Renault 5 history - This is a story of Renault 5

Renault 5 history

[@richardsmith3881]

Love this film, I am lucky enough to have a 1989 Supercinq 3 door and I love it , such a rare car these days.

[@auxmike]

Wow, what a fantastic job they did on this feature! I had a 1981 four door and I miss it so....

[@rimshot6444]

had a 1982 gtl, 4 doors, 5 gears really miss it

[@milanariestaurus]

So happy and proud that mine Renault 5 Campus is one of 9600200 one ever... It was my childhood-dream to have the 5...and a year ago i got one. Red, five dors... Dreams do come truth, just, sometimes, You have to help them a little... Alllllll the best Renault 5 people from Milan from Serbia!!!!

[@julosx]

I too dreamt of the Renault 5 as a child, not only I had some of my relatives having one, but also because I used to read Spirou comics in my childhood and he had one. Eventually, when I got my driving license I bought a (used) 1982 GTL. It was a good first car.

[@28102650]

Lucky you! We in Australia never had the privilege of the Renault 5. A few were seen here as unofficial imports, but I know of only 1 which is still 'alive'. I have heard about it, seen one photo of it, but I haven't seen it in the metal. :(

[@simplicityandnaturelovers4984]

🤣😂My first driving experience was on board this car. I was 15 years old at the time, and this is the year 1995. My uncle visited us at home and he left the car outside with its keys. I was able to start it and drive without my uncle noticing me. What a pleasure. Greetings from Algeria

[@lancsjock]

Renault 5 TL ....JKF23P (GB)...my first car.....loved it!

[@compwiz101]

I own one of the few Renault 5s in my province (In Canada they stopped selling here in the 80s), and I always marveled at how modern the bodylines for a 70s car. It too many more years for everyone else in the North American car market to catch up.

[@mph5896]

Cold War motors on KZbin has 2. He just bought the second one.

[@charlesmacgilchrist3648]

When I first heard that the 5 was first sold in 1972, I thought 'isn't that a decade earlier than it looks?!' For a young man to envision a design like that nearly 50 years ago, it makes the Lamborghini Miura also designed by a young man of the same year, imply the best designs are from those fresh out of college!

[@olli810]

i just bought a new... old ...1985 Renault 5 TSE.. and looking forward to hit the roads with it..just love these little sympatic cars.. very well designed.. and still economical.. :)

[@curlybrownliz]

I owned a couple of TSEs in the late 1990s, both were supremely comfortable and very easy to maintain.

[@julienbee3467]

72hp

[@TheDronne]

Renault engines were used in the 300 series. They were supposed to buy stakes in Volvo AB instead of Ford USA.

[@JAGUAR6893]

QUE PUEDO DECIR....UN REPORTE MAS QUE SENSACIONAL GENIAL.... TENGO UN R 5 Y AUNQUE LA MAYORIA DICEN QUE LO ELIMINE ESO JAMAS SUCEDERA.....YA POCOS QUEDAN..... OJALA TUVIERAN UN INSTRUCTIVO DE REPARACION YA QUE EN OCACIONES HASTA LOS MECANICOS SE NIEGAN A REPARARLO. FELICIDADES UN REPORTE GENIAL...........

[@reneanderson6202]

I had a 1978. Little car with such a soft ride. Loved it

[@klaushaunstrupchristensen7252]

Wonderful little car. I wish Renault will bring it back in electric form. Originally it might have been designed for youngsters but it holds appeal for all age groups over time. One thing which I find particularly appealing is the short front overhang. Wheels in all four corners of a car (with minimal overhangs) brings technical advantages as well as esthetic advantages. Oh I so want to something like this coming back:)

[@tiadaid]

Apparently an EV R5 is coming kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYm1dZKEmpWEd7c

[@klaushaunstrupchristensen7252]

@@tiadaid Thanks, I have come to realize this as well. Sounds promising. Right size as well.

[@thomasheitmann1804]

R 4 and R 5 Legenden Für alle erschwinglich 🇨🇵👍❤️

[@murphy1138]

Fantastic, the 5 really was a game changer - Owned several :)

[@-DC-]

Absolutely incredible design had 2 such a car full of character. Comfortable Good to Drive Cheap to Run, absolutely fantastic.

[@droneman4407]

best care ever....I had a 1982 R5 and it was the best!

