Renault’s 1st Concept car, Mégane is a spacious 4-seater saloon with a centre-pillarless design exuding comfort and luxury. Mégane can be transformed from a saloon with roomy boot to a hatchback. The rear wrap-around screen moves back by 35 cm to add extra cabin space. All doors and windows are ...
1983: the Turbo 2 version was simplified relative to its predecessor. Many more interior features were borrowed from the Renault 5 Alpine. The aluminium opening panels in the body shell (roof, hatch and doors) were replaced with sheet steel. The 160hp engine was made more driveable to facilitate everyday use. ...
By the mid ‘70s the sun had finally set on the Alpine A110’s glittering rally career, Renault’s rival Lancia dominating the scene with its mid-engined Stratos. Renault’s surprising answer to this Ferrari-powered supercar was an urban supermini, its hugely successful Five chosen as the unlikely basis for small, light and ...
In 1987 Richard Lloyd Racing also known as GTi Engineering began production of a limited series of the Porsche 962s. These closely followed the factory design but had a new rear wing and front bodywork. Much of the development work was handled by Nigel Straud who incorporated many Tony Southgate’s ...
In the early years of Rolls-Royce, a wide variety of coachbuilders were available to suit the needs, wants and whims of their customers. From the earliest Ghosts to the post-war Silver Clouds, if a client wanted something special, even if it was a bit out of the ordinary, Rolls-Royce and ...
In the late eighties, one of Nissan’s special tuning divisions known as Autech commissioned Zagato to redesign the Leopard coupe built on Nissan’s Y31 platform. The result was a bespoke coupe with odd features such as mirrors built into the fenders. Nissan was serious enough about the design to go ...
In addition to two Mazda 727Cs, twin Mazda Lola T616s (powered by Type 13B engines) participated in the 1984 LeMans endurance race. One of the T616s finished first in the C Junior (C2) class and 10th overall. Its sister car was classified third in class and 12th overall. The Mazda ...