Renault Fiftie

The Renault Fiftie was a concept car that Renault presented at the March 1996 Geneva Auto Show to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the launch of the 4CV. It used a bright metallic yellow colour honouring the 4CV's butter pat nickname. Benoît Jacob styled it under the direction of Patrick le Quément, Renault's vice president of corporate design, with a two-door, mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout in place of the 4CV's four-door rear-engine configuration, as part of a trend toward retrospective designs that included the VW New Beetle, Mini Cooper and Fiat 500. It used an aluminium frame from the Renault Sport Spider and a carbon fibre body, a targa-style roof with four removable panels, and Renault's D7F 1.2-litre eight-valve four-cylinder engine, which later entered production in the Twingo. It was fully roadworthy, but Renault chose not to develop the concept further.