[@frankfitzpatrick5300]

In the 80's Sun Imports Int. was a "grey market" importer in Florida that imported the Renault R5 TURBO 2 . The homoligated Rally version with the mid-mounted engine & tube chassis . I had the opportunity to ride in a few . They were insane fast & highly collectable today .

[@mishadavidgamsu]

Looking at buying one of these with a turbo. Quite excited for the test drive.

[@namefinder]

My parents had a R5

[@rickhunter6242]

This was my family's first car around 1980 in Mexico. A 1976 Red R5 nicknamed and known in Mexico as "El Zapatito" ( The little shoe). Great memories, loved the thing :)

[@21211807]

I have one R5 alpine turbo here in mexico and I love it. Its the best car always. Better than an ugly vw beatle

[@julosx]

The Alpines (naturally aspired and turbo) and GT Turbo are the best in the range. Some of them (GT Turbo) are still racing in rallies today.

[@thepumpkingking8339]

Cant Believe that in 2016 it will be 20 Years since the end of the Renault 5.

[@thepumpkingking8339]

French Car's.. Thy get into your Blood. I used to be a FORD guy.. I have lost could how many Mk1 Fiesta's I have owned. But for the last 15 Years and x3 Pug's and x2 Citroen's.... I could not, would not look at a another FORD.. Except for a MK1 Fiesta....

[@ericgeorge5483]

+The Pumpking King Yes, thank goodness.

[@ericgeorge5483]

+The Pumpking King French cars are wretched, unreliable pieces of junk. I have yet to meet a person with a decent one.

[@thepumpkingking8339]

Eric George viv la France

[@ericgeorge5483]

The Pumpking King If you say so mate.

[@ngairewadman9440]

Bought my first 5GTL in 1978, loved it, and I'm now (2017) on my seventh - a 1988 auto 5 Monaco, called Grace of course. Gorgeous little lady, very demure, and reliable... with THREE (count'em!) forward speeds! My most loved was a '95 1.4l Campus Prima, 5-speed manual, a real brahman of a car - I could throw it around the road or racetrack with complete confidence, and it had loading and economy performance to match any of the large 'practical' estates. So sad it rusted out in every corner. If someone could start making SuperCinq body shells, there's parts enough in garages across the UK to resurrect at least a thousand Pocket Rockets!

[@KidThomsonMediaProductions]

Panda of the same generation is amazing. I have 1 (my 3rd) but the R5 is cool too. Very expensive now!

[@ianmarshall6167]

I learned to drive, and passed my test in a renault 5. I had a 5 turbo,loved it. now I have a clio williams,had it for many years and will never part with it. I drive many different cars day in day out working in the motor trade.but I still have yet to find anything that is as good to drive as the renault hot hatches.

[@jerrysummers5971]

Should have kept the turbo could have bought the raider cheap kicking myself now!!

[@theflyingstonemason6867]

My first car was a 1974 Renault 5GL with the gear stick in the dash. it had a huge pull back sunroof and a little 850cc engine. it was brilliant. l owned 4 more after that, up to a new one in 1994. They were really reliable and never let me down. The worst car after that was a VW Golf, it was terrible. Renault aren't the same anymore.

[@blacquesjacques7239]

A lot , clearly not all , of Americans cannot understand the allure of a great little everyman car .In the States the Renault 5 was badged " Le Car " and had minimal success due to problems in getting parts . Most of the people that bought them were the adventurous type bored with standard fare .

[@runforit420]

I think it was only sold in Canada after a certain point because the American emission standards were more stringent in the early 1980s than Canadian emission standards. Hence why the Porsche 959 was sold in Canada and not the U.S. in the early 1980s.

[@adamdean5881]

What Americans don't appreciate is over priced and unreliable cars which develop rust holes in the body in less than a year. The Renaults sold in the U.S. were pieces of sh*t on wheels. My father owned one and it was unrepairable in less than year. If Renault made and sold a worthwhile car maybe they would not have had to withdraw from the U.S. market with their tale between their legs?

[@405line]

Owned my R5 Gt turbo from 1990-2002. Still regret selling it... I really liked 5's in general and the turbo alpine, mid engined ones etc etc a whole lot more.

[@cochaczion]

WE had a renault rapid, 5 and 5 cabriolet.... THESE CARS ARE FANTASTIC ... i dont know why they are so underrated

[@MrROTD]

My Aunt had a Renault 5 LeCar, she used to drive like a rally driver it was fun to go places with her all over Vancouver, there were quite a few of these on the roads in Canada in the early 80s

[@theman2768]

They rusted too quick for us younger Canadian to enjoy. And our parent taught they were garbage because America was apparently better?

