Two years ago, Renault rebooted the R17 sports coupe from the 1970s as a modern EV heavily layered with heritage design cues. Now, with the Paris Motor Show around the corner, Renault has taken another icon--the compact Renault 8 Gordini--and reinvented it for the electric age. The original Renault 8 launched in 1962 as a rear-engined compact sedan as an alternative to VW's Beetle; the 95hp Gordini launched two years later, as an early precursor to today's hot hatches. The ne

I will confess, I got a huge wave of deja vu upon seeing the striking new Mercedes-Benz Vision Iconic concept--specifically, the equally dramatic Mercedes-Maybach Vision 6 (see comparison, below) from (surprisingly) nine years ago. A little research revealed that the older concept is over two feet longer than the newer one, making the latter slightly more production-intent (although, of course, Mercedes hasn’t committed to anything yet).With the reintroduction of the 1960s-