Renault Sport Spider
Discussion
Twincharged said:
Is that bar next to the front plate just to help with parking?
It's a timing strut, for Speed Hillclimbing and Sprinting. You've got to have one to compete in these sports - they are to standard dimensions and they're there to break the light beam that triggers the timing gear at the start and finish of every run.I had a press one from Renault for a few days when they were new.
Memories included
1) Driving through Soho and having someone shout 'Lego' because they though it was a kit car - that really hurt!
2) My back getting VERY sweaty from the heat of the engine
3) Spinning it simply by turning right too quickly while using no throttle whatsoever!
4) Loving it!
Still to this day think about buying one. I'd replace the engine with a 330bhp VAG turbo item though, that would wake it up a bit
Memories included
1) Driving through Soho and having someone shout 'Lego' because they though it was a kit car - that really hurt!
2) My back getting VERY sweaty from the heat of the engine
3) Spinning it simply by turning right too quickly while using no throttle whatsoever!
4) Loving it!
Still to this day think about buying one. I'd replace the engine with a 330bhp VAG turbo item though, that would wake it up a bit
I will try and post a picture later, but was a very nice Spider at Spa last week, and an ex racing series version from the UK, probably around the same era as comment below. Very quick on the track!
colinrob said:
The race series supported the BTTC that is where Plato made his name he either won 16 from 16 races or 15 from 16 cant quite remember but he was awesome driving them
colinrob said:
The race series supported the BTTC that is where Plato made his name he either won 16 from 16 races or 15 from 16 cant quite remember but he was awesome driving them
I thought that was Andy Priaux rather than Plato. Mardi Gras ran the car and Phil Bennett went from the Super Coupe Cup to be his team mate and runner up in the series
Paul Dishman said:
colinrob said:
The race series supported the BTTC that is where Plato made his name he either won 16 from 16 races or 15 from 16 cant quite remember but he was awesome driving them
I thought that was Andy Priaux rather than Plato. Mardi Gras ran the car and Phil Bennett went from the Super Coupe Cup to be his team mate and runner up in the series
as for the roof shown above it is not a Renault OEM one but designed and made by an aftermarket company. The Renault version was a clear plastic cover and was only useable at up to (IIRC) 80kph.
I do without as rain gear takes up a lot less space than the roof does.
The weight is 950kg with standard power at 150bhp. This car was never developed, Renault Built it at Alpine for a year or so and then stopped production. I am sure a power hike would have been on the cards had it not intended it to be a limited production run. The list price at the time was £27k so they have depreciated but now regularly advertised at £19k by dealers-whether they achieve that price is another matter. Most are low mileage though and have to be one of the most attention atracting cars for the money on the road.
How many Lotus Elise's did you see on your way home from work last night?
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eastlmark said:
The list price at the time was £27k so they have depreciated but now regularly advertised at £19k by dealers-whether they achieve that price is another matter. Most are low mileage though and have to be one of the most attention atracting cars for the money on the road.
One on ebay at the moment for OIRO £20k. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&am...Can't be many other cars around which have deprecitaed so little in over 10 years!
V8mate said:
eastlmark said:
The list price at the time was £27k so they have depreciated but now regularly advertised at £19k by dealers-whether they achieve that price is another matter. Most are low mileage though and have to be one of the most attention atracting cars for the money on the road.
One on ebay at the moment for OIRO £20k. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&am...Can't be many other cars around which have deprecitaed so little in over 10 years!
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