Supercars spotted, some rarities (vol 7)

[Shnozz]

havoc said:

5pen said:

Rarity rather than supercar. I can’t remember seeing any sort of Renault 18 for years, so this Turbo example in lovely condition caught my eye.

Wow...a proper rarity.

My dad had a cooking version - 1.8GLS I think - back when I was a kid. Surprisingly big inside, and don't think my dad had any problems with it.

Yes - massive inside. I remember a friend of a friend back in the day had a gold one we went to Dorking in to meet our respective girlfriends at the time. Proper waft mobile that had plush velour seats and was huge in the back seats too.

[fourfoldroot]

720s at Chatsworth doing a bit of muddy field offroading.

[finlo]

Shnozz said:

havoc said:

5pen said:

Rarity rather than supercar. I can’t remember seeing any sort of Renault 18 for years, so this Turbo example in lovely condition caught my eye.

Wow...a proper rarity.

My dad had a cooking version - 1.8GLS I think - back when I was a kid. Surprisingly big inside, and don't think my dad had any problems with it.

Yes - massive inside. I remember a friend of a friend back in the day had a gold one we went to Dorking in to meet our respective girlfriends at the time. Proper waft mobile that had plush velour seats and was huge in the back seats too.

A mate of mine used to borrow his dad's auto estate when it was his turn to drive to the pub, used to do the first ten miles or so from cold stuck in first gear!

[F1GTRUeno]

5pen said:

Rarity rather than supercar. I can’t remember seeing any sort of Renault 18 for years, so this Turbo example in lovely condition caught my eye.

Stuff like this is why we have rarities in the name IMO, great spot, completely different from the norm.

[Swampy1982]

F1GTRUeno said:

Stuff like this is why we have rarities in the name IMO, great spot, completely different from the norm.

100% agree with this, take just as much pleasure seeing this as the latest ferrari etc, perhaps even more actually.

[Podie]

Swampy1982 said:

F1GTRUeno said:

Stuff like this is why we have rarities in the name IMO, great spot, completely different from the norm.

100% agree with this, take just as much pleasure seeing this as the latest ferrari etc, perhaps even more actually.

Agreed!

[5pen]

Podie said:

Swampy1982 said:

F1GTRUeno said:

Stuff like this is why we have rarities in the name IMO, great spot, completely different from the norm.

100% agree with this, take just as much pleasure seeing this as the latest ferrari etc, perhaps even more actually.

Agreed!

I saw a Ferrari SF90 on the M4 this afternoon. Granted, I was driving so couldn’t photograph it in any case, but the seeing R18 Turbo still intrigued me more.

[cherryowen]

F1GTRUeno said:

5pen said:

Rarity rather than supercar. I can’t remember seeing any sort of Renault 18 for years, so this Turbo example in lovely condition caught my eye.

Stuff like this is why we have rarities in the name IMO, great spot, completely different from the norm.

I'd forgotten that R18's were a "thing", let alone a Turbo version.

[Mr Tidy]

Back in the late 80s I got a lift to the pub (and more importantly back) with a work colleague who had borrowed her Mums' R18 Turbo.

I thought it felt pretty quick for a 4 door saloon of that era, and the seats were really comfy!

[Hugo a Gogo]

Not a traditional 'spotted' pic, but why does this independent dealer have 10 i8s?

[Mezzanine]

Purchased a job lot from BMW U.K to get rid of them?

[raceboy]

Mezzanine said:

Purchased a job lot from BMW U.K to get rid of them?

Doubt it as it's a dealer in Düsseldorf

[Shnozz]

Loving the dealership name.

[havoc]

Shnozz said:

Loving the dealership name.

Ankauf means "buy" or "purchase" (ankaufen is the verb in German)

PKW is probably a similar acronym to DKW, where KW = KraftWagen which was an old German term for motor car.

...so it's likely to be an extraordinarily literal* and unimaginative name for a car dealership.





* In Germany, who'd have thought that...

[Hugo a Gogo]

PKW is Personenkraftwagen, ie car
LKW is Lastkraftwagen, freight carrying vehicle, ie van or truck

Both terms in everyday use

So PKW ankauf is a bit like webuyanycar

Edit: interestingly, or not, DKW ( which was originally Dampfkraftwagen - steam powered car ) was also based in Düsseldorf after the war, factory now makes Merc Sprinters

Edited by Hugo a Gogo on Thursday 25th November 18:04

[Mezzanine]

raceboy said:

Mezzanine said:

Purchased a job lot from BMW U.K to get rid of them?

Doubt it as it's a dealer in Düsseldorf

Whoops

[ArmaghMan]

5pen said:

Rarity rather than supercar. I can’t remember seeing any sort of Renault 18 for years, so this Turbo example in lovely condition caught my eye.

Is this half as good?

[biggbn]

ArmaghMan said:

5pen said:

Rarity rather than supercar. I can’t remember seeing any sort of Renault 18 for years, so this Turbo example in lovely condition caught my eye.

Is this half as good?

Briefly owned a Fuego Turbo, really loved the Fuego shape and the fact it wasn't that much slower than the 2.8i Capri but on 1600cc

[The Hypno-Toad]

Shnozz said:

I remember a friend of a friend back in the day had a gold one we went to Dorking in to meet our respective girlfriends at the time........huge back seats too.

I am putting 2 + 2 together and I bet you did too.

[mdk1]

ArmaghMan said:

Is this half as good?

Reiunault 11 Turbo phase 2.

I had one, bought it as an 18th birthday present for myself. I did love that car,