

Of course, the company sought to capitalise on this turbocharging expertise, and many of their cars from the 1980s have gone on to be cult performance classics.Įven mundane models like the Phase 1 R5 got a dose of boost. Renault were on a bit of a roll in the early ’80s, and their hugely powerful (and it must be said, hugely unreliable) F1 cars really were doing a great job of promoting forced induction as the engine technology of the period.

Renault were once keen to strap a turbo to every model in their ’80s range and this rare little R5 must be one of the coolest This week it’s Adrian Fletcher’s Renault 5 from 2015. Welcome to this week’s FC Throwback, where we take a look back at some of our favourite previous feature cars.
