Driving The Deranged Renault 5 Turbo 1 - The Best Car In A 007 Film?
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- It featured in Never Say Never, one of the most iconic car chases of any Bond Film. As a mid engined hatch back it also possibly one of the craziest designs of all time. Everybody loves it.. and this is the extra special first run car too.
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The owner has an IMPECCABLY eclectic taste in cars.
What a marvelous collection!!!
I'm SOOO jealous.
Avant garde all the way
I'm 45. When I was growing up there was one on the street next to me, it was parked in the street and I passed it most days, I liked it but never payed it that much attention. Now I'm in love with the bloody thing and wish I could go back!
Paid...
Same age as me, miss the old school cars.
I share your man crush on the 5 Turbo and the colour is perfect for me too! I'd take that particular 5 Turbo over loads of super cars...I absolutely love that car!
Glad we’re in agreement mate.. she’s a beauty!! Possibly my fav car from any Bond film.
@@Number27which bond film was this car in .out of intrest
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@@user-kc3fn1gu6g Never say never again.
@@user-kc3fn1gu6g He said it in the intro. It was the non official Bond movie, the last with Sean Connery; Never say Never again!
The Renault 5 Turbo oozes personality, such a unique car. We have lost that in the modern cars.
Toyota yaris GR enters the chat.
@@kimwalton2873 totally agree, this is what the French do so well.
@@KimiMD You may be right but I don't think I have seen a Yaris GR in the US.
These would be cool if they were a $5k old car but they are not they are $150k , so has to be judged on that basis and that basis is rubbish . Not fast , not reliable , not comfortable. Just another Bboomer investment vehicle living in the past.
@@KimiMD 1000%
I had a Turbo 2 back in 92. I also had a Gordini Turbo at the same time. The Turbo 2 was 18inches wider at the back. Mine had a 180 kit and a Devil exhaust on it. Absolutely bonkers car and one I always wish I’d kept!
Only recently sold my Gordini Turbo and Turbo 2. I also owned both concurrently. Miss both tremendously.
The michelin trx and the pirelli p7 tyres back in the day had the 2 coolest tread patterns in the business to my ,now old eyes.
The Michelin TB rally intermediates were the business, We went from nowhere to 3rd fastest stage time in a Talbot 1600ti all down to the tyres
😂😂 oh, you got to love the "balls" the Frenchies had to let Bertone have his way with the dashboard.....brilliant daring move! The entire R5 1st is purrrrrrr. Great video 🎉❤
The best episode yet? Fabulous, so many memories.
You lucky sod Jack. That's also my all time favourite car let alone 80's rally special. I saw that very car at Bicester a couple years back and I would have one in an instant if possible.
Wow, just wow. I remember being 11 when Renault & Audi were going hammer & tong at each other in WRC. What a great car!!
Jack, it's a typically French car for it's time, a time when Renault said, "we are the French, we will make this car any way we like it", and they made fantastic "drivers" cars, pieces of stylish art. Beauty in the eye of the beholder. You come up with some very"entertaining " picks, excellent 👍.
I can't tell you how lucky I was as an Irish immigrant growing up in Canada. Same age as you, and getting a R5 Gordini as my very first car. Took my license test in it. I remember the tester asking me, what was it? He hadn't a clue. They were somewhat popular in Quebec but not in English speaking, Toronto. Mine had the same Moto Lita steering wheel as the series 2 turbo cars had.... Loved that. Of course, I always wanted one of these so I did what any sensible teenager would do and put the widest set of tyres I could possibly fit on the back. 195 versus the 145's on the front. I'd kill to find another one!
I have also had a crush for the turbo 1 in red, after watching that chase in Bond as a kid 😄 I thought it was the coolest car ever. And that makes this your coolest episode ever 😊
Finally my dream car being reviewed.. grew up with these cars .. nothing has come close to these
Back in the day I was well aquainted with a chap who used to rally one of these R5T Mk1 ... Astoundingly fast, incredibly twitchy in the back end when the power came in ... and generally extremely dangerous.