[@S388E45]

Has previously only been interested in Volvo, but came unexpectedly just over a R5. Never thought I would enjoy it but I did , a really cool little car. :)

[@Docentino]

As a former owner of an adorable little R5 I wanna say: Thank you! for this great upload

[@thomasreynold333]

W roku1978 dostałem takiego machbox resoraka od mamy mój pierwszy machbox piękny samochód czasami t Akiego widzę na ulicy to przypominam sobie piękne czasy dzieciństwa to był model otwierane drzwi i prze, tylna szybkie wyglądał pies. Super film pozdrawiam serdecznie

[@spektrum33]

I miss my 5 ,had it for 14 years 😢

[@jimbob036]

Me too, I loved my little 5...

[@johnclaywalker]

I have seen all these cars in real life and have had 2 renault 5's a 5 TL and a 5TS excellent cars. I have been a macanic in a renault garage wen I had these cars. Brings back good memories.

[@bwest6275]

Greatest car EVER

[@Hithere-ek4qt]

Ha ha ha ha ha - good one The Volvo 240 is a must better candidate for that title.

[@auxmike]

Sold in the USA as the “LeCar”. I had one! A rare FOUR door. It rode real soft like a Caddy. Well made. Only annoying thing is it would pop out of gear. Also, the odd “U” shaped exhaust manifold down pipe cracked, melting a lot of wires. The starter motor is impossible to get at too. With that said, I loved this car!

[@blackmanxrjc]

@auxmike: Loved my R5 ("Le Car") glad to know yours popped out of gear too -- there was a kind ring that would pop off and leave you with minimal shifting ability, making the shifter feel more rubbery than usual :) In Quebec the R5's looked the same (US headlamps, which really ruined the front - I was able to source a set euro's and retrofit mine), but instead of the "Le Car" as part of the graphics package they had "La Cinq" ("the 5"). commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:La_Cinq_(Renault_5_sold_in_Quebec).jpg I seem to remember I even had the horribly ugly round single headlamps when I bought the car. Such a shame the French abandoned the US market.

[@PeterTOrganist]

I have had three Renault 5's and loved them all. My first car was a 1984 TL, I wish I could find it in a barn somewhere. I am on my second Supercinq, a rare 1986 GTL 3 door. With the 1.4 engine it is both nippy yet quiet at speed due to tall gearing. It is extremely comfortable too.

[@duncanrobertson9176]

I have a "Super 5" GT Turbo and it's a great car, the Garret T2 turbo is a big improvement on the T1 and it's very quick and also proactical. It's my third.... Prices are shooting up too. But the video rather embelishes the fact that it took Renault until 1984 to catch up with the Mini and have an E-W engine instead of N-S, with an odd gearlever and engine protruding into the passenger cabin. The big difference was the hatch. Also, it might have "done well" in the Monte Carlo but the Mini Cooper did that 10 years earlier.

[@MiniEggs1999]

What’s yours called 😂 Thanks for bringing back some happy memories. Such a great car just don’t have an accident in one ! And you don’t giggle like that anymore when testing the latest crossover SUV 🤣

[@RUfromthe40s]

i had the ts in late 70´s it had doble dash with one more square for a r.p.m counter , the side mirrors were sportive and high seats like a camaro and it was powerfull in the roads of my country, Portugal

[@bratattack5]

I really enjoyed that. Thanks for posting.

[@compwiz101]

Someone at the Renault Club of North America found a leopard in the middle of a field about 10 years ago. He dropped new batteries in it and now wins burn-out contests :) I still have an '86 LeCar. So far, the only parts I've had go wrong were American made replacements :(

[@PearComputingDevices]

Some who remember this car compared it to a Yugo. I highly don't agree but loosely I could see the comparison for non car guys. The Le Car was actually a step up from such here in the states. I remember our gas station owner driving one as a young kid. He didn't seem to complain too much.

[@jotcertorres1966]

Wow...! is a original and beautiful french car...!

[@Luckyjo21]

I've a Renault 5 Prima, i love it!

[@MemphiStig]

i love the look of the 80's Turbo, but the only experience i've had with Renault is in videogames, with the Rally Car in this case. so to me, they're fun to drive and they never break down, and their mileage is comparable to any other rally car. best of all, they cost practically nothing and you don't have to live with them.

[@mytinplaterailway]

Lovely cars. Whole story reminiscent of the Mini and Mini Cooper.

