IDRIVEACLASSIC reviews: Renault Super Cinq (Renault 5 - Le Car)
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- čas přidán 1. 07. 2024
- Today we're out in the once seen everywhere, but now lesser spotted, Renault Super Cinq / Renault Super Five
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Today's walk around text is as below:
Renault 5, Renault Cinq …or if you’re in an American you may know it as Le Car. Although this example we’re in today would be more commonly known as the Super 5 or Supercinq, which is what they were known as on second generation from 84 to 97.
With over 5.5 million of these little superminis produced across the 5 and super 5 lifespan, it’s no wonder that when I posted a photo of this car on Facebook, Twitter and instagram, many of you told me your stories of first cars, mums around town runabout and examples you fondly remembered.
Although it was best selling car in France from 1972 to 1986, it wasn’t a rarity at time of production in the UK either, and seeing one on your street or in the supermarket car park wasn’t a surprise. However, it’s fast becoming a lesser spotted beast on the roads of Great Britain, so before the prices shoot up and they all disappear into the hands of private dealers and collectors and Sunday drivers, I wanted to show you an affordable retro runabout.
And best of all, this one is one sale at time of filming, so if you want more details on it after you’ve watched the video, drop me an email and I’ll link you in with the seller.
The super five wouldn’t exist without the five, so I thought I’d give you an overarching history to set the scene for our drive out today.
Now for me, the most wonderful thing about the Renault 5 is that it was a complete accident and simply came about by chance and genius of one man. Michel Boue, who was only 36 at the time, was sketching over a drawing of a Renault 4 for his own pleasure to see what could be achieved with a new model.
By chance, his bosses saw what he’d done and instead of consigning it to the waste paper bin, were caught by the possibilities and had the car created as a model.
And from there, everything wildly slotted into place from Boue’s front and rear bumpers that were smoothly integrated being reimagined as core fibreglass bumpers and allowing risks like a two door car in a traditionally four door car market to go out to the public.
It’s also worth noting that the Renault 5 also considered two driver audiences who were fast gaining market share and buying power: the female driver and the younger driver. The planning chief, Bernard Hanon, felt this was a big plus point for the car rather than an afterthought.
All in all, it was a pretty daring move for Renault, but this was the era of the supermini and the manufacturer was determined to move with the times. Before the 5, the Renault small car market was only supported with the R4 and R6, so the R5 brought something new to the table in a really refreshing way.
I would love to tell you that Michel Boue went on to design other wonderful cars, but the biggest tragedy of this whole story is he died a year before the car launched. So whilst his genius changed motoring, he was never witness to the success.
And what a success the Renault 5 was. It initially went on sale in March 1972 and was available initially in the L which sported the borrowed 782cc engine from the Renault 4 and the TL which had the 956cc engine as used in the Renault 8.
By October of that year, it was the best seller in France and finally for sale in the UK giving bemused buyers something very different to home grown choices like the Mini or Imp, both of which had been for sale for a number of years prior and lacked the fresh appeal of the five.
Sold as ‘more than the five!’ - the now chairman of Renault Bernard Hanon calls upon Marcello Gandini to modernise the 5 for a new decade. It was a new body with the same profile but the engine was now transverse, something borrowed from the 9 and the 11.
The new car came up against competition from the 205 and to some extent, the golf, both of which had come to market during the life span of the Renault 5.
Whilst the 205 is always remembered fondly, it’s worth noting the 5 always outsold the 205 and until 1989, continued to get investment into the range with new specs and trims.
In 1990, the Clio came to market and the sales of the super five slowly trailed off and the production ended in France in 1997.
With a fair bit of history shared there on the evolution of the super five, let’s hop inside and have a look at the dash.
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I roared at your comment 'this car is older than me but in better nick'! Love it, thank you. x
Hahaha it’s not wrong
@@idriveaclassic i must e well knackered then lol
Hi Steph if you are interested in driving my Rover 216 coupe happy for you to do a video.
I Loved the Renault 5! Me and my school mates would beg my Mum to drive her (1977 model) around roundabouts twice on the way home because we loved how it would lean so much, other car drivers most likely weren't as impressed as we were.
