Subject: Re: Budget quattro/ 2.3 l 4kq (nac)

[Larry C Leung]

I forgot which (I thought it was the Turbo2) was FWD, the other (Turbo1)
was the rear mid-engined monster. The FWD one was more publicly availible
at a more paletable price, in Europe. The FWD one was more comparable to
the GTi's (and Pug GTi's) etc of their day. There higher end sport coupe
was the Fuego (not sure of the R number) which could be had from hot
(turbo) to not. Pretty car though.

LL - NY

On Thu, 6 Dec 2001 00:04:16 -0500 "ricematthews" <ricematthews at msn.com>
writes:
>>> Yeah, but the Renault had the R5 Turbo that was really cool.  I do
>agree
>>> the LeCar really wasn't.
>
>>Ditto, the Turbo II's were even more so. I read once in an old Car
>and
>>Driver where they tested one of them, they remarked something to the
>effect
>>of "0-60 in... OH MY GOD!" ;)
>
>Yeah - I've seen a few of those R5 Turbos - mostly in Europe.
>Apparently
>there also used to be someone near me in Pennsylvania who was a bit of
>an
>expert on them and who owned a few.  He was mentioned in an article I
>saw
>about the R5T in AutoWeek a few years back.
>
>Other than the same general body shape, they shared almost nothing
>else with
>the standard R5 (Le Car).  The Turbos were rear wheel drive, and if
>memory
>serves, rear engined.  With all that power and that little bit of
>weight, it
>was quite a car for the time!
>
>