Is This The Best Renault 5 GT Turbo In the World?
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- Опубліковано 31 лип 2023
- This car needs to be seen to be believed. We take a good close up tour of this amazing car.
But - is it the finest Renault 5 GT Turbo you've ever seen? Be great to hear your comments!
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I bet the owner checked that passenger roof lining for hair gel stains after watching this
It's a non staining mix of contact adhesive and ambergris
Elf oil stickers engine bay
Amazing, thank you so much for this. I bought a one-owner GT turbo in tungstene grey in January 2023, after dreaming about them for two decades. Mine is a 1989 and I was born in 1984, so almost the same age and definitely the same generation. I remember seeing one of them on the main square of my little town in the French Alps, I could barely read and I forced myself to remember what it was, when I read "RENAULT 5 GT turbo" on the back. It stuck with me since, despite owning a Mégane 3 RS and a Clio Williams, I always kept thinking about my love at first sight with the GT turbo. There's something about these cars that's just magic! Long live the GT turbo and its fans :)
Love this comment. This is exactly what Nick was talking about in the video - every fan has a memory and a story attached to these amazing cars! Hope you're enjoying yours!
Blast down memory lane for me, I used to own a 1990 Raider. Loved it to bits.
One of my absolute favourite cars of all time.
I am french and I had 3 GTT (phase 1/2 and AO/"raider") at the end of the 80s and in the 90s. What a nice red GTT you have 😍😍😍 I would like to buy one nice but it is so hard to find a jewel like yours. Bravo for your car!
Yeah, they're absolutely phenomenal cars! That one particularly!
I had a silver GT Turbo in 1989, G333 OLG, i was only 19! It was only 4 months old. In the 18 months I owned it , it snapped NINE clutch cables, lots of things failed, but I did get through Michelin MXV's on the front in 4 months! It was probably the most fun car Ive ever driven. It was so driveable, light and pokey! Ive now got a 1.9 205 Ive bare shell rebuilt, its nice, but the GT Turbo has my heart🚗💨
I had two E55LYO and G48UKJ, best cars I've ever owned!
These things eat clutch cables, but yours sounds like it was on another level!
Good place for your heart to be!
What an absolute credit to nick.
When nothing but the best will do regardless of cost.
Absolute beaut of a car!
top hot hatch of the 80s. Double world champion Group N. Respect to the owner for such level of originality and condition, desrves all the prizes.
Had 6 or 7 renault 5 turbos, my absolute favourite car. When I get my next house with a garage I want a project one I can just tinker with. They are mega money now.
Nice - sounds like you've got quite a history with them! The market for them seems to have gone bananas right now!
A great video guys, the car is even more stunning in the flesh, a real credit to Nick, total dedication, a beautiful car.
The attention to detail is 🤯🤯 - kudos!
Had one in 1999 till 2002 , still the most fun i have had with my clothes on ...❤
I had this car ( same colour, E reg ) in my twenties. Now in my fifties and having owned a few desirable cars since, I can honestly say that the 5 turbo was the one that put the biggest smile on my face. Absolutely loved it and still think about it.
I think a lot of people who owned these still reminisce. That's why a bought mine!
Watching this at 50 and missing my E reg from 30 years ago…..tempted to buy one now.
Same here! I had one in the early 90’s for 3 years before it got nicked! Since then I’ve owned Jags, Mercs, Porsches and an Aston but I still lust after my old GT Turbo.
@@tomhutcheson66 would you go aftermarket tuned like we used to lust over in Max Power or would you go pure original? Definitely original here…..I’d get a red one again but back in the day I always wanted the white one. Never liked the “Raider”.
Had one back in the day and it was an absolute pig, spent more time on a ramp than on the road lol. Loved it all the same, unbelievable condition this one well done sir.
I had one too, best car only when the stars line up.
Seen this car in the flash. Absolutely stunning example 👌🏼.
Great video 👍🏼
Beauty isn't it!
I’m 52 and loved these cars in my 20’s.
I’d be happy to pay strong money for a car like this one 😎
Great to hear! They're pretty special, and you'd need to pay strong money for one like that these days 📈
Bought one brand-new 1990 Gplate blueprint engine radar fabulous Car loved it chipped it to 180 BBR so much fun wish I was back right now🧠💪🤝💚🙋♂️
I had an Uno Turbo and 205 GTi back in the day, would absolutely love to have this!