What's not to love?
Had a 2 series in late eighties. May not be as mad design as the 1 but was fab to drive. Stuck to the road like glue. Once got asked by a copper what it was like to drive. Absolutely loved it and was praised by garage for not f'ing up the turbo as always let it warm up before giving it some. Very fond memories and would love to have one again.
Another great review thanks Jack. It would be great to see an interview with the owner and to be shown around his wonderfully eclectic collection
Would love one of these. I remember when they came out and I saw the first pic it blew me away.
Have driven the Series 2 extensively & worked on it, not difficult to maintain, just time consuming as various bits of trim have to be removed to access the engine.
Unbelievable to drive, even if it is slightly “cammy” & the boost delivery is a bit sudden. With modern tyres it’s absolutely amazing!
My Secondary School teacher had one of these back in the late 80s! Notley High School, Braintree, Essex. What a legend!
I drooled over these when I was a lad and nearly came to grief in a mk2. Great car, just like the Alpines you mentioned
One of our loved cars 🇨🇵
With the addition of the roof-mounted stereo and those rear speakers, that might just be THE best interior of any 80s car for the vibe of it.
I used to be VW mad so got a '72 Beetle when I was 17 and had a '61 bug also... used to say shit like "air cooled all the way", but then one freezing cold winter's night I got a lift from a girlfriend's brother in his black R5 Turbo, with blacked out windows and a nice sound system, all dark and warm and cosy inside. I had been scraping ice off the inside of my windscreen in the bug that day... Something fundamental changed within me that night, and within a year I had my very own R5 Turbs. I worked my arse off and got myself a sound system too - Cerwin Vega sub, Alpine 6x9s and a big Kenwood amp. Owning and driving that car was an amazing feeling - I used to drop my friends off and try to head home, but I was addicted to the feeling of driving this car with my favourite tunes blasting, just carving up the country roads by myself.
Then one day me and a friend were racing down one of our regular country roads late at night. He was in his Clio 16v (Mk1), and behind me putting some pressure on. As I was coming around a gradual bend at 80-odd mph, I saw the mud tracks on the road where a tractor had been coming in and out of a field during the day. I hit the mud, and the car instantly spun, sliding sideways over the kerb which deleted all of the wheels. The car the smashed into the drainage ditch between the road and field, and ricochet back out and over the road into the ditch on the other side. I came around to the fire brigade getting me out of the back seat of the car, the driver's seat was there empty with the seatbelt still done up. My Sub box, shelf and amp, along with everything else that was in the car like tools, was scattered all over the road, as well as in the hedge and field. I suffered a broken shoulder so went off in the ambulance and got loads of drugs and gas which was nice. I came to again in A&E, to the sight of about 6 friends looking down at me, all of them absolutely gurning their faces off on E's - they were out at a rave (Exodus) and heard about the accident and just left the rave mid session to come to the hospital. I'll never forget that - the 90's were a wild time!
Anyway that turned out to be more waffle than I planned. But cars can do that to us... I am very passionate and emotional about certain cars and the R5 will always hold a special place in my heart.
So sad we only got "Le Car" in the states.
Also the fuego turbo
Who loves a fuego ?
iconic car , now you have to try the Clio V6 :)
2:01 I love it. This is the cool future car aesthetic we never got.
Cool video, Jack! One can really feel how excited you are to drive one of your childhood dreams. 😊
My younger brother had a series 2 Turbo Renault 5 and he absolutely loved it.
What a total beauty.... It takes me back.... I was 19 when these were out and a wealthy friend had one...
Regarding the handling, I completely agree. It feels like a much bigger car. Utterly planted. I drove mine pretty enthusiastically, and never got close to its limits. I did get it sideways on a roundabout once, but just eased off the power slightly and it immediately came back into line. Fun, yes. Scary? No. Mind you, I never drove it hard in the wet!
