It’s rare to be surprised these days. Generally, when you ask someone about their childhood automotive influence it’s their father, brother or mates they knocked around with. Refreshingly, Peter Schortemeyer was influenced by his mother’s love of her Renault 5. A car that, in turn, surprised Renault and the buying public upon its release.
The R5 was far from Peters first love. As a boy growing up in the Netherlands, he lusted after slightly more exotic cars. “The A310 Alpine was the first car I fell for.” It’s low slung stance, staunch angular design and a face full of headlights would excite anyone with a heartbeat.
His Nordic adolescence may have shaped his design aesthetic, but time spent in South Africa as a teenager whet his appetite for speed. “In…
