{"id":49369,"date":"2017-11-24T10:52:05","date_gmt":"2017-11-24T10:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.influx.co.uk\/?p=49369"},"modified":"2026-05-29T11:56:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T10:56:30","slug":"super-cinqs-renaults","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/cars\/super-cinqs-renaults\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Cinqs: the small Renaults 5s of the 70s and 80s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It\u2019s 1976. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>ABBA, Elton John and Queen are riding high in the charts, the Queen opens Birmingham\u2019s National Exhibition Centre, and when kids weren\u2019t riding their Raleigh Choppers up and down the streets of Britain, they were glued to the Multi-Coloured Swap Shop (the rest of us had George and Mildred and The New Avengers). Concorde enjoyed its first commercial flight, and the long hot summer brought temperatures \u2013 and droughts \u2013 as hot as the fledgling class of small hatchbacks which had started to appear.<\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Renault-5_02.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Renault-5_02.jpg\" alt=\"Renault 5 Alpine in all its glory\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>The Renault 5 Alpine was launched in 1976 and offered a genuine go-faster Gallic alternative to the Germanic Golf. Just like the InterCity 125 train that appeared the same year, it was as discreetly stylish as the Golf, too, with its signature blue or black paintwork, silver or red \u2018A5\u2019 body coachlines and racy Rostyle-look wheels.<\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Renault-5_03.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Renault-5_03.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Renault 5 on the road\"  \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>With 93bhp from a 1,397cc, twin-choke Weber 32DIR58 carburettor-fed engine, the 5 Alpine \u2013 Gordini in the UK due to Chrysler owning the rights to the Alpine name on these shores \u2013 could crack 60mph from rest in 10.7 seconds and go on to 107mph, and was marketed as sorting out \u2018the men from the boy racers\u2019. While it might not have been as powerful or as quick as its teutonic rival, it cut as much of a rakish dash. The small, square Renault first appeared in 1972, and with the 5 Gordini\u2019s output twice that of the 1.1 version of<em> La Regie\u2019s<\/em> new baby, it was clear there was more to the R5\u2019s future than just being a very chic urban runabout.<\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Renault-5_04.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Renault-5_04.jpg\" alt=\"Black Renault 5 Alpine\/Gordini Turbo\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>The Renault 5 Gordini\/Alpine Turbo of 1982 was the second step. It was basically the Alpine\/Gordini with a Garrett T3 turbocharger bolted to the engine so the performance and power increases were significant. Embracing the burgeoning trend for forced-induction and adopting Renault\u2019s turbocharging technology seen on its F1 cars, the 110bhp 5 Alpine Turbo boasted 18 per cent more power than its naturally aspirated sister and did the 0-60mph dash a second quicker. Much more aligned with the Golf GTI in terms of go, at \u00a35,752, it was a useful \u00a3400 cheaper.<\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Renault-5_05.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Renault-5_05.jpg\" alt=\"Small red Renault 5 Turbo\"  \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>If the 5 Alpine and 5 Alpine Turbo were the warm-up acts, the main attraction arrived in 1980. The Renault 5 Turbo may have had a less evocative name than the Alpine\/Gordini Turbo, but what it lacked in syllables it made up for in supremacy. With 160bhp and 155lb ft from essentially the same 1,397cc engine as the Alpine Turbo (with the added benefit of Bosch K-Jetronic fuel injection), its pace was intergalactic, with 60mph reached in just seven seconds and a top speed of 125mph.<\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Renault-5_06.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Renault-5_06.jpg\" alt=\"The inner workings of a Renault 5 Turbo\"  \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>A truly mad mid-engined layout turned the small hatch concept on its head, and with 10-inch wider bodywork made from steel and aluminium, and the bonnet, flared wings and bumpers fashioned from polyester, it had truly space-age looks. With the distended rear bodywork from the pen of Bertone\u2019s Marcello Gandini, it wasn\u2019t pretty \u2013 but it wasn\u2019t meant to be. Designed to go rallying, Renault had deigned to build on the R5\u2019s earlier motorsport success, and the 5 Turbo was built to compete in Group 4 racing. Its ferociously fast Porsche 928S-like pace meant Renault\u2019s new rear-wheel drive baby enjoyed its first victory at 1981\u2019s Monte-Carlo Rally at the hands of the legendary Jean Ragnotti.<\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Renault-5_07.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Renault-5_07.jpg\" alt=\"Renault Sport in the snow\"  \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>At \u00a312,000, the small Renault 5 Turbo\u2019s price was double that of the Alpine Turbo, but with 70 per cent more power, the 5 Turbo was a true mid-engined, supercar-baiting exotic. A bespoke \u2013 and very garishly 1980s \u2013 interior made the ultimate 5 even more special. And what did it matter if you could carry less shopping or passengers: the Jaeger dials, two-spoke abstract steering wheel and contrasting Olympe Bleu or Rouge Grenade combinations meant \u2013 mon dieu! \u2013 you got noticed.