Don't forget that the Turbo 1 or 2 can corner at 0.94g. Only slightly less than the 1998 Subaru Impreza 22B, for example. Incredible for its time.
Oh and the ride comfort? Sublime. Not even "good for a performance car". Sublime. Not Citroen-esque, but never harsh or hard. Puts many a modern car to shame.
This and the Delta. All time childhood dreams 🙂
Right there with you for this one Jack, absolutely epic! Retaining the original wheels is a must, they are part of the cars identity.
That will be a proper scream to drive, i dropped a vvc 160 in a rover metro years ago, and 160bhp in a car like that, is a proper laugh, it would surprise a lot of people, but you got drive stuff like that with respect, My mate put his toe down in my vvc metro, and it bit him, to the point his hands were white with fright. Thanks for showing this off, as i have only seen photos of the Turbo 1. 80s and 90s were where the cars were like, mid 2000s we lost our way sadly.
Fantastic to see your car on here, Richard!
There was one Renault 5 turbo 2 in Jersey in the 80s and it was the head turner of its day. Blue ans white, huge flares and 2 seats. Loved it.
An absolute gem, you manage to review the most interesting cars on YT.
That interior is so gallic! I've always loved these
Such a mad car! Absolutely love it! And my fascination was triggered by “Never say never again” as well 😃
I'd take one of these over almost any modern car - gorgeous, quirky and bonkers! Makes you grin standing still and at speed. That roof mounted Panasonic unit is chef's kiss.k
The engine sounds great on the vid!
For a Renault of the 80's that cornering is flat!😂
I love this car. I have many diecast versions. This and the Peugeot 205 T16 have got to be the cutest little rockets ever.
The Tyres are called Michelin TRX . They were all the rage back then. You could get them on R30TX, Peugeot 505turbo, 604gti, CX turbo2, BMW 528i 6 and 7 series. And some Ferrari's. Probably some other cars i forgot. These days new repops are quite expensive and modern tyre technology has advancced quite a lot. What many owners did was swapping the TRX wheels for Gotti wheels.
Currently about £280 + VAT per tyre. Metrics are not for regular use these days. I remember the Michelin TRXs I had on my 635CSi would be fine for the first year or so, but then the rubber would harden after that.....which was less than helpful if the road was greasy or wet.
And amazingly, the 79' to 83' Ford Mustang in the U.S...
I was too distracted thinking about Sean Connery saying there was thish girl in Philadelphia.
Thanks for the memories, my uncle had one in Kenya and enjoyed very minute driving it, what a beast.
Fantastic machine, it’s like being back in the 81 watching Jean Ragnotti hurl it round Monte Carlo!
One of those wild "homologation special" for Group B rallies. The interior is the most '80s ever!
The series one was before group B, it was a group 4 car.
My uncle bought a T2 in 1983. It was in a metallic brown with a lighter brown shade of seats and carpet. Not his first choice but it was someones order that he managed to get and it was still a good looking car. I do remember it being off the road for 3 months while tyres came from France though. Back in the day it felt very quick indeed when 160bhp was enough and cars weighed less than a tonne.
The Turbo 1 was built to the Group 4 rule the later Turbo 2 ran in Group B.
