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Were The 80s More Fun In A Renault 5?
In North America, it was called the Le Car, and it served as the basis for the way-cooler-than-the-EV1 Lectric Leopard. But over in Yurp, the boxy little Renault hatch was known as the 5, and it apparently inspired Britons in the Late Malaise Era to experience life as a sort of mashup of thumping late-70s disco and retina-damaging early-80s fashion. Look at it this way: Renault 5... or Rover Metro? Tip of the beret to Franzouse for finding this for us!
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Le Craziness For Sale!
For all the lengthy description this car's seller provides in the listing, the glaring omissions are a bit worrying. First of all, what year is the car? We hear a lot of talk about "27 years", which would be meaningful if we knew the car had been purchased new by the seller. Then there's the matter of the "Alpine Racing Engine" and all the references to "turbo parts" (including "turbo seats")- does this car have a turbocharged Renault 5 Alpine engine, or does it not? There does seem to be a turbo-ish-looking exhaust manifold in the engine-compartment photo, but given that the seller claims to have "pile of receipts nearly as big as a Walt Whitman novel" you figure a little more info might not have been too hard to dredge up. In any case, this is quite a Le Car! [Craigslist Monterey]
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Low-Mile Lectric Leopard Sells For Only $3750
How will you one-up the Joneses when they roll up all green and proud in their new plug-in Prius? You could do like eBay user armie253 did, scoring an electric Renault Le Car with only 221 miles on the clock for only $3750. Sure, it only goes 55 MPH and the range is on the limited side, but it's an electric Le Car! The Lectric Leopard was a late-70s product of the now-defunct U.S. Electricar Corporation; what we want to know is why the intensely citrus-flavored Le Car, rather than something like a Civic? But forget all that- the real question here is: how quick would this car be if upgraded from the current 48-volt setup to, say, 240 volts? [eBay]
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Renault 5, Rockin' Yer Face!
The Pete Best of subcompacts stands up and shouts without words in this oddball German clip. We can safely say that the Le Car has seen a million faces, but has it truly rocked them all? You make the call. Sorry about the muffly sound quality. Now let us see your lighters out there!
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Renault R5 Turbo on eBay!
We love the mid-engined Renault R5 Turbo. The flared and steroidal Le Car is simply one of the most badass econobox derivatives ever created. There's one in the Great White North that's been imported from France. At $10k now, and it hasn't hit reserve, but think about the potential hoonage to be had in this spooled-up wee pocket rocket. Shivers! [Thanks to Scotto for the tip.] More »
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Flying Le Car? Ouais!
Really, this is one of the coolest commercials ever made. It kicks the poop out of Ford's re-animation of Steve McQueen a couple of years ago. Do yourself a favor, click over and be amazed. Just make sure to pick your jaw up from the floor when you're done watching. Wouldn't want that cat to step on it. [Thanks to Jon for the tip.] More »
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Despite a soundtrack of mushmouthed kiddie rock, this clip spotlights some of the finest Renault Turbo 2 rally hoonage imaginable. It's a six-miute run of slips, slides crunches and rolls, punctuated by a scene capturing the Luckiest Man in France(TM) in action. (You can't miss him). The clip comes by way of Winding Road, which scored a test drive of a gray-market Turbo 2 for its next issue. < jealous > Congrats, guys! < /jealous >. More »
Hoon of the Day: Renault Turbo 2 Action
Despite a soundtrack of mushmouthed kiddie rock, this clip spotlights some of the finest Renault Turbo 2 rally hoonage imaginable. It's a six-miute run of slips, slides crunches and rolls, punctuated by a scene capturing the Luckiest Man in France(TM) in action. (You can't miss him). The clip comes by way of Winding Road, which scored a test drive of a gray-market Turbo 2 for its next issue. < jealous > Congrats, guys! < /jealous >. More »
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