Stunning. Paintwork is gorgeous. Just reminds me how much I miss the 90s!
Stunning example. I had one back in the day from new in the same colour. Loved it. I used to follow the RAC rally every November. Drove this one year from stage to stage and slept in the car. But remember many a good driving road from Yorkshire to Scotland. Also remember giving chase to a Peugeot 205 1.9. After that I wanted one of those instead but it never happened. Sold the 5 for an Integrale 16v. If only I had kept that! Thanks for sharing that video.
Integrales are pretty rare these days too!
It's truly a stunning example of the breed, it's like really clean 👍
I had a white pearlescent beauty in 1995 and I crashed it into a lamppost showing off to my fellow 16 year old friends .
Still remember how much I smiled in second gear.
Ffs.
Blessed xxx
Yeah, they had a habit of sliding out with very little warning... Esp with low profiles on! I had a pearl white one too back then. Good taste 👍🏻
A great informative and excellent video on a tremendous Renault 5 GT Turbo - thumbs up. What a fantastic example, if Nick wants to sell it then I could be interested…
Great video guys, I bought a new one in 1989 and absolutely loved it ❤
Thanks for the comment!
Absolutely epic R5 GTT! Credit to Nick. 25 years ago I wanted a Carisma kitted R5 on 18’s, these days a standard one is the dream and this is the best out there! Great feature video 😎👍 Top work
Funny how tastes change with time - for the better I think 😉
@@TABonTV For sure, although I'd still want a dump valve for nostalgia 😂
@@SpeedingTube they are kinda fun 😆
it's definitely up there. brilliant video of an incredible car.
Thanks for the comment! Yep - she's not too shabby!
My gosh I've had 5 of them in the past and I tell you now that is a very good one that will be hard to beat
What a stunning example
Love these car's, I had one in the early 90s . It was the most fun I've even had in a car . Saying that I was 19 😂. On a boring and downwards note. Everything broke on it. The turbo , clutch, starter motor, cooling sensors etc etc etc. The clutch was a engine out job and cost me £550 in 1993. As for the turbo no one want to touch it. I lucky found a local Renault specialist that did it for me. I can't remember how much it was but it sure wasn't cheap at the time .
Yeah, I think they were well used and maybe a little abused back in the day. Sounds like yours was a bit of a diva!
Lovely car ❤ I had one in the 90s and till today I miss it 😢
Absolutely stunning i had an f plate in same colour was not far off new when i got it and i still miss it❤
What a beauty best I’ve seen 😎👍🏻
Absolutely beautiful
Fantastic video! I used to have a GT Turbo just like this one, same colour and condition but mine was an 'F' reg '88' and also had a sunroof. I absolutely loved it and have never stopped regretting the day I made a terrible decision to sell it back in 04'... 😢 What was I thinking?? It was over boosting to about 180bhp but boy was it so much fun to drive and cruise in. It was also the most comfortable car I have ever driven. I an definitely looking into buying another one, only thing is this time I might have to remortgage the house to get one lol 🤣
Another good story & memory shared! Yeah, they're a bit more expensive now!
It looks better than new imo , a treat to see one like this . I had mine from a year old with 9000 mls on the clock . I owned it for 12 years and the only mods i did were a bleed valve , a Magnex exhaust system and AVO adjustable suspension . I looked after it and it was ultra reliable , never broke down apart from the dreaded clutch cable snap , which Renault did remedy eventually .
That comment about better than new - I really do think it is! Such a great job on this one!
a kid I knew back in the day had all the hot cars of the day, he'd run one for a few months and move on to the next, XR2I, XR3I, WRX SUBI, 205-GTE, CAV-GTI, COZY-SIERRA 4x4 and one of these, his was canary yellow with black interior black alloys black glass black door bottoms it looked great, he kept that for more than a few months,
Stunning!
Beautiful car.
I had a 1979 Renault 5 1300 Automatic in white with black vinyl roof,and the seats were orange.Blaupunkt radio too.
Merci de enfin voir la puissance de nos voiture et non pas parce qu'on vous efface les yeux
Love it... very well cared for... did he have the full respray done himself or was that done before he got it, as they did a great job 👍
If you add him on IG I'm sure he'd be happy to discuss 👍🏻
Had the exact same one in red back in the 90s❤
this is a great example. I hope mine comes to 50% of this one
If you don't love this, there's no hope for you. Magical.