I saw both the works Turbo 1 and the Later Turbo 2 Works Rally Cars doing a Demo at a Renault racing weekend driven by the winning of the 1980 Monti. The car was at its best on Tarmac and since the French domestic Rally Championship is run on that surface it was the car to beat , whereas the WRC Features sealed and mixed surface event basically the Works team targeted the French Monti and Corsica where the cars had their best results. Some of the works drivers would take bets with each other on whose engine would blow up first .because they used even more boost in the Works cars and some very special fuels that poor push rod 1.4 ltr was stressed to the limit 200 bhp + but some estimate say as hi as 350 bhp far win at all cost Corsia Rally. The Turbo 2 or Maxi turbo I have seen quote in the History of Group B saying their last victory with Car on the I'll fated 1986 rally the cars were said to be near 400 bhp but unofficial some say 500 using trick fuels that were probably far from legal. But that rally was only remembered for the tragic deaths of the Lancia Deltas Driver and Copilot so we may never know what is fiction or fact. I would have been 13 in 1980 there were a couple rare cars at that time in the town where I lived one was a series one Audi Quattro owned by the printer of the local newspaper and the other was a yellow Renault 5 Turbo. works colours replica. I think that was owned by a local car insurance salesman. Who I later got to know better. He had a really nice car collection hidden away in a warehouse in town. Were I late rented a workshop were to my lasting shame I passed on the chance to buy a Lancia Delta HF Integrale EVO 1 the first 16 valve version for 3000 pounds in top condition though it had been standing for a while. I needed the money for my business at the time whereas a Van was needed over a car. Still when you see how much they fetch now though the real silly money is still for the last EVO 2 Cars.
Still getting back to the R5 Turbo always loved the car and Renault never really came up with anything as good again. Yes we had the Clio V6 but it was not the same looks or fun wise.
But the late 70's through to end of Group B From the Stratos to the Delta S4 they just designed pure Race/Rally cars and then sold a few to the public. We will never see that again.
I remember the mid 90's where you saw these driving on the street. Crazy car :) Greetz from Holland!
I remember them from back then...and always wondered about the rumors that it would kill me I got the timing of the boost wrong. Your modern perspective shows a much friendlier car...a great vintage toy for francophiles with a touch of madness in their right foot. Many thanks.
I lived opposite a Renault main dealer back in the 80s & they had Gordinis in occasionally plus the 5 Turbos - absolutely lovely things
I saw a white one of these today, just outside Aylesbury! The second one I've seen, I spotted a green one a few years ago in Carmarthen Tesco petrol station.
Love the 5 turbo I didn't realise they had so much horse power.
Like to see you testing a Metro Turbo with only 90 horse power.
The flying OXO cube! Thank you both for sharing this wonderful series 1. If I remember correctly CAR did an excellent job on one at the time. A beautiful cover shot. One of my dream garage
Smashed that like button right away! Always loved the way these sound, these old school flat plane inline 4s / v8s (like this and a F40) have so much more character than most of the newer ones IMO. Good stuff Jack 👍.
The world's simply a better place with cars like this in it. What a fabulous thing the 5 Turbo is and MK1 is definitely one to have.
I’m with you that the tyres are going to give you the lean. But those wheels look epic.
American here who loves these and other cool cars we didn't get here. Like the channel. Thanks
Magnificent! I actually love the sound of this and the way it looks. I guess the closest i could ever get was the EVO 9 i had from new. Huge turbo lag, great sound on boost. A car that you didnt need the radio on,rather, to drive it with a window down. I felt a aprt of the car. I wish manufacturers would return to the smaller, lighter vehicles that oozed creativity. The modern SUVs are all like eggs on wheels. Dull.
Love the turbo noises, absolutely bonkers car! 🎉😍
with that wide back end I always though it had that V6 in there lol. thanks Jack 😄
una delle auto piu' particolari e scenografiche della storia,anche grazie alla mano di marcello gandini assolutamente un grande
TRX millimetric tyres, austin rover + jags had them as well, 3 times the normal price...
we had to fit a top-end stereo system to the one we sold, the stereo workshop was 5 miles away from our garage, the owner questioned why there was 30 miles on the speedo...
keep it up young man
Nice touch with gauges moving up and down depending if car is turning left or right.
You do many cars i really enjoy and many i have no interest in.but i watch them as you are an excellent presenter.Keep up the great work,your enthusiasm makes even cars i do not like interesting.
