Two cars share this name, thirty-one years apart, with nothing mechanical in common: the original 4 (or “4L”), an over eight million-selling hatchback built from 1961 to 1994 on a torsion-bar chassis derived from the 4CV, and the Renault 4 E-Tech, a battery-electric crossover revived from the name alone in 2025.[1][2] This catalogue treats them as two generations of one nameplate, in keeping with how Renault itself markets the new car as a direct successor, even though no part of the original survives in it.
Nameplate
Renault 4
- Produced
- 1961–present
- Generations
- 2
Generations
Each generation is its own entry, with its own specifications and sources.
Sources & confidence
Every figure above carries a status. Nothing on this page is estimated without saying so, and nothing missing has been filled in with a guess.
- Last verified
- 2026-09-24
- Review status
- Compiled from cited sources
References
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- [1]
Renault 4. Wikipedia · revision 1370360496 · read 2026-09-24
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Covers the 1961-1994 R4/R3 only; the unrelated 2025 revival is a separate article, Renault 4 E-Tech.
- [2]
Renault 4 E-Tech. Wikipedia · revision 1370076792 · read 2026-09-24
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Article is tagged by its own editors as needing an update; production trim power/battery figures are largely absent, with only concept-stage figures given for the 2022 4Ever Trophy show car.