Four-wheel drive and 300 horsepower – A fashionable plug-in hybrid aims for business class

Renault is trying to boost its company car sales. Its flagship product in plug-in hybrids is the Rafale, a large four-wheel drive SUV.

Renault has become the standard bearer of the tendency to resurrect classic models adapting them to current fashions. That, in general terms, has meant resurrecting its icons in the form of electric cars. First it was the Renault 5 and now it is the turn of the Renault 4. This has mutated more than his brother, since it is now a SUV, but also brings with it an unprecedented novelty to the production lines of the French brand. It will be manufact…