I love this little car
I've loved these since I first saw them in magazines, sadly Renault left the US - although we owned an 18i sedan - never had a chance to even sit in an R5 Turbo. I would love a chance to drive one someday. Thanks Jack for the great video.
My first Car was a 1978 Renault 5 TL. I loved that car! This bonkers brothers of it was my dream car, but I have never seen one IRL. It looks and sounds wonderful. Everything my TL with 44 horse power was not.
Very fun car that not everybody can appreciate. I do. The colorful interior oddly reminds me a little bit of my old Amstrad CPC 464's equally colorful keyboard... Some will certainly remember that. Great video by the way!
I'm so impressed!! I've always loved the look, concept and competition history of the R5 Turbo (and 007 association), but I always assumed that they were a nightmare compromise in most areas. But it sounds from Jack as though it's really quite competent all round. Also, it has the image in this video of being a big performance car, like it could be an alternative to an Esprit Turbo or Alpine A310, and it looks surprisingly roomy inside. Jack has just mentioned that in video, damn it!
I absolutely love these cars! Any Renault 5GT Turbo, but this is the ultimate. As for Never Say Never Again, a not so great Bond bootleg that went up against Octopussy and the best Bond, Roger Moore.
What a classic, ive had quite a few renaults and loved them all even a standard 5 gte was great fun, if i ever came into a bit of money this would be top of the list just for sheer fun, great video😊
I had a bog standard 5TL and it was a blast! A french Mini ... well not quite but it was fun and practicle. I sold it to a friends girlfriend but sadly it was written off in a freak accident the next day! She didn't even get to drive it!
Aaaahhhh the old R5 marshmallow suspension. We never got the turbo or the alpine here in RSA, but I owned a few of the normal ones.
Great on rough dirt roads, I could do 100kmh where a hi Lux could only mange 60 to 80 kmh😁
So much fun, I can't even imagine what it must be like to take a blast down the roads in that!
Love that crackle! Also, those overhead controls look COOL 😎
These were all over Portola Valley California (well 5 or so) because of the gray market import system in the 80s
Rode in a Turbo 2 back in the day belonging a guy at work.. standard spec but pretty quick !
He used to warm it up prior to leaving work, deep throb resonating through the office from outside!
Just to see one go past would put a massive smile on my face
Thank you Jack. One went past me on my bicycle, I first heard the air flow displacement, the body shape was making from the road and then it went pass me. A motorcycle on 4 wheels!
Thanks Jack! My dream car since I was a teenager in the 80’s!
I had an X reg turbo 1 as a daily driver back in the 1990's
Such a ride, such a look,
and such a review!!❤️💯
The driving experience, the sound, and the power reminds me of my car, a 1979 Subaru DL (hatchback/wagon) with a 1989 Subaru EA71S (factory race engine from the FJ1600 open wheel cars in Japan) and a 1972 Subaru 1300G 5 speed dog gear transaxle. The engine is further modified with 12.5:1 compression, oversized intake and exhaust valves, an even larger 310/310 duration camshaft, a modified single carb intake manifold with a 1 barrel Holley from a Ford inline 6, and GM HEI ignition triggered by an 85 Subaru hatchback distributor. The engine is a 1.6l flat 4 and makes 120hp at 6700 rpm, naturally aspirated. The car only weighs 1800 lbs. It definitely doesn't look anywhere near as cool, but it does have similar go kart like handling, fast acceleration (as long as you hold it to redline in each gear, the engine makes no power under 3500-4000 rpm), and a similar, but more rumbly sound, with crackles and pops on deceleration. The dog gear transaxle along with a 4 puck unsprung clutch makes for very quick shifting. Because it is a dog gear transmission, you can shift it clutchless once you've taken off from a stop. It's much less refined than the Renault though. The interior is basically made of cardboard, vinyl, and hard plastic that vibrates and creaks from the engine noise and vibration. The suspension is extremely stiff so the whole car rattles going over a bump. It has manual brakes and manual steering, which is fine for such a light car. On the road it is not that fast, compared to some of the cars that