Hahaha that’s brilliant 😂😂😂
I accidentally dented mine by leaning on it 🤦 it needs welding at the bottom of the a pillar but I do t want to take the windscreen out incase the car falls to bits 🤣
Back in 1980 I had the basic Renault 5L with the gear stick “in the dashboard” as per the Renault 4. It had an 845cc engine as per the 4 not 792 as Steph says in her video. It was a brilliant car. So economical and comfortable too. I was a lot younger then, but didn’t have any back trouble due to the seats. It was a 1975 model, but I bought it from my uncle who lived in the Isle of Man, so it had to be re registered fir the UK. In those days they gave the ref letter of the year it was imported so mine had a ‘V’ plate - no ‘Q’ plates in those days.
The gearbox was sweet as a nut to use. Definitely a car that got away, that would be such a rare classic today..
Mine is an R5 automatic 1980.
Car really in lovely condition - underbonnet and seats especially are mint. A tribute to the previous owners.
Agreed!
Love how basic and uncomplicated these old 5s are. Great video as usual Steph, keep up the good work! :)
Thank you so much!
I have a super 5 GTL for 3/4 years now. Got it has a first car : ) and he still amazes me almost like when I got it. It’s an impressive car ❤️
Love your channel , keep up the good work , this brings back memories, had a renault 5 in red years ago on a C reg , I paid £80 for it and run it for 5 yrs no issues in all that time :)
The Renault 5 always reminds me of the Le Car that Amy had on the A-Team that they turned into a tank! 😉
A lovely video that brought back some memories of my friend's Campus. Thank you!
Hi Steph, nice to see this, brings back memories of my driving test in the late 1980s...passed in of these.😃
Mega dejavu from the dashboard! My mum had one of these from mid 80s to early 90s and it never missed a beat and did 1000s of miles. Thanks so much for showing! 😎❤️👍
Memory from my childhood. Thank you.
I think the design's aged really well, and I love the dash. I nearly got one as my first car 21 years ago, this makes me regret not doing so!
Ahhh sorry to bring on the regret!
Great to see you back on form -- AND showing we oldies how to drive properly!
Aww Stephen ❤️
Wow! Hit by nostalgia - I had one of these back in the day. Thanks, Stef. Great review as ever.
Thanks david!
Thanks Steph great review as always
Love the way you research all these cars so well. Really makes for some fascinating videos. :)
Thanks Chris! Xx
Great review Steph. I would happily use this as my daily driver.
Another great review Steph. As you correctly guessed the small hole houses a click from TL spec upwards. GTS/GTL would have gained centre air vents in those top centre holes. Glove box and plastic door caps etc all feature further up the range.
Thanks Mark!
First car I drove as a teenager. It was my grandfathers. Sadly, it was so knackered, he just gave it for scrap. Really enjoyed the interior tour - the layout in my grandfather's was identical, but in beige, so felt really nostalgic watching this. Thank you.
That was another great review from you.
Great review Steph I had a 1996 N registered 5 Campus one of the last made. Mine had a 1.4 fuel injection engine the same as fitted to the Megane . It was a great handling nippy little car 👍 The two holes in the middle of the dashboard were air vents on higher spec models
Great review as usual Steph! My first car was a renault 5 gts 1988, a step up from the campus, with a 1.4 engine and pop up sunroof, I took my mates everywhere in it and it was such fun to drive. I kept it for 2 years, putting over 30000 on the clock, I part exchanged for a fiesta xr2 89, but thats another story........
Excellent review Steph! Love how you show the exterior and interior in great detail.
Thank you for watching x
Wow thats brought back memories, my dad had a 5 door campus in red - identical to that one. It was a 1990 on a H plate. Was handed down to me as my 1st car. Tailgate used to let water in when it rained, remember him opening the boot and empty out the 2 paint trays he kept in there to catch the water! Thanks for the video 😁
Love this - had a C reg R5 when I was a postgraduate student in the mid 90s. it was fantastic right up until it blew up on the M56. Still miss it.
My granny in France had a 5, 3-door with an auto box, and she kept it in a little garage every night, so this gave me of nostalgia 😍. We'd all pile into it when we went to visit her. It certainly wasn't in as good a shape as this one!
Hi steph love your vids Great vid and glad the winter coat is back. X😉😊
Best £10 I ever spent in that charity shop x
What a lovely little car. I bought a Renault Le Car brand-new in 1980 on Canada's West Coast. It was the older(original) model. I drove it around Vancouver and down to Seattle. a car I should not have sold. Your video brought back wonderful memories.
