James May's eulogistic comments about the late-lamented Renault 4 in July 9 Telegraph Motoring raised many nostalgic memories about this excellent little car, of which we owned five different examples both here and in Africa. It was simple, reliable and capacious internally, while trim in size externally, with supple suspension and perfectly acceptable performance even from the original 3-speed, 800cc version. It is such a pity that there is no equivalent basic motorcar produced by any manufacturer today.