I wasn't going to say anything, but since you brought it up, I had a Renault for several years long ago. It was a tough and efficient little car, and comfortable too, but boy was it weird! I had lots of electrical misadventures with it, including a small fire. You had to get parts from the nearest Jeep dealer then. That was long before anyone thought of LED taillights, so I have no advice that hasn't already been suggested.
That car got 32 mpg on the highway, 25 years ago. I drove it hard for about 90,000 miles at a net cost of under 13 cents per mile. Purchase price, interest, taxes, license, insurance, fuel, tires, repairs, duct tape, everything. My present work truck costs just about 13 cents per mile for fuel.