<\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Renault-5_08.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Renault-5_08.jpg\" alt=\"Interior of Renault 5 Turbo\"  \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Now as much a cultural icon as a motoring one, performance car aficionados may recall the 5 Turbo\u2019s role in the 1983 James Bond film <em>Never Say Never Again<\/em>, where a red version of the mid-engined wonder was driven by Barbara Carrera\u2019s villain Fatima Blush, her tailoring as sharp as her 5 Turbo\u2019s handling. But Bond and a modified Yamaha motorbike couldn\u2019t give chase and ultimately, the 5 Turbo stole the show \u2013 even secret agents had to give second best to the wide-bodied Renault supermini!<\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Renault-5_09-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Renault-5_09-1.jpg\" alt=\"Small but mighty - the Renault Turbo 2\"  \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>The most expensive non-imported model in French car showrooms during 1981, the 5 Turbo\u2019s competition included the similarly rallying-focused 135bhp Vauxhall Chevette 2300HS and 150bhp Sunbeam Lotus. A second run of less exotic, all-steel-bodied \u2018Turbo 2\u2019 cars was built from 1983-1985, with around 5,000 Turbos of all generations built at Alpine\u2019s Dieppe plant. While the first 400 satisfied the Group 4 homologation requirements, few could foretell that<em> la petite bombe<\/em> would be so popular.<\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Renault-5_10.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Renault-5_10.jpg\" alt=\"Small Renault car\"  \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>While the 5 Turbo was still competitive in the forests, it was discontinued for the road, being replaced by the 5 GT Turbo, a new model based on the second-generation \u2018Supercinq\u2019 Renault 5 was introduced in 1984. Appealing to a whole new generation of hot hatch enthusiasts, the 5 GT Turbo\u2019s smooth looks, go-faster stripes and pokey performance offered more dash for less cash than the Golf GTI. It also had warp-speed turbo lag, but with 113bhp and a 0 to 60mph time of 7.5 seconds, it was almost as fast as its mid-engined predecessor.<\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Renault-5_11.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Renault-5_11.jpg\" alt=\"Small Renault car\"  \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Still powered by the 1,397cc \u2018Cl\u00e9on-Fonte\u2019 engine dating back to the 1960s, the 5 GT Turbo gained a water-cooled turbocharger in 1987, as well as new bumpers and side skirts. Power was nudged to 118bhp, while an updated interior was added in 1989. A special \u2018Raider\u2019 model appeared in 1990, while the last Renault 5 GT Turbos rolled off the lines in 1991. Replaced by the Clio 16V, along with the Peugeot 205 GTI, the 5 GT Turbo was one of the darlings of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/features\/the-max-power-generation-or-whatever-happened-to-the-likely-lads\/\"><em>Max Power<\/em> generation<\/a>. Now considered a 1980s hot hatch icon, the GT Turbo\u2019s performance is as blistering as its tacked-on wheel arch extensions.<\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Renault-5_12.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Renault-5_12.jpg\" alt=\"Renault Sport cars with their drivers\"  \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><strong>The Williams and Renault Sport-tuned Clios of the 1990s and 2000s may have achieved near-legendary status for their blend of go-faster chuckability and raw thrills, but the hot 5 of the 1980s laid the template for Renault\u2019s go-faster success. They may not have truly been the first, but they squealed and darted off the hot hatch starting grid with <\/strong><strong><em>une goutte<\/em> of Gallic flair. Undoubtedly, they were the <\/strong><strong><em>super<\/em><\/strong><strong> Cinqs.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Renault-5_13.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Renault-5_13.jpg\" alt=\"Renault on the track\"  \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s 1976. ABBA, Elton John and Queen are riding high in the charts, the Queen opens Birmingham\u2019s National Exhibition Centre, and when kids weren\u2019t riding their Raleigh Choppers up and down the streets of Britain, they were glued to the Multi-Coloured Swap Shop (the rest of us had George and Mildred and The New Avengers).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":49379,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1779,1928],"tags":[212,2530,2836,383,80],"class_list":["post-49369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cars","category-edition","tag-french","tag-french-car","tag-gandini","tag-hot-hatch","tag-renault","manufacturers-renault-2"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Super Cinqs: the small Renaults 5s of the 70s and 80s - Influx<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Four decades ago, Renault produced the first of a range of incredible sporty 5s. 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