Renault 5 Turbo
Renault 5 Turbo ( 1980-1982 )
The Renault 5 Turbo was a sports car produced by Renault. It was based on the R5 and was launched in March 1980.
The vehicle was equipped with a 4 -cylinder mid-engine with turbocharger. The engine was mounted longitudinally in front of the rear axle and drive to the rear wheels. With a displacement of 1397 cc, he made 118 kW (160 hp). The maximum torque of 210 Nm is reached at 3250 min-1. By the mid-engine Renault 5 Turbo was in contrast to the other models in the series with R5 front engine a two-seat vehicle.
The Renault 5 Turbo is a special form of this series and is not to be confused with other turbo engine-powered variants of the R5 ( Renault 5 Alpine Turbo, Renault 5 GT Turbo).
Vehicle specifications
The body of the Renault 5 Turbo differed from that of the civilian R5 mainly by greatly widened fenders, which were integrated in the rear fender air inlets and outlets for water and oil cooling. Thus, the body width was 1750 mm compared with 1530 mm for the base model. This visual feature earned him the name Back Turbo.
The performance of the Renault 5 Turbo were at that time at the level of sports car classic type. The acceleration from 0 to 100 km / h 6.9 seconds, and was thus only 0.1 seconds longer than the former Porsche 911 SC. The top speed but moved as a result of the body shape and the vehicle concept owed worse aerodynamics at a lower level. With 205 km / h exceeded the Renault 5 Turbo, although the then fastest model in the compact class, the VW Golf GTI (81 kW/110 hp, 182 km / h) significantly, a Porsche 924 with only 92 kW/125 hp reached this speed, however, also.
The purchase price of approximately DM 42,000 was initially at the level of the entry-level model of the former Mercedes S-Class. The base model of R5, however, was already available for DM under 10,000.
The Renault 5 Turbo was produced from mid- 1980 to late 1982, after which he was succeeded by the Renault 5 Turbo 2, was built by the beginning of 1986.
Motorsport
As a rally car, the Renault was homologated 5 Turbo in 1981 in accordance with FIA regulations of Group 4 for taking part in the World Rally Championship between 1982 and 1986 in group B. The vehicle won three World Cup races: Rally Monte Carlo 1981 Tour. de Corse 1982 Tour de Corse 1985 driver was in all three cases, Jean Ragnotti -. during the first two victories with co-driver Jean -Marc Andrié, 1985 Co - pilot Pierre Thimonier What is remarkable about the success of the Renault 5 Turbo as the overall winner of World Championship races is the fact that the vehicle was classified with a capacity of only 1397 cc with a turbo factor of 1.4 in the class up to 2000 cc and thus not the biggest capacity prescribed class belonged.
The concept to build a rally car with mid-engine on a small car or a compact car, set the trend for this sport in the eighties. Peugeot, Lancia and Austin Rover followed this path as well. In contrast to their cars - as well as to those equipped with front engines use Audi vehicles - but lacked the Renault 5 Turbo with the four-wheel drive, the crucial technical characteristic that distinguished the most successful vehicles in the group B era.
Between 1981 and 1984 the Renault 5 Turbo made or Renault 5 Turbo 2 on the track, the race car for one -make cup with the name Elf Renault 5 Turbo European Cup. As the name suggests, the series was advertised throughout Europe, the runs took place partly in the framework program of the European Formula 1 Grand Prix of those years. In parallel, continue to the national championships of the already then traditional R5 Cup with front-wheel drive front engine vehicles of the type Renault 5 Alpine Turbo were discharged. The Elf Renault 5 Turbo Europacup reached high attention among other things, by deliberately placed as guest -known riders like Jan Lammers and Walter Röhrl. The latter graduated as reigning World Rally Champion, the two premiere race of the Cup in 1981.
Others
In 1983 had a red Renault 5 Turbo 2 a movie appearance in the James Bond film Never Say Never Again, where the vehicle is to be seen in a car chase.