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Renault R17 Modern Retro Electric Car Meme Mocking Ferrari

This is a two-panel collage meme. The top panel displays the sleek, modern-retro styled Renault R17 concept electric car, presented in a dark brown finish with minimalistic futuristic design elements including thin horizontal headlight strips and smooth, streamlined body lines. The bottom panel uses a scene from the animated show The Simpsons: an adult male character labeled 'Renault' looks condescending and delivers the line 'That's how you make an electric car' while gesturing dismissively, while a shocked, upset young boy character labeled 'Ferrari' stands next to him. The meme jokes that Renault's modern retro electric car design is far superior to Ferrari's electric car offerings.
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That's how you make an electric car

Overview

This is a two-panel collage meme. The top panel displays the sleek, modern-retro styled Renault R17 concept electric car, presented in a dark brown finish with minimalistic futuristic design elements including thin horizontal headlight strips and smooth, streamlined body lines. The bottom panel uses a scene from the animated show The Simpsons: an adult male character labeled 'Renault' looks condescending and delivers the line 'That's how you make an electric car' while gesturing dismissively, while a shocked, upset young boy character labeled 'Ferrari' stands next to him. The meme jokes that Renault's modern retro electric car design is far superior to Ferrari's electric car offerings.

Origin notes

This meme was originally shared on the social platform 9Gag, as indicated by the provided RSS source metadata. It remixes a popular existing reaction meme template from the animated series The Simpsons to comment on the positive reception of the Renault R17 concept car and criticize the design of Ferrari's electric vehicles.

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