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By myownalias
#198025
Renault 5 on Steroids; very quick in it's day but $47,500 seems awfully steep for a minimum reserve for a 30 year old car.
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By texasmr2
#198035
myownalias wrote:Renault 5 on Steroids; very quick in it's day but $47,500 seems awfully steep for a minimum reserve for a 30 year old car.
The age has nothing to do with it as it is a low production car with great racing heritage. I would research the market first before I paid that sum but would not be against paying it for a clean/original example.
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By scotty
#198047
Gaz wrote:there are nicer cars avalible from that time period

for example...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Audi-Coupe-Quattr ... 2306cd4d23" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

same 0-60 as the renault that,

1. buy that for £1-2k and
2.spend 5k doing it up
3 ????
4. Profit.
Look at the milage though! :eek:

That Renault didn't have many miles on the clock, i think that's why the price is so big. It's in perfect condition too, it seems.
By Gaz
#198048
scotty wrote:
Gaz wrote:there are nicer cars avalible from that time period

for example...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Audi-Coupe-Quattr ... 2306cd4d23" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

same 0-60 as the renault that,

1. buy that for £1-2k and
2.spend 5k doing it up
3 ????
4. Profit.
Look at the milage though! :eek:

That Renault didn't have many miles on the clock, i think that's why the price is so big. It's in perfect condition too, it seems.
Yeh but a rebuild would be like £300ish on that lol.

Look how simple the engine is, would be easy to work on.
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By Jabberwocky
#198071
If that is an original Renault 5 Turbo 2 I would imagine it would command that sort of price.

It was mid engined as I remember, it came out about the same time as the 6R4 and the rs200, they brought around a lot of big rules in rallying because they where so stupidly fast and dangerous.
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By texasmr2
#198072
I want both :hehe: but if I had to choose only one I would go with the R5.
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By texasmr2
#198075
Jabberwocky wrote:the 6r4 had the same engine as the XJ220
Minus the turbos though, can't begin to fathom what an even bigger monster it would have been with TT :yikes: .
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By Jabberwocky
#198076
as if it would not of been hot enough in the cabin without it!


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