tul66 Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 20 hours ago, 62 Austin said: I have often wondered if the Renault "Le Car" was shiteworthy. It's got a lot going for it made #2 spot on a "Cars that should never have been built" list reliability is baked into these machines and lasts as long as a loaf of French bread is edible the usual French ennui about things automotive "Renault 5" in other countries, "Le Car" in U.S., even though "La Voiture" would have been more apropos small, noisy, slow There used to be one of them along the road when we were kids in early 80's Edinburgh. No idea why it was in the country though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austat Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 10 hours ago, tul66 said: There used to be one of them along the road when we were kids in early 80's Edinburgh. No idea why it was in the country though. There was a special edition R5 called the "Le Car" sold in the UK, in France this special edition was known as the "Laureate". The "Le Car" was introduced in early '84 along with the "Laureate" so the one your talking about is probably a private import. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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62 Austin Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 37 minutes ago, Austat said: There was a special edition R5 called the "Le Car" sold in the UK, in France this special edition was known as the "Laureate". The "Le Car" was introduced in early '84 along with the "Laureate" so the one your talking about is probably a private import. Le Cars were sent to the USA from 1976 to 1983. They made an odd-looking "van" out of the Le Car, too, to go with the trendy custom van thing. Heuliez modified a few hundred of these, but only for French consumption. No rear window - but check out the red shag carpeting! Austat and bunglebus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Remspoor Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 14 hours ago, Rab said: What is the story behind this? Were they imported into NZ or is this a one off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Richard_FM Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 1 hour ago, egg said: Looks like he was trying to teach Frank Spencer to drive egg and Remspoor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 1975 christmas special, apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Austat Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 On 3/25/2020 at 10:22 AM, Austat said: I've discovered more jazzed-up Marinas. Rab, ShiteRider and Remspoor 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Richard_FM Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 40 minutes ago, bunglebus said: I think this was when Peter Duncan tried to cross the channel is a water bug. bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 The Long Good Friday (1980) Shite Ron, Austat, DSdriver and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tul66 Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 On 4/20/2020 at 6:44 AM, Austat said: There was a special edition R5 called the "Le Car" sold in the UK, in France this special edition was known as the "Laureate". The "Le Car" was introduced in early '84 along with the "Laureate" so the one your talking about is probably a private import. It was definitely the US version as it had the stupid impact bumpers. That's how we noticed it was different to all the usual R5's knocking around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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