Renault Trezor EV takes home Concept Car of the Year award

The Renault Trezor has been voted 2016’s Concept Car Design of the Year, based on the votes of a 20-strong judging panel.

The Trezor is a fully electric coupe which can accelerate from 0-100kmh in less than four seconds.

The car regenerates power using the Renault Formula E braking system, while each of its electric motors has a cooling system.
Car Design Review 4’s editor Guy Bird says: “It was a really close-run race this year but Renault’s low-slung, long-nosed, rear-wheel drive, two-seater electric GT clearly appealed to our panel of normally hard-to-please professional car designers.”

This year’s panel includes design bosses from marques like Peter Schreyer, chief design officer at Hyundai, Mamoru Aoki, executive design director at Nissan, Gorden Wagener, chief design officer at Daimler and Ralph Gilles, head of design at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles.

In order to select the 2016 Concept Car Design of the Year, judges name their top three concepts from a 12-strong shortlist compiled by Car Design News staff.

The votes are then verified and counted and the winner revealed.