Agreed, I'm not a car person and too young to remember the original 5, but it's really good and fun and modern and slightly retro looking. It's almost making me want to buy it, and I have absolutely no use for it.
If you haven't already (which seems unlikely), look into the Renault 5 Turbo.
Bit of an absurd car, but the modern (non-turbo) 5's slight bumps over the rear wheels are such a good callback to the Turbo (the original Renault 5 were basically all flat).
They really nailed the modern-with-subtle-calls-to-retro look.