{"id":27173,"date":"2018-07-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/50-years-of-renault-4-plein-air\/"},"modified":"2020-10-03T05:43:19","modified_gmt":"2020-10-03T05:43:19","slug":"50-years-of-renault-4-plein-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/50-years-of-renault-4-plein-air\/","title":{"rendered":"50 Years of Renault 4 Plein Air"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Absolute minimalism boomed in 1968 – in many ways. Renault for example presented the Plein Air based on the practical small car R4. It was a rather impractical fun car without doors, side windows, tailgate or roof. On the sides deep cutouts ensure easy access. Flower children and other supporters of the flower power movement quickly accepted the car as an ideal companion for sun, summer and beach.

The Renault 4 Plein Air did not just run off the line. Instead the French sent finished R4s to the special coachbuilder Sinpar (Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Industrielle de Production et d’Adaption Rhodanienne) in Chassieu near Lyon. This company belonged to the Renault group and removed doors and roof of the cars, mounted a continous front bench instead of single seats and changed the side bodywork with aforementioned cutouts and attachable, plastic-coated chains.<\/p>\n\n\n

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