Exactly! The love that's gone in to that car! 👏🏻
My first cars were 2 Renault 5's I bought for 75 euro (3000 Belgian Francs in those days). They didn't drive of course but I learned how to work on cars with them.
I've never driven one of these but I would have liked to have done. I sold my 205GTI after four years of ownership and it was immaculate. That was in 1994. The condition of this car however, is extraordinary. Easily better than it was from the factory.
It's 🔥
This Car is an ornament,thats the Cleanest Engine ever,I suppose if your passionate enough,you look after Something,you have it for Life👍
Met Nick at Radwood earlier this month and he was kind enough to let me sit in the drivers seat. Its a stunning example. If I had the cash Id love it in my collection.
Nick is a total credit to these cars, thoroughly nice chap too.
Immaculate 🤛🏿
Bellisimo !!! me encanta 😍
Absolute stunning .. My Oldman owned same car same colour same year 89 brilliant car steering was so heavy though
Yeah, you need to go to the gym just to make a left turn 😂
Had the pleasure of seeing this car and speak to Nick about it at a car show this year. I don't blame him from protecting the original rubber mats after he told me how much they go for now!
more than £300 a set and it's impossible to find a complete set
used to have one back in the day , could hear the exhaust and dump valve on it for miles
Louder the better back then...
Beautiful car - and nice 'Pepsi ' ;-)
Stunning example
I used to love a Renault 5 GT Turbo they were very quick in the day just the brakes were rubbish on drum brakes so this one with disc brakes is mint I love this one 👍
They had discs all round...
Had a black pahse one .... most fun car ever ❤
They where made to be tuned up and modded
Cool car !!!
Fantastic Renault Five
This was not my favourite car of the 80s but still goes down as being one of the first great hot hatches this one has been expertly restored to its great self The owner loves the car and the buzz it gives him whenever he drives it Ali g had one Staines masses this was from an era when I had a 205 gti 1.6 driving was so much more fun 😅
just wonderful
Lovely car. ❤ I had a white one in 2002, that had only 27k miles on it at the time, which I said was probably the best in the country. Sadly it went off the road in 2013 according to DVLA. I owned this, and a 87, phase 1, 205 GTi 1.9, and loved both very dearly. 😊
Your white one sounds very special indeed! Wonder what state it's in now?
Why did it go off the road?
@@sammuslu2992 I don't know, I went online to check if it was still on the road as I sold it years ago. DVLA hadn't had it taxed since then....
Sold my totally mint white one in 1999 for £4k 😢 it had 7x15 sparco cromadoras, avo coilover, cool louvres bonnet, 180bhp and 40k on the clock. Sold it to finance my first cosworth, which was standard and a huge disappointment initially after the R5. Actually, I cried after my first long journey in the cosworth, my girlfriend at the time had to console me as I thought I'd made a huge mistake. A set of injectors, map sensor, actuator and chip soon had me forgetting the R5 😂 i was 19 then, and now I really regret selling the 5. H190 POO was the reg.
Loved this car, I had a black R5 Gordini Turbo back in the day, very rare car now. I also had a Mk1 Escort 3 door, a Mk1 Opel Manta, a 1275 GT Mini Clubman, a Mk1 Astra GTE, Mk2 Honda CRX, Peugeot 205CTi, Mk1 Ford Puma ( bought brand new, very low miles mint, kept for 11 years before selling it to a family member on a “pay me bits when you’ve got money” to help them out, and I never saw a penny from it, and lost my private plate too 🤬👹🤬 ). Also had a Mk1 Audi TT Roadster too ( an ex girlfriend took it and sold it behind my back and kept the money ).
If only I knew then what would happen to old car prices what I know now eh 🤢🤢🤢
Beautiful
I love these !
I had two when I was 18-20 in the 80's - they just blew people's mind when I took them out for a spin - they laughed at me when I told them it was quick as a supra 3 turbo, so once their seatbelt was fastened, they stopped laughing 😆.... Of course it almost cost me my licence once 🤣 This is looking immaculate - that definitely gets a lot of TLC!. Alas the last one died in 1996😩 The clutch cables would go often as it was so hard and snappy, but you could learn to drive without one and could get it home, without too much concern! I too wondered about getting the 205 1.9 gti, but thought the 5 was a bit more rebellious so I got the tungsten too in 1990! Great to see someone else out there with good memories
Thanks for sharing the memories! This kind of thing is what makes these cars!
Absolutely !
