Renault Sells a Baguette Holder for the R5 and I Want One

My first car was a Golf Mk I, built in the year I was born, and my parents gave it to me when I passed my driving test at 18. Ever since then, I’ve enjoyed buying little things to make a car feel more like my own. Sometimes that meant an ornament hanging from the rear-view mirror, and sometimes it meant reupholstering every seat because the Golf’s previous owner was a hunter who used the back seat to carry the game he’d shot. So I understand why people spend money on little extras for a car they already own.

That’s one reason I’m writing about the Renault 5, and the other earns Renault a thumbs-up from me: the storage boxes with 3D-printed lids are made at Renault’s own plant in Flins, France, and that range alone accounts for 20 of the 97 accessories in the French catalogue. Below are ten I’d pick from Renault’s own R5 accessories pages, with list prices from France, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK as of November 2026. If you’re still choosing the car itself, Renault has given the R5 more range and smarter tech at an unchanged price, which I covered in my piece on the model-year update.

Ten Accessories I’d Pick From Renault’s Own List

Renault’s French accessories page groups the R5 range into personalisation, protection, charging and transport, and I took ten items from it.

I left the premium textile floor mats out on purpose. I still stand by what I wrote in my piece on seven essential EV accessories, that rubber mats are the more practical choice for wet and muddy weather, and Renault sells high-edged rubber floor mats for the R5 at €80.

What They Cost in France, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK

Here are all ten side by side, using each country’s own Renault list price.

These are list prices from Renault France, Renault Germany and Renault UK as of November 2026. Renault Nederland has no price catalogue for the R5, so the Dutch prices come from a dealer shop linked from its accessories page and are a rough guide.

The biggest gap is the bike rack, which costs €490 in France and €615 in Germany, €125 more for the same thing. Germany undercuts France on several small items, with the gear lever cap at €19.99 against €30, the card cover at €28 against €50 and the cable storage at €38 against €55. The UK is the cheapest country for the pet accessories and the car cover, and it matters here because the R5 became the UK’s best-selling EV in April 2026. The Dutch shop is above the French price on five of the eight items they share.

Which One I’d Buy First

The R5 drives the same with or without any of these accessories, but small extras are what make a car feel like it has a soul. My first pick would be the hands-free key card cover, because I’ve had one on each of my last two cars. It doesn’t look like much at first, but it gives the key card a more elegant, upmarket feel.

Next on my list is the foldable charging cable storage bag. Without one, the cable slides from side to side in every corner, and after a rainy day at a public charger, it can dirty the boot and everything in it. Third is the bike rack, because my daughter loves cycling (I don’t), and we often go for a ride when the weather’s nice.

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