I bet that was an incredible drive
Lovely car nice colour. Joseph Lloyd reviewed one last year and he loved it too. These were lovely in red, white, silver and the metallic brown of the Baccara. It is really refreshing to see body coloured door caps and pillars again nowadays everything has to be covered in plastic.
Fabulous Steph thanks.
Yeah it was a smashing cat!
brilliant video! love your style of reviews
Thanks so much Adam xxx
My parents had a 1976 Renault 5 until 1992 or so, used by my mom. The dashboard was padded and ribbed and looked quite strange to me, being very young at the time. I remember the seats were very, very soft. My dad at the time drove Volvo 240s with such luxuries as air con and power steering nad only drove the Renault if there wasn’t any alternative. He loathed the steering which made it harder to park than the big Volvo! Very reliable, never gave any trouble. Nice review, there’s still one of these regularly parked in a fast food restaurant nearby.
Absolutely love this. All the car you really need!
Hi Steph and everyone reading! French guy here, and happy owner of a 1986 1.4 model, and I'm glad you liked it! I personnally don't have any issues with the seats as I've taken the car across France in one day in December. I find them very soft and comfy. However, the pedal position is a bit offset and having to change gears a lot, especially in traffic, can end up being a little hard on the left leg. But overall, I love it and the 1.4 has a good amount of torque and will do 100 mph. Huge fun :)
Hi Steph what a brilliant review i loved my 5 I had a later 5 made in 1994 a campus prima in midnight blue my brother bought it brand new and I bought it off him in 1997 it was a fantastic drive easy to fix and never let us down it was called Lola as you had to name them!
Ours was the three door with the hidden door handles!
Would love one again miss her so much
That’s so lovely xx
Thank you, that really brought back memories! I did a lot of miles in my E reg 3 door and she rarely let me down. You’re right about the seats though, Renault petale style seats in the posher models were lovely, I had them in my 11.
Yeah it wasn’t the comfiest x
Lovely car. Owned one of there J632OUE I believe was the registration from 1999 until 2004. Very reliable and rarely had any problems with it. There was no rust on the bodywork what so ever. The next car I brought was from the same garage I had originally got the Renault from so they landed up having it back from me as part exchange. It was only on the forevourt a couple of days and it was snapped up. Was sad to see it go. Great video again Steph
Thanks christian! Xx
Loved this. My first car was 1990 G reg 5TR. It was red too but was a 3 door with the recessed door catches. Being the TR it was much the same with the luxury of a glovebox lid, a quartz clock and wheel trims. I did long journeys and found it comfortable. To start a 5 you pull the choke leaver up to the top. Pump twice on the throttle then push the leaver down 1 inch. It then starts every time.
Hello, i life in french and i have a Renault 5 too and im vearly hapy with it!
Salut 👋🏻
Cracking review Steph. Only experience of a R5 was a turbo model that a work collegue used to pick me up in, let's just say we were never late for work!
Jealous!!!
Fantastic car and very intresting one ! The Metro or Fiesta are always going to be my favourite small cars. But I love learing about others great video Steph. Saw a Renault 5 the other day
Great video Steph, really enjoyed seeing one of these again! I’d forgotten all about the 5, but certainly remember seeing it everywhere back in the 80s and 90s. Looking at the Super, you can definitely see the design language that evolved into the Clio. I remember the Clio arriving in 1990 - there was a small Renault dealership just found the corner from us, they had one in canary yellow on the forecourt, and gave me and my brother loads of posters and merchandise - probably hoping our parents would buy one! 😂
I hope you kept the merch 😍
As an 18yo and the proud owner of a renault 5 super 1.4 with injection 5 speed.
Its my first car and i love it. It has been cheap economical and has been very reliable.
And for an old car i moves prety fast because its quite light.
I love it.
Greate video.
I am so happy for you that you got such a good first car! I really hope you’re enjoying her 😊
Welcome to Halifax! I had a 5 in the early 90s, and bought it at the Enterprise rentacar on the right as you came round the corner at King Cross. One of my favourite cars. I'd agree with everything you said.
Thank you!
Renault really did get the styling right with the 5, way ahead of its time, yet not weird or flashy like Citroen, and it still looks fresh today! Thank you for showing us around :-)
Thank you for watching!
I had two Renault 5s, but the previous generation. Loved them!
Another great informative video. Thanks
Thanks! X
We drove one from Southern Ontario to Saskatchewan with three people in it. A bean bag chair in place of the back seat meant no stopping for the night, there was always a place to sleep.