I actually searched my reg no. for the the second car and found it on google with Facebook image... It isn't tungsten anymore and laser blue.. daved up to the hilt 😩🤣- so it was resurrected although SORN this year ! @@TABonTV
I owned one of these @ 21 same colour/spec fitted red 3 point harness to it 😁🚗 fab little car, had a design fault of clutch cable snapping as it was kinked at bottom, back in the day was up against the Peugeot 205 GTI & the Astra GTE .. The Renault was good bang for the bucks & 120bhp & 7.5 to 60mph pitched it briefly as the Quickest hot hatch you could buy 👏 fabuleux as the French 🇫🇷 would say 😄
Great cars right? And yes, that clutch cable snapped like an elastic band!
wooooooooow yes i would say there quick still love the ren5 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Someone explain to me how a car designed 40 years ago has more lines & character than the cr*p produced today for twice the price. Auto industry went sideways at one point. Complacency? Regulations? I don't know.
This is a spectacular vehicle you have here. ❤️
Safety regs
Computers! You will never get a design like a e-type jaguar done via computer. Its why all cars tend to look very similar… long gone are the skills that gave you master craftsmen for bodywork creation or the use of clay to sculpt full clay models of cars. When we start going back to having blackouts etc we will then see why technology etc has not been a good thing.
Absolutely beautiful! Just needs a nice set of giant TSW Venom alloys, lowering, a bodykit and some lime green silicon hoses under the bonnet and it would be perfect. Oh, and an ON A MISSION sticker in the rear window... seriously though, that is utterly amazing, I wonder how much someone would pay for that? £30k?
in 1987 one of these was about £7000, which would be just over £25,000 today.
Love it! 😆That or an Oakley sticker! For the wheels Antera 143 - worked for me!
ABSOLUTELY 😩
I’ve been in one, it went 4.7 seconds 0-60… for the 90s it was Rapid
Just to think i have scrapped 2 of these little beasts back in the day...😮😮😮😮😮
They often were! Hindsight right?
I've never heard of these before and I WANT IT! 😉 It's beautiful! Great video and even better story!
Thanks for the comment!
sold mine in 1998 Phase 2 1989 with 44k on the clock for 2.5k other than over run starter it was mint, not seen one as good until this as there was allot missing in the engine bay, on thing the exhaust i changed that was original from new was rolled edged nothing like that
Great to see a clean example like this. However I was looking up the figures of these cars and they were not all that fast to say they have such a reputation. 0-60 in 7.5 seconds.
By today's standards not massively, but back then they really were!
Lovely renovation. I know of a tungsten grey car with a few thousand miles from new, dry stored.
Sounds like this one needs to get out of storage!
I bought a second generation GT turbo brand new in 1989 - loved it but the build quality was pretty iffy - Front seats that became uncomfortable the longer you drove it, lost 5th gear after 2 months of driving ( the big nut on the end of the gearbox main shaft came loose, so pretty easy fix) - If I went over a certain level crossing in Sussex at speed the hatchback opened all by itself - Sometimes it was hard to start when hot, even though it had the anti peculation kit fitted to cool the carburettor float chamber. It handled brilliantly though and was total fun to drive.
Everything you mention there is pretty common. 5th gear seems to be an issue in Clios too! Great fun though!
Should of asked:-
What has he done to it?
What condition was it in when he bought it?
And most importantly, how much has he spent?
Pretty much everything, add him on IG as it's not for me to discuss values. 👍🏻
@@TABonTV 🤦♂
I had a G reg tungsten grey one in 1994 as a 23 year old. When I bought it it had done 34,000 miles and I paid £3995. Kept it for 3 years and traded it against a 1990 BMW 325i sport. My GT Turbo never missed a beat. Terrible turbo lag. Loved the gearbox.
The lag is what makes them such good fun!
21 yo in 1993, tungsten G Reg, 35k miles, bought from GTI Specialists for £4250!
I would say that with the driving wheel on the other side of the car it would be quickly sold well over 30K. Great to see cars from that time the way they looked back then.
Yeah - RHD pretty much limited to the UK - bit there is still a huge market for them here!
I know of an equally mint totally restored black one.. I will forward this on to him..
Just a Epic car.. I Wished i never sold mine.. SO many Memories. OK. I was diagnosed with cancer in 1990. and my beautiful parents Said 'if you pull through we will buy you a car' So obviously looking at all the Mags . BOOM..! R5GT Turbo.. Then once i got over the big C i went for a test drive in one.. Not Knowing they all ready bought it for me.. I now drive a BMW M4.. Yes i LOV IT.. But DEFO GT TURBO.. Just like a Go Kart.. and it took us to many raves..
