Rebirth of the Renault 5?

Leonard Hofstadter

http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsArticle/AllCars/255934/

This could be interesting! It's great to see cars like this being recreated and adapted to meet modern requirements.

All we need now is for Peugeot to make a modern day version of the 205 1.9 GTi.

unkel

Cool!

Cookie_Monster

cool,

how about the Renault 9 next

langdang

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr7h6K9kUsE
New model to feature handling and brakes as standard? or optional extras

Edit, I've no audio here - don't blame me if there's stupid music on this vid, thats the dangers of youtube..

Mycroft H

captainspeed wrote: »

http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsArticle/AllCars/255934/

This could be interesting! It's great to see cars like this being recreated and adapted to meet modern requirements.

All we need now is for Peugeot to make a modern day version of the 205 1.9 GTi.

Very cool.

Always liked the old renault five

K.O.Kiki

Predictions:

It will be too heavy, too expensive, and too late.

Just like every other "retro" car.

MetzgerMeister

In that photo it looks like a DS3/Kia Sportage/BMW Mini more than it looks anything like a Renault 5!

unkel

K.O.Kiki wrote: »

Predictions:

It will be too heavy, too expensive, and too late.

Just like every other "retro" car.

Of course it will be more expensive and heavier than the original. There's a lot more to cars now than there was a few decades ago. I wouldn't dismiss it up front though, the 500 and the Mini are extremely successful retro cars that look good, drive great and make a lot of money for their makers

mondeo

Very nice indeed. I'd love one.

Alanstrainor

Very cool indeed.

Fatswaldo

I had an R5 Turbo back in the day - the maddest, most dangerous, grin inducing yoke I ever had. As an OP has pointed out, handling and brakes were optional extras that most didnt bother with. Id absolutely love another one!:D

Bodhan

They might or might not make the 5, it's more likely that they'll adapt the Zoe to be another car, or put a fossil fuel engine in it and call it the Renault 5

Here's the Zoe

http://smokerspack.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/053.jpg

vectra

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

cool,

how about the Renault 9 next

Or the Alpine :cool:

MetzgerMeister

SPeaking of Renault, anyone seen the new Wind yet? It's a shocker :eek:

Stevie Dakota

Am I missing something? Sure the 5 turbo had a following, but the boggo car was nothing special, and nowhere near as well rounded as the 205.

K.O.Kiki

vectra wrote: »

Or the Alpine :cool:

... ok, I can get behind that.

Zubeneschamali

Stevie Dakota wrote: »

nowhere near as well rounded as the 205.

The R5 came out in 1972. The Alpine/Gordini warm version was 1976. The Turbo came out in 82.

All of that was before the 205 was even launched.

Stevie Dakota

Zubeneschamali wrote: »

The R5 came out in 1972. The Alpine/Gordini warm version was 1976. The Turbo came out in 82.

All of that was before the 205 was even launched.

I was thinking of the second gen R5 (85-96).

langdang

This was the obvious rebirth of the boggo Renault 5

ianobrien

To hell with the FWD Renault 5 Turbo. I want the original R5 Turbo from the early '80's, preferably a Turbo 2........

Do you think that Renault will drop a turbo engine into the boot of the new one?

ShadowHearth

Class, would love to see one of these. I must be mad, but I do fancy those fiat 500 too...

pburns

K.O.Kiki wrote: »

... ok, I can get behind that.

Love it. Love the 80s GTA as well.

Not many cars move me these days but those Alpines... :cool:

savagecabbages

ianobrien wrote: »

Do you think that Renault will drop a turbo engine into the boot of the new one?

If they remake the 5 then i'd say so, they basically did with the Clio v6, albeit a normally aspirated engine in the boot