My Dad had always a taste for unusual cars in the seventies and eighties.
My dad had one of these!! In this colour! On a C-plate though. Awesome nostalgia trip
Lovely video. I had a '89 Renault 5 GTR as my first car. It even had remote controlled door locks and power windows! The Campus in this video is kind of a 'stripped down' basic version, sold only in the last years alongside the Clio. Lots of trim is left out; hence no glove box door and very basic trim. Those two odd 'cigarette pack' holes, they actually were adjustable vents in the regular Supercinq. Would've loved to have a Baccara.
A great little car - the R5 was spacious with great handling, economy and such a sweet engine especially in 1108 and 1397 form. Becoming rare now. A great feature, thank you.
Love your videos Steph & love this red "cinq"!! My hubby had this exact same model in this same colour as his first car!!
Thank you for sharing such a lovely memory 😊
Renault 5 - instantly hit like before even watching the video!
This is like me and morris minor videos
@@idriveaclassic Small British cars weren't very popular in The Netherlands in the 1960s and 1970s. French cars however...
@@volvo480 mind you, I drove an austin metro in the 90s, quirky little car it was, then bought a clio and found it a way nice car altogether
My first car was a Super5 from 1986 GTL 1.4. It had remote locking and radio controls. Went everywhere in it. So spacious, even did a flat move in it.
when steph lifted up that glovebox and it squeaked! mine did exactly the same! ahh the memories
Haha must be a feature.
It was an option.
😄
Mums did too infact the whole dash creaked and rattled was a come down from mk2 VW golf driver
Loved my 4 but never got a 5 . It was so chic and I always thought it too girlie so got a Fiat 127 . Love the colour. Great video
Fiat 127 screams masculinity.
Another sweet little car we didn't see in Aus. Really nice looking inside and out. The dashboard is fascinating, those centre 'ciggie packet' holders look like where vents would be on a better equipped model. 😊✨👍
YES!!!! I'm excited to see this, but I'm gonna watch later this evening...reminds me of my G reg 5 Campus that I had once....one of the best cars I've owned 😁
Hope you enjoyed it!
What a lovely little car Steph. The Renault 5 is one of those classics I remember from growing up that will always be a favourite. I saw one of these for sale and was so very tempted to get my first classic!
Looking fabulous as ever by the way😊👍
Thanks so much for watching!
I'm really enjoying this channel.
Thanks Bill! X
Hi Steph, Many thanks for another interesting and informative car review. I bought my first Renault 5 a TL model in 1977 when I started my driving school, it proved to be reasonably reliable and easy to drive once used to the floor mounted gearchange (the original through the dashboard design was better) however it would have been a bit too oddball for most learner drivers. I kept it for 3 years and covered about 130,000 miles in that time. I had it converted to run on LPG after it was 18 months old on which it ran very well indeed, smoother and quieter. I bought my second Renault 5 a GTL in 1979, also a reliable car. Thank you once again for the car reviews, I look forward to the next.
Kind regards,
Bob.
Thanks for watching Bob!
Nice condition, nice review.
Great video Stephen. I fondly remember my days of daily driving a left hand drive GT Turbo. Great fun and thankfully, comfortable seats, unlike the povvo spec ones.
Thanks for watching Robin xxx
I live for Sunday, I live for your outfits, I live for getting to watch your vids! Keep up the great work!
Ahh thank you!!! Made this myself x
You make your own clothes and you're a car enthusiasts!? That's just cool!
Aww thank you ❤️❤️❤️
I had one of these as my first car, a 1993 3dr Campus Prima, mega basic spec not even the rear wiper, and this brought back some memories like the funny placed wiper stalk and that both indicator dash lights flash no matter which way you're turning! It's interesting you say the engine's quiet- mine was quite loud as most OHV engines were, when I moved onto my next car, a Citroen ZX (another car you should definitely review in the future) I could never tell if the engine was on by comparison as it was so much quieter.
I’m lucky enough to own a low mileage 3 door 1.4 Auto that one very careful lady owned and I love driving it . Still very French very comfortable and really rare these days. Everyone loves it and it’s great fun to drive. Steering is heavy at low speeds but the 1.4 is nippy and cheap to run . I’ve had a Mk1 five which was great but the series two is just as good in fact I had to use i5 as a daily driver for a while (although not having ABS was a bit scary )it was a great little run around. Thanks for a great review on this brilliant little French icon.