Pearl White was the only option at da time H Reg
I owned a pearl white back in the day!
Elle est belle
The blue Raider was the best but this one is gorgeous
I had an XR2 only to get blown away by a Renault 5 turbo on duel carriage way. In the 80s . Got my karma though he was parked up in a lay by with headgasket blown . We did stop to help . Good old days😅
And a good sportsman too! Hats off to you!
Ah, the multiple head gasket killer, in all its glory! My brother in law got so practised at doing his he got it down to under 2 hours eventually.
Ha! Like an F1 pit stop, just far more painful.
I have my red one still on a spit. All rust removed ready for when the kids grow up. My 1st love 👌🏻
Glad to hear another one being kept alive! Hope it goes well!
had a blue one in 1990 and sold it a year later as the insurance was £800 per year 3rd party 😳😳 very quick car but could have been quicker had Renault decided to fuel inject it instead of using a carburettor.
Beautiful car. What's the going rate for one of these now?
It varies wildly, there's not so many up for sale these days.
Bought mine in 1986 headed straight to Rally Equipe in Bury …160BHP and an absolute rocket ship in its day ,sadly had an argument with a Double Decker Bus and wrote the car off😂
Ouch, yeah, you're not going to win against one of those!
The best is the one you love ❤️ maybe not best shape but probably best memories, best emotions.
No such thing as « best car in the world » it’s not a competition 😂
Insultant de beauter que ce megane m avait fait voiture de courses et voitures vies j avait retrouvé l esprit gordini et faisait le schow en posant sa voiture aux sols sa faisait tuning pour lui non il disait qu il aimer la contempler en mode course poser ca faisait très tuning sport assure 👍
Yes.
✅
Is it engin block the same like normal 1.4 ?
Yeah, C1J
That car is mint. Great example of a stock car. Unfortunately a lot of R5 Turbos back in the day were modded, bashed and trashed by the "Max Power" generation.
Exactly this. They were so cheap at one point they were almost throw away!
The radio is not correct,
The original radio was a Philip's,
DC 682,
However the fitted Pioneer,
Is at least period correct.
I am reliably informed by Nick that this IS the correct stereo. The Philips you mention was only fitted to the raiders.
@@TABonTV Maybe,
But I know that Philip's had a contract with renault to supply oem car audio,
Which as far as I am aware included oem renault 5 turbo,
Also pioneer snatch plate units such as this were sold as an upgrade replacement to the originally fitted radio,
How do I know,
I sold them to people at the time.
It's missing the silver TURBO sticker on the rear windscreen
Phase 2 didn't have those as far as I know.
@@TABonTV mine did. Came new out of the showroom with it.
I had a 5GT Raider in the blue in 1996 loved it to bits sold it for a Honda crx del sol vtec biggest regret to date
Still though, quite possibly the maddest roof ever made!
@@TABonTV it was quite cool for the era also the little window behind the two seats went down electronically ahead of its time back then . But my 5 was great fun . For some reason you always knew a 5 turbo in the 1990’s cause of the yellow fogs it was fashion to have them on 🤣🤣
how on earth do you find an original GTT exhaust?
A lot of searching!
So many questions I would have liked to have known the answer to. Anyone watching this knows about 5 turbos, there are a hundred questions about this restoration that I'd love to have heard about.
Could be a good follow up where we go in to more detail. What did you want to know?
@@TABonTV It would be great to know the history of the car, where he got it from and why it had such a low mileage, what was the rebuild, was it full nut and bolt or did some things not need it, where did the OEM parts came from. You mentioned the condition of the seats, were they replaced. etc etc. For such niche cars its always about the detail. Cheers
@@bigdarbs19 Cheers - could be one for the future 😉
@@TABonTV excellent video!
Questions: how does he maintain these engine rubber hoses after so many years as they eventually crack! also as you rightly said the 'corduroy' fabric on the door cards?! time warp of a car, like it came out of a Renault museum!
😂😂😂 spot on !
It's a very nice example but I think they look best in that Bright Metallic Blue Colour. It would be better if it was that colour I reckon.
Grey is the best colour, obviously (because that's the colour of mine) 😆
@@TABonTV I had the tungsten too but Raider is the one to have me thinks!
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