are out there. On dirt, gravel, mud, or snow it's unstoppable though, especially since I have 175R13C mud terrain tires installed. It's such a basic car and has so few things installed (not even a radio), that I can carry every tool needed to fix most problems with it in a bag in the trunk. Now of course it is front engine and front wheel drive, not mid engine rear wheel drive. However with the low center of gravity because of the flat engine, the extremely light weight of the car, and the fact that the weight distribution is almost exactly 50/50 front to rear, it handles extremely well. The front wheel drive along with the low center of gravity means it can go through turns extremely fast without breaking traction in the rear at all and with no body roll. The only thing I wish I could find for it is the dual port cylinder heads from the 1971-72 EA63 engine, along with the camshaft from the same engine to use as a model for a custom cam. The EA71S is limited by the fact that it only has a single intake and exhaust port per pair of cylinders. You can somewhat get around that by using a large diameter exhaust header, and by replacing the intake manifold with individual carburetors directly over the intake ports, which is what I'll do next, but the EA62 heads are on another level. At one point I thought about building a spare EA71 block I have for a turbo, using the special carburetor off of, funny enough, the Renault 5 Turbo but I never got around to it, and I've decided I really like the naturally aspirated, high compression, high revving engine that is currently there.
Sweet, sweet car! These were a fantasy car of mine too back in the 80s.
Got a ride in the one they brought out for the sydney motorshow.
Amazinginging.
I feel the same about it...
French cars were all set up to lean.
Soft springs firm dampers.
And it sounds glorious.
I owned one for 2 years (from new). Off boost, an old stock volkswagen (not surprising with its 1.4 liter engine). On boost, a Porsche. I bought based on the car magazine articles, and I was very disappointed.
Just curious but what were you expecting? You have to plan ahead, stir the gears and wait for the hit in the R5T. After all, it was a homologated rally car, not a Corvette. As you said, an R5 Turbo has NO torque below 3800rpm but once on boost, it's an angry box of French hate and way more interesting to drive then a Porsche 911. Porsche made 198,000 G-body 911's compared to just under 5000 R5 Turbos. I don't think I could ever bring myself to sell my R5 Turbo. It embodies everything that makes cars interesting.
Your test driving all the best stuff. The other day I wanted a Noble, now I want a 5 Turbo 2!
I had a poster of one of these on my wall as a kid. Sadly didn't have one of Fatima Blush. Would have swapped if I could. But only just.
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Awesome car! As a kid I've seen one in Germany in this colour and it was a dreamcar for me ever since.
As I'm aware, Compomotive produces these wheels now but using a modern dimensions standard.
When I was learning to drive I'd wrap my thumbs around the wheel like that until a bit later when I read an article on the Countach where the test driver said it was dangerous hitting a pothole or curb could break your thumbs I have never driven that way since or felt unsafe
Why cant i like this Video 3 times? It deserves it!
This car gave me a bigger ******** than anything back in 1981, when I was 16 and an eager car enthusiast trying to get his license. To me, this was more real-world exciting, if you can believe that, than other exotics like the Countach or the 512 BB.
Cool looking car. I seem to recall seeing at least one of these rallying Group B in the Isle of Man in the 80's.
You lucky chap! My #1 purchase if I win the lottery. Loved them ever since reading about it in Car magazine in 1981, then seeing them rallying. A wonderful bonkers machine.
Great looking car and miles away from my Mums old 1.3 version that was terrifying round corners for all the wrong reasons.Love the massive turbo script Renault used on a lot of cars back then.
Amazing car, I have no idea how you source all these interesting cars.
What a totally bonkers car and 160hp in a light car what combination this would fly and pocket rocket suites this cool car very well
Wow
What a car
I’d be starstruck too
Saw one as youth near my home can remember it to this day
Such a cool thing