My first car was a 1985 5 TSE in silver, loved it!
I can see why x
The TSE was really special and the finish really highlighted the great design.
@@petermurphy5302 Certainly was, it had the alloy wheels & electric windows & the seats were really comfortable! happy days!
my close friend is currently restoring one of these with his grandad, he's been working on It for years, can't wait for this summer to enjoy it with him!!
Ahh that’ll be lovely x
I remember these as a kid growing up. Been in a 5 Gt Turbo when it was brand new. Had a Renault 4 for a little while in the late 90s.
Fantastic little car, the French did a good yob back in the day
Wow - that's a great price for the condition. Lovely car.
Great video! My aunt had a brand new R5 Campus identical to this one in 1989 which her then-husband bought for her after she passed her driving test. Not long afterwards, it ended up being swapped for a year old R5 1.7 GTX, which was much more to her liking, due to it being fast and very well-specced. She put the personalised number plate A1 AML on it (AML being her initials), which she subsequently sold to an Aston Martin owner for a lot of money :)
Love what you've done with you hair, by the way ^^
Thanks james!!! Xx
thank you, super good video
I used to have a Renault 5 Campus, I absolutely loved this car! It was so simple mechanically & easy to service. Mine had the 'hidden' doorhandles though.
The nicest 5 I ever drove was a Monaco. 1.7 litre engine, sports suspension from the 5 Turbo, leather seats, electric windows. Quick and superbly comfortable. I'd love to find one now.
There’s a man on my street with a gold Monaco. It’s been on SORN since I moved it.
@@idriveaclassic I THINK they were all gold. Or brown. Sold as the 5 Baccara across the rest of Europe. The GTX got the engine and suspension, but didnt get the acreage of Gallic vache inside!
@@idriveaclassic can i get in touch with the owner? Or could you ask if its for sale?
Saw one of these on Facebook with a twingo ragtop roof looked brilliant
We had a D reg 1.1 TL in Bronze back in the 90's. It hated cold starts but would run all day once warmed up.
The area that you described as the width of two cigarette packets if I remember rightly was two centre vents on mums 1.4 auto 1990 H Prima auto spec
I remember seeing the Le Cars around when I was a kid. They stopped selling them in the U.S. after about 1984 so it is extremely rare to see one today. The dash on the one in this test reminds me of an 80s Toyota MR2.
You should check out The A Team. Amy had one
Check out 2stroketurbo CZcams channel. One of his cars is a Le Car version of the 5. Also has lots of cool old stuff too.
Oh we’ve got an MR2 coming soon
Oh we’ve got an MR2 coming soon
When I was growing up in rural Texas, there was a guy who had a tan 5 (yes, a Le Car) and whenever I saw it I couldn't help but think it looked like one of those runts of the automotive world (like my uncle's Mitsubishi/Plymouth Colt). As I've gotten older, I've come to appreciate these little cars and really enjoyed this video. Didn't Renault make a 5 Gordini as well? That might be the one I would want. Also, Steph looks in decent nick to me, though I'm probably at least a decade older than her!
Cool.
Yes in the UK it was called Gordini, because Sunbeam owned the name ‘Alpine’. Look for a Renault 5 Alpine or a Renault 5 Alpine Turbo. They are still there, not cheap though.
Love the simple interior 👌🏻
Me too. I love a neat and simple interior
Thanks Steph. I can see why these were popular as they're a nice car. Interesting and fun dashboard too. I think the two rectangular pockets in the upper dash would be outlets for the air conditioned models.
Yeah somebody else said this. Hilarious they were just holes on lower spec.
I had a F reg Renault 5 Campus back in the early 90s. Very odd and quirky when compared to something run of the mill like a Fiesta or Nova but that's what I loved about it. Mine had 5 speed and the centre vents but was definitely still a Campus.
Ahh lovely.
I would absolutely love one of these! I currently drive a Clio 2 (as I wanted something fairly reliable as a first car) and a 5 seems like the perfect thing to transition into classics!
It's just such a beautiful car... Although I'm not sure if I prefer the looks of the Renault 5 or the Peugeot 205
I've got a Clio II as well, but I used to have a 5! The 5 was more reliable than the Clio, and cheaper to run, as I did all the repairs & servicing myself.