[@drstevenrey]

It is so tragic that Renault went the front wheel drive way back then. Today and in hindsight we know that rear wheel drive, even rear engine would be much more desirable by knowledgeable drivers. None the less, the 4,5,12,16 were good cars, but the 8,10, A110 are all much more sought after today.

[@jaggass]

we had a bronze 1986 renault 5 1.1tl D57SVL it didnt like starting from cold and and rusted badly. it was pretty reliable dead easy to fix and very good on fuel. it didnt like going over 50mph due to it having 4 gears

[@KrlosfromCcs]

Lovely story. I have always liked french cars

[@Commentator541]

Fact: Clio was never about purity, and has nothing to do with the 5. It is about upselling. From the first generation to the present day. Only car with the utilitarian microcar spirit in today's market is Panda. At one point there was a Renault Twingo, but they ruined it.

[@pukepanther9072]

i simply LOVE History.

[@williamwebb6178]

The Renault 5 will be making comeback as a retro electric car in 2022-23

[@marlonroynelle3931]

I'm from the states I would love to export a 88 Renault 5 turbo one day that car looks great

[@generalrodcocker1018]

we need at least one of this kind of car today. light, affordable, simple.

[@STEFKA1984]

I will love my renault 5GT turbo till the day i die.i bought it when i was 18 now im 28 10 years and not a day pass.I will keep loving it and i will restore it from that crash from idiot cause too it when it was parked.i nearly had a heart stroke when i saw it that morning.

[@danidanianaya5086]

Strong and hard to kill vehicle... Had 2 and if I see another one I buy it

[@RUfromthe40s]

the TS that appears with the blonde woman is already late 70´s dash but with 70´s finishings outside, mine was all black and the TX 1.4 had more power and seats like the turbo ,the first turbo´s only sold in red and metalized blue but more equiped than the regular model ,only later was released the alpine turbo because of it´s success in rally´s, i had both after the 70´s TS but at the same time had both renault alpine´s from the 70´s, a rich person in my city bought them and i kept them after he was tired of them

[@predragv.365]

Great film and great car 👍👍👍

[@Diego-tm3dj]

Incredible as american car industry were such ahead in quality and design that time back and how european catch up and today is much better than american auto-industry.

[@tonyluffman-cook1619]

my first car was a R5 GTL, metalic blue with the grey plastic side panels

[@drstevenrey]

5:44. Oh my god. Someone described this picture to a guy at American Motors and they came up with the Pacer.

[@sasant310]

my first car, i miss my Renault 5 turbo :(

[@aricsnyder5882]

Chuck Beck made a wild Ford Festiva that was made in the shadow of the 5 he stuffed a Taurus SHO 220 HP YAMAHA V6 MID mounted wide track RWD it was called SHOGUN back in 88 think it was 1,800 lbs it out preformed every factory car imported in the US , Ferrari Lambo..

[@torgeirbrandsnes1916]

The R5 wagon looks great on paper. To bad it did not come in to life.

[@Truthseeker1515]

I had no idea the car had been that successful in Europe!

[@tapper701]

Was marginal in USA

[@drstevenrey]

Every time a Briton goes on about the 5, you can sense that they never got it. In the land of Austin, Morris and BL, this car was way beyond what they could understand. That's why BL is gone.

[@stanczyk11111]

I used to have '87 2-door GTL model .. very handsome little car ..:) it was not so slow either ..

[@jaggass]

it looked pretty modern for 1972

[@thinkagain9457]

I had their model called ' black beauty' - black body with a fold back top, mag wheels, leather steering wheel, tach, front hood scoop and air dam below the bumper. It was a fun car but not reliable- lots of engine problems. Cooling system was the worst. Had a friend that had one too, it lasted her about 2 years.

[@richardsmith1780]

I had a Gordini turbo....for all its faults,it was the car I regret selling the most.... Like a Jack Russel,,,just got in trouble all the time

[@rinkkalex]

25K for a turbo means treasured? Well now they are reaching 6 figures, guess I missed my chance.

[@HENRYHOBBS1]

i have owned a few escort rs turbos,205 gti,clio 16v,clio 172,172 cup,civic type r etc etc but never got round to buying a r5 gt turbo....gutted

[@jorgefernandez-mv8hu]

It is amazing that the mini is popular here in the US and not the 5 as it is a much better car.

[@BleakVision]

13:50 Just throw the kids in the back and drive away. Those were the days!

