MW 1984 Renault SportWagon Road Test | Retro Review

[@williamegler8771]

I am one of the few people in the United States that have ever owned one of these. I was living in Denver and my daily commute took me past numerous used car lots. I saw an 85 on a lot and the asking price fell weekly for months. My particular Sportwagon had 19,485 miles on it when I bought it for $2750.00 and it was five years old and in excellent condition. It was a 5spd so considerably faster than the automatic. Drove it an additional 185,000 miles until rust and the difficulty of getting parts and service consigned it to the scrap yard. Never failed to start or left anyone stranded. Failures were few and far between and the only thing that didn't work on it in the end was the cassette player.

[@markh.1487]

I have to say, I have zero recollection of these.

[@marshalmagooo3899]

That car was your lottery winning

[@punchy207]

the mortal enemy of the wagon queen family truckster

[@gm12551]

Clark’s Antarctic blue sport wagon would have been a K car wagon. He already had a Volvo 240 in the garage.

[@punchy207]

@@gm12551 well shit

[@rjft7003]

More rolls to it than an all-night bakery - that was a good one, can't imagine if the tester would drive a Citroen 2CV!

[@spider_hoss]

Oh but they did: kzbin.info/www/bejne/naDNp5esmKaZjtU

[@timothyhh]

Don't think I've ever actually seen one in real life.

[@philojudaeusofalexandria9556]

5:32 - I know I'm 40 years late Max, but if you'd try actually wearing your hat (instead of having it perched up there), you might find the headroom in this car easier to live with.

[@keithnewton8981]

Dont understand by they used that american 2.2 when renault had there own 2.0 and 2.2 which where both more powerful than the 2.2 ueed in the usa 120 and 140hp

[@thewiseguy3529]

Looks like an Escort Wagon. Could have fooled me!

[@barrykehoe996]

Just wondering where the “sport” comes into play on this wagon.

[@robertknight4672]

Really not know I just guess it's because it's smaller than most of the big wagons that were around at time. In the present-day there is a sport trim of a Subaru Forester that's not faster than any of the others it's just an appearance package that looks kind of sporty.

[@htimsid]

TRX tyres "...have a tendency to float on particles of powdered tread" during braking? Fascinating. Is it known if this only happens to TRX tyres?

[@ohguy1991]

*Tires

[@ShootOnFilm]

5:41 -- just take off your hat! (I really don't know why KZbin showed me thins ....)

[@ohguy1991]

That hat ads 8 inches to his height 😂

[@sumeragi69]

I don't understand why Renault makes the suspensions softer on the American market models. Finally the journalists find it too soft ! It doesn't make sens. Same with the Fuego, the Medallion...

[@Maxtopic69]

$9k for a new car 😢

[@markh.1487]

That's about $26,500 in 2023 dollars, which isn't bad, actually. You're hard pressed to find a new car at that price, sadly

[@Maxtopic69]

@@markh.1487 that’s Kia money now

[@randommanlady]

15 seconds to 60mph! 😨 nope that wouldn't have lastest long in today's world. Semi trucks would run that thing over in frustration.

[@zythr9999]

Lol

[@eozcompany9856]

Lol, 15 seconds is plenty fast enough. Only a fool that cannot drive accordingly to the car's capabilites would struggle with that.

[@misterpixel635]

Ford Pinto y VW Beetle 0-60 en 18 segundos. Era normal ésa baja aceleración en los 80's

[@nawletorre7136]

the r18 sedan can do it in 10s