The legendary 4L celebrates its 60th anniversary in 2021. For the occasion, Renault has organized many festivities. The most singular manifestation will be the conversion of the car into a mobile hotel room. Explanations on the Suite N ° 4 concept.
In 2021, Renault celebrates 60 years of the 4L. The Renault 4 is in the spotlight until the end of the year in many forms. The most astonishing being undoubtedly this version imagined by the designer Mathieu Lehanneur, architect decorator established in Paris and New York.
A room with a view
Called Suite N ° 4, it clearly expresses the concept of cars to live in dear to Renault. ” Suite N ° 4 is a new experience of mobility and travel. I wanted to hybridize the world of the automobile and that of architecture to create an open-air hotel room. Better than a suite in the most beautiful of palaces, it is exactly where you want it : facing the sea, in the middle of a field or moving in the city of your dreams », Says its designer Mathieu Lehanneur. The concept car will deliver all its secrets this evening at 6 p.m., including explaining how to access the room.
Hippie Caviar hotel 4L?
Renault is surfing both the wave of nostalgia and that of mobility, in this period when vans and vans are in vogue. This 4L, mini parental suite, is the ideal annex to the Renault Trafic Hippie Caviar Hotel presented this summer. Better than the expandable green van, featured in ” Monsieur Hulot’s vacation », Jacques Tati’s film, this sedan has swapped the back of its passenger compartment for a curved aerial greenhouse made of polycarbonate. On the roof, to shelter from the fiery rays of the sun, a clever principle of grid in solar panels will transform the intense light into energy. With the aim of course of recharging the batteries of this Renault 4 converted to electric propulsion. a nod to the Renault e-Plein Air concept which paved the way for watts for the R4 in 2019.
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The tailgate reinvented
At the front, the outline of the iconic grille of the 4L is preserved, nevertheless the stylist brings his touch by putting a touch of aluminum in which the waves are cut. Finally, to evoke a mobile building, the body of the Suite N ° 4 concept is lacquered with a triple layer of paint restoring the mineral aspect of cement. On board, we are connected with materials from the world of habitat such as yellow velvet (Renault color!) Covering the seats and the dashboard as well as the thick fabric used for the bolster and the cushion of the bedroom. And to take full advantage of the outdoors, an extractable bench is available, a link to admire the skyline. A clever way to revisit the tailgate, another strong concept of the diamond brand.
Unveiled this Friday October 22 at 6 p.m. at Christie’s in Paris, the Renault Suite N ° 4 will then be exhibited at Atelier Renault on the Champs Élysées from November then finally presented at the Maison & Objet fair from January 21 to 25 in the Villepinte Exhibition Center. An approach quite similar to that of the Renault Twin’Z concept car in 2013 presented at the Milan Triennale.
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