[@edgarbeat275]

My mum did exactly that when I was a toddler along with sister in Scotland :) one time the bootlid flew open at speed :)

[@mad4tarmac]

had a 5,if you drove it hard it boiled..suspension was comical but i still loved it..then i bought a starlet...different league.

[@runforit420]

I wish Renault had sent the Super 5 over to North America.

[@Hithere-ek4qt]

It was cute, but mine was a piece of shite. (US versions) A friend bought one and hers was also terrible. Overheated and blew the engines on both.

[@johnkremer2509]

wasn't it called the LaCar in the USA?

[@TheGel69]

indeed it was

[@StarTrekmanrulz]

Actually, it retained the Renault 5 badging but had gaudy decals slapped on the sides that said "LeCar"

[@KlunkerRider]

Le Crap

[@aricsnyder5882]

Yes sub model. Those 3 lug hubs tho???

[@aricsnyder5882]

ZebsFrend fuckin cunts got what they deserve

[@norbertfrankschneider2527]

My best Automobil in German

[@tiadaid]

19:03 - This is not correct. Patrick Jacquemart, who was the director of Renault Sport in the US, died in a crash while testing the Renault Le Car Turbo Alpine IMSA. His death led his close friend to develop the HANS device which is now compulsory to use in almost all motorsport series.

[@BANAANISOSE1789]

I WOULD LOVE TO CHANGE OIL FROM IT AND TYRES AND PAINT IT AND LATER DRIVE IT

[@kevinclark2856]

renault gordini turbo owned 2 loved them

[@teacherman2001]

Habe mir heute einen gekauft, nun ja R4 und Ente finde ich ja cooler, aber dieser hat eine AHK und ist noch in einem prima Zustand... also man sieht sich...!

[@RUfromthe40s]

there was one that i saw it in spain several times ,i think it was the 7 just like the 5 but it had a bagage bigger like a 3 volume car, my father had the caravelle and the 16 ts also a model that it gave place to the fuego but i don´t remenber the number ,he also later had the 18 gts

[@jerrysummers5971]

R5 turbo raider awesome car 🙂🙂

[@lancelotxavier9084]

One looooooooong Renault commercial.

[@28102650]

Not really, in my opinion. It's pretty difficult to advertise something which can no longer be purchased. And that says nothing about it being pointless, or anything else.

[@28102650]

Winning Grinn in some countries, yes they can. But I’m pretty certain that a Renault 5 is impossible to purchase new anywhere. And that was the point that I was making. I’m sorry that you were unable to work that out.

[@davidquak4398]

Was the Golf GTI based on this car?

[@nkhalmizahar]

The grand father of megane rs trophy !

[@salvatorestangoni64]

Renaut da 45 anni ,cioe da bambino.......la prima.... R5 TL(arancione) , la 2°r5 GTL( antracite) mio Padre.....poi 1983l la mia prima Renault.... R5 Alpine turbo (grigia interno rosso) una favola..... renault 9 louisien ......R5 gt turbo....... scenic TDI......e tuttora Clio TDI. ........AMO RENAULT..

[@LEYENDASDELCAMINO]

Un verdadero automovil de culto!!!

[@MrSebfrench76]

Always funny to read comments about our capability to produce great cars... There is something the whole world wants to make us pay for..Talent?? And i add that my most fun to drive cars were 2 Buicks..

[@legojenn]

If they didn't pull out of North America in the 80s, I could have seen my first car being one of them. I got a Chevy Sprint instead.

[@Kamofy]

@ 0:46 mark, anyone else notice the kids in the back? No child seats, no actual seats for that matter. Just a flat floor. I wonder how they'd fair in any kind of accident. But that was the norm in that given time period...

[@dcammer277]

The R-5 turbo revs so fast that one cannot watch the road and tachometer while shifting up or down through the gears this car works well for it's displacement......?Twin turbo Yamaha Shogun 32 valve V-8......the purists say it is perfect as it was made.....

[@memeguyTM]

Vive Le Renault!

[@subramaniannatarajan1975]

Renault 5 unique design

[@artin74]

My first car.

[@OMENAKAKKU-no5vo]

I WISHD ID HAD 8 RENAULT 5 MODELS

[@robplazzman6049]

French cars from the 50s & 60s always looked like they were going backwards !

[@superpeople9906]

merci pour le film now i know

[@FranzSausage]

15:20 it's true. Most R5 drivers were woman back then.