Renault and their Flexis co-enterprise (including Volvo and CMA CGM) have just presented three new electric LCVs (light commercial vehicles): the Estafette, Trafic, and Goelette.
The Estafette was revealed last year during Paris auto show as a concept.
To go to mass production, Renault replaced some of the concept van’s fancy features—displays, for example—by more realistic and affordable LED lamps. The Renault DRL signature has been fully revisited, and the front lamps are now divided into two parts; signalling functions are just below the windshield (around 1.2 metres high) and the low and high beams are in the bumper area, around 65 cm above the road surface.
The DRL signature is different between the Estafette and Traffic/Goelette, but the headlamps seem similar among the three models. A front-and-centre lit logo is Renault’s second, after the Renault 4. It’s clearly traffic-feasible, with the horizontal light strip joining the lamps to the logo (75mm rule). We’ll have to look more closely at the Estafette to see how design has been done to comply with regulations.
The rear lamps on the new models have similar vertical design and overall signature.