I bought 5 of them until the Clio came along for the driving school that I owned back in those days. The first was the same colour like this one in the video and was labelled The Famous 5 edition. I also at one point had the GT diesel. All were reliable apart from clutch cables that were routed for right-hand drive cars through some sharp turns and with the amount of gear changing a motoring school car does would wear and snap if not replaced in time. Definitely worth buying and keeping one for the future.
A few people have mentioned the clutch cables x
My first two cars in the early 1980s were Renault 5s. First was a basic three door, the second one was dark blue five door with electric windows. Both were great vehicles. After those I had a Renault 11 also very good.
My Granddad had a GTL and the gaps in the middle were air vents on the higher spec models. It also had a proper glove box in the passenger side.
You can definitely see hints of the 5 in the interior of the first Clio, my mum had a 1.2 RN was a lovely little car
It always looked to me that the Clio shared the same basic dash architecture (a friend of mine bought a Clio when I had my 5, so I was able to make a comparison)
nice interesting video .i had a 1983 model in silver.,new at the time.my dad was a renault fan.he had lots over the years.
Aww this takes me back. I've never driven one but my friend's mum used to drive us to tennis lessons every Saturday in Eanie, the E reg Renault 5 Campus, back around 1992. The little 1.1 seemed to quite happily do 80 with 4 folk on board. Love the ski jump glovebox too. You'd probably get a pair of lady's leather gloves in there but not much else.
You'd have to name it Reggy the Renault due to its, ahem, reg.
Hi Steph! I enjoy your videos. Thought you might find it funny in Washington state USA we don't see many Renault's of any model but the way I've always heard the name pronounced is to say the ult at the end. First time I heard it pronounced correctly was on Top Gear. ( I'm a Jag guy myself) 2005 XKR coupe. Keep up the good work. Ryan
When Renault entered the US market in the 1950's they pronounced the ault but when AMC began selling them in the mid 1970's they slowly started pronounce it as the French do. By the early 80's it was all "Ren-oh."
Hahaha that would grate on me!
Never realized you were a Yorkshire girl Steph. Another great video, certainly know your stuff. Had 4 brand new Renault's all went wrong. Too complicated these days. Take care of yourself please and stay safe x
Thanks Steve appreciate that x
Quite a fitting video considering there's a new 5 in the works! Quite a bit larger now though, and electric too.
I’d love to try one
Really interesting video, Stef. Lovely car, too. The body and paint work look great. The few little dents and dings could be dealt with easily. Some might even pull out with a sink plunger. Amazing how well that works. We didn't see the Super 5 here, but we did get the 5, badged as Le Car. We also got the Renault Alliance/Encore, which was a rebadged Renault 9. The original Le Car was cute, and definitely quirky. That is the only car I have heard of with differing wheel bases between the two sides. Unfortunately rust ate Renault cars faster than body shops could install new panels. For me, they also suffered from a severe lack of interior room. I got stuck in an Alliance in the showroom when I was looking at one. That said, I did know a few who had them, and until the rot killed them, they are nifty little runabouts.
Ahh lovely xxx
My first car. Can’t say I liked it much......Lol! I really wanted a FIAT Uno! Good to see one again, and to hear your views on it.
Ahhhh the lesser spotted Uno! X
Used to love my 5 GT turbo, wish I still had it
Love the 5 had a 1981 GTL, 1982 TS and a H reg Campus as a driving school car. So comfortable and to my mind much better than anything that Renault make today.
I learned to drive in one of those, the Diesel version, the 1.4 GTD - being the GT nothing of Gran Tourismo but rather a noisy and sluggish engine with 4 gears. The Campus in Portugal and Spain were fitted with a rather square and cheap dashboard used primarily in the Renault Express. Petrol engines started with the 1.0 "Cléon" engine with roots in the R4, R5 and even the 8 and 6. That one is even more special with RHD.
Isn’t it funny how they vary spec by country x
@idriveaclassic I've just subscribed after your channel came up.
Wow can't wait to go through your video's some great and amazing cars covered. 👍
And a beautiful woman explaining and telling the story of them too ❤️😍😉🌹💐
Aww thank you for subbing and watching xx
@@idriveaclassic your very welcome xx
It was a brilliant little car, I had one and the model before it. Basic but nice ride, good brakes and steering, practical and economic. A reasonable amount of space and simple to maintain, it's probably the car I miss most. Living in the country I used it for going to work and runs into town, I loved it.
Yeah it would be great for that!