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Renault 5 GTL 1980 - badge on rear
aa Renault 5 TL 1982 badge
Renault 5 TL 1982 - badge on rear hatch
Renault 5 1973 front
Renault 5 1973
Renault 5 1973 rear
Renault 5 1973
Renault 5 1977 front
Renault 5 1977. The basic 5L was renamed simply 'Renault 5' for 1977 and was given the 'Billancourt' 845cc engine
Renault 5 1979 4-door front
Renault 5 1979 4-door. Renault introduced a 4-door version of the Renault 5 in 1979; the Spanish market preferred 4-door cars
Renault 5 Auto Ecole 1981 rear
Renault 5 Auto Ecole 1981. Renault France introduced a 5-door Renault 5 in 1980 based on a Spanish variant, and in 1980 a special driving school version of the 5-door 5TL is made with side protection and reversing lights.
Renault 5 Gordini Turbo 1983 racer 183
Renault 5 Gordini Turbo 1983. with 1,397cc turbocharged engine
Renault 5 GTL 1980 front
Renault 5 GTL 1980. Renault added the GTL model in 1976 giving in a 1,289cc engine but this was tuned down for economy
Renault 5 GTL 1980 rear
Renault 5 GTL 1980. When introduced in 1976 with the 1,289cc engine, the 5 GTL proved to be much more economic and was a best seller. In 1979 the engine was reduced to 1,108cc for better economy.
Renault 5 TL 1982 front
Renault 5 TL 1982. Michel Boué planned out the Renault 5 and specified the absence of a grille replaced by cooling slots. Beneath the grille, and under the rear hatchback platic mouldings were used for the first time. An 1108cc 'Ventoux' 4-cylinder engine
Renault 5 TL 1982 rear
Renault 5 TL 1982. Michel Boué planned out the Renault 5 as a hatchback in 1967, he also gave the car these long c-pillars that contained the rear lamps and ventilation grilles. It would take until the Fiat Punto for the lamps to be extended all the way up to the roofline.
Renault 5 Turbo 2 1984 racer83
Renault 5 Turbo 2 1984, 1387cc
Renault 5 Turbo 2 1985 racer84
Renault 5 Turbo 2 1985, 1387cc. The Turbo 2 was launched in 1983 at a cheaper price, but now has steel instead of aluminium doors. 3167 are made
Renault A5 Alpine 1977 front
Renault A5 Alpine 1977. Launched at the 1976 Salon de Geneve the Alpine A5 was developed by Alpine with 1,397cc version of the 'Cleon' engine with hemi head and special pistons. A turbo-charged version would be offered from 1981
Renault Gordini G5 1981 front
Renault Gordini G5 1981 . For the Renault 5 Gordini (or Alpine) the 1,108cc engine was enlarged to 1,397cc and given a crossflow head to double the power.
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Renault 5 GTL 1980. The 5 GTL was distinguished from other models of the Renault 5 but its broad rubber strips protecting its flanks.
s Renault 5 TL 1982 side
Renault 5 TL 1982. The profile is the conception of Michel Boué the Renault 5 designer who had laid out the shape of Projet 122 back in 1967
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Renault 5 TL 1982. Renault virtually pioneered the hatchback idea back in 1965 with the larger Renault 16, so it was inevitable that the replacement for the Renault 4 with its rear door would be a hatchback.
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Renault 5 TL 1982 - headlamp. In 1972 non-round headlamps were still not common, so the Renault 5 stood out as 'different' and with its own chatacter.
Renault 4 TL 1986 Savane front
Renault 4 TL 1986 Savane. From 1986 the Renault goes into wind-down of production and the basic Renault 4 stops production. Both the 4 TL and 4 GTL continue, but now with the Cleon 956cc engine for the 4 TL (now named 'Savane') and 1.108cc for the 4 GTL (now named 'Clan') until production ends in 1992
Renault 6 1970 front
Renault 6 1970, with 845cc engine from its sibling the Renault 4, but an 1,108cc engine was available from 1970, and a new grille was given in 1973 with square headlamps
Renault 5 Five 1980 front
Renault 5 Five 1980. A new entry level model, the 'Five' was created in April 1987, and it was the first to get the new generation grille. Side protection panels are deleted.
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