Like this adorable off-road Renault 5? If you do, a German tuner will build it

Jacked-up suspension on small cars just works. Today’s exhibit: German tuner delta Geländesport’s adventurous take on the award-winning Renault 5 electric car. Behold: a jacked-up Renault 5 electric car!

Quietly glorious, you’ll agree. “We wanted to show what’s possible on a small scale,” said Geländesport. “Our goal was to combine the charm of the new R5 with a healthy dose of adventure.”

To achieve that literally lofty ambition, DG slotted in new suspension raising the entire R5 by 100mm, fitted “massive” widened wheelarches, and bolted on “chunky” Loder AT#1 off-road tyres. Massive 18in off-road tyres, “a rare choice in this vehicle class”, it said.

Elsewhere, thine eyes will already have been diverted to that roof rack and funky paintjob. But also mostly to the set of PIAA high-performance spotlights adorning the R5’s adorable little face, “true to the spirit of the wild rally cars of the 1980s”, it said.

There’s no word on any powertrain uplift, so the R5’s internals remains as per the factory: your choice of either a 40kWh battery and 118bhp, or a 52kWh unit and 148bhp. If you sling DG a few euros, who’s to say it can’t jack up the power a bit, too…

Now comes the kicker. “Currently the vehicle exists only as a series of renderings, which are already generating significant buzz,” it said, “but as is often the case with delta Geländesport, if there’s enough demand, this dream could become a reality.”

So “now it’s up to the community”. If you like it, let DG know directly and factor in the cost: it reckons on somewhere between €15k-€20k. Plus an actual R5, of course.