthcoming vehicles’ design cues”.
The vertically-mounted 24 kWh lithium-ion battery is located behind the seats and provides the car with a range of 160 km. The electric motor is the same unit used in Renault’s Z.E. range, although it’s located in the middle of the car here and has more go: 150 hp and 226 Nm. The tubular steel frame and suspension of the showcar comes from the Megane Trophy race car while the body is made from Kevlar.
It looks slippery and it is; drag coefficient (Cd) is rated at 0.25. Renault says that this KERS equipped concept accelerates from 0 to 50 km/h in two seconds flat.
Gallery after the jump.
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Damn this car is sexy as the French women…got 2 have it!!!
oh mamamia…look at her..hot n spicy !!
How to keep this car clean la?
very easy..the lines are simple and not to many hidden angle..hehe
red is hot!
I can smell Veyron here
The front bumper seems to be a One Piece unit with the bonnet….whole thing got to be replace if get knock. Overall the looks is nice and very fluid.
hehe….to me, it looks like the concept car which Mazda would have come up with if they were asked to change the look of Audi R8, during their “Nagare-themed design” period, but somehow it wears a Renault badge, instead of Mazda badge.
And somehow I think this concept looks much sexier than R8, especially the muscular side profile, though R8 itself is a pretty gorgeous car already.
personally, it looks like an atomic bomb on wheels….too chubby & cute though, feels right at home in pixar’s “CARS”, prefer the mclarren type of design. add some wings n paint in black, i can imagine batman driving this in a Q version comic….it’s COOL but definitely not HOT!
it look like audi car…. =(
Stunning is an under statement Danny….I’m still searching for the right word….
that’s hell lot of curves!!
its nice. but as usual. renault ain’t gonna produce this.
just luv it……. :-)
The shining red look very hot… Luv it… More beauty than Ferrari
Resembles Dodge Viper
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQUVKQ7_lCg
DeZir in the making!
hmm i think Renault successful steal the limelight from AUDI :)
What an ugly black backside
Speaking of van den Acker, where’s the new Shinari report from Paris?
it’s not even there? what lah…
Electric cars are the future (or should I say “the present”) for the automotive industry! Rising climate changes, higher fossil fuel costs, governmental incentives and tougher fuel-efficiency standards are driving the revolution!
Many brands try to jump on the bandwagon as soon as they can in order to be able to compete on this market! Communication is part of their strategy and some makes succeed pretty well! It’s the case of Renault that launches the Z.E. (Zero Emission) range. They recently made the buzz around Europe with their HelloZeWorld campaign – http://www.hellozeworld.com/ – with the support of the Airnadette, and guess what… they became so popular that they are currently touring around the U.S.!
I believe we need more brands like Renault, driving customer awareness using innovative concepts …