If I Were A Designer #18: special Alpine cars

 I've yet published here my idea of a new Alpine car more than 10 years ago and I had some sportier versions called after evocating names (as was doing the Renault Twingo Gordini of this period):

 

Stronger than the normal version was a everyday sportcar named Gordini. More powerfull was the Mignotet (named after the motorist preparing the engines in the great times of the brand history). And then was the rallye evocation called Dudot (the engineer who made the turbo engines winning the WRC).

Every version was decorated after the 70's racing A110.

And now Renault introduces a limited version on its 2017 A110 entitled Tour de Corse:

The yellow body with the black hood, even the 20 brench white wheels, this one really looks like they have seen my ideas!

[of course not, I know, I've been looking after their testymony so did they and that's how you end with similar ideas]

This one is not for competition but costs 80k€ (when the base model starts at 60k€ but the Rédélé is even more expensive at 83k€!).

The cabrio seems to have been cancelled so they should not try the Barchette version I made without windshield for the Europa Cup...

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Renault Captivating

I'm still sketching from times to times, like yesterday night instead of going to sleep, when I thought that an Audi Q2 was nothing more than an A3 with angular arches, big wheels and new faces:

