My French 80's classic

[SirSamuelBuca]

ive had normaly 5 gt turbos and know of a red one of these where i live.
I have seen a brown one driving about maybe 1-2 years ago at the top of my road guy and his kid. not sure if same one. im based in west midlands

beautiful btw <3

[Dazza M]

Nors said:

Fascinating wee car, love it!!

Out of interest, does it have a 4 or 5 speed gearbox?

Has a 5 speed box, the gear change is really crisp which is rare on these 5's due to the amount of linkage involved as the gearbox is right at the back of the car

[Markgenesis]

Fantastic car.

Always loved these (and a lot of other road going/homologation rally cars), only ever seen two in my life, a pearl white one parked on a side street in Glasgow in the late 80's and a red one that came into the Renault dealer where i worked in the early 90's.

[spats]

This is amazing.

that is all...

[neilbauer]

Bookmarked

[CoolFool]

That is awesome!

[Dazza M]

Only one wheel left to do now.........

[TooMany2cvs]

Dazza M said:

Only one wheel left to do now...

I did wonder if they were TRXs... <wince>

[t4thomas]

I bet a beautiful example like that is worth some money.

I am just guessing, but assuming something in the 35-50K range with history?

[Dazza M]

TooMany2cvs said:

I did wonder if they were TRXs... <wince>

Will have a new set of TRX's on soon, the tyres on currently are very old and the rubbers gone hard which renders them useless

[Dazza M]

t4thomas said:

I bet a beautiful example like that is worth some money.

I am just guessing, but assuming something in the 35-50K range with history?

Keep guessing lol, the market for these cars has gone mental over the last 12 months......

Unrestored original standard examples are extremely rare

[slk 32]

I just want to echo all the comments..that is quite frankly stunning and one of the nicest cars I've seen on pistonheads in 8 years
keep the updates coming!

[slk 32]

I just want to echo all the comments..that is quite frankly stunning and one of the nicest cars I've seen on pistonheads in 8 years
keep the updates coming!

[Lost soul]

Dazza M said:

Has a 5 speed box, the gear change is really crisp which is rare on these 5's due to the amount of linkage involved as the gearbox is right at the back of the car

Do these have the gear stick coming out of the dash as the cooking 5s did ?

[neilbauer]

Lost soul said:

Dazza M said:

Has a 5 speed box, the gear change is really crisp which is rare on these 5's due to the amount of linkage involved as the gearbox is right at the back of the car

Do these have the gear stick coming out of the dash as the cooking 5s did ?

There is a pic of interior further up, and from that pic I'd say no.

[Lost soul]

neilbauer said:

Lost soul said:

Dazza M said:

Has a 5 speed box, the gear change is really crisp which is rare on these 5's due to the amount of linkage involved as the gearbox is right at the back of the car

Do these have the gear stick coming out of the dash as the cooking 5s did ?

There is a pic of interior further up, and from that pic I'd say no.

Doh

[t4thomas]

Dazza M said:

Keep guessing lol, the market for these cars has gone mental over the last 12 months......

Unrestored original standard examples are extremely rare

I just had a little look at auction prices; I see what you mean.

[JBT]

Awesome machine OP. Never seen a road car in the flesh, my imagination was sparked as a young 'un by the 5 turbo in Never Say Never Again (imagination also sparked by Kim Basinger ).

IIRC there was a dealer fit kit to bring them up to 210bhp or thereabouts, but can't remember what the standard number of horses were?

EDIT: Wikipedia says 160bhp.

Edited by JBT on Monday 11th May 14:42

[Dazza M]

JBT said:

Awesome machine OP. Never seen a road car in the flesh, my imagination was sparked as a young 'un by the 5 turbo in Never Say Never Again (imagination also sparked by Kim Basinger ).

IIRC there was a dealer fit kit to bring them up to 210bhp or thereabouts, but can't remember what the standard number of horses were?

EDIT: Wikipedia says 160bhp.

Edited by JBT on Monday 11th May 14:42

You could spec 185bhp, then 210bhp all the way upto 350bhp but costs got ridiculous at that power......

[JBT]

I bet! There's no ECU as such, is there? Power delivery even at the lowest state of tune must be fairly brutal!

What level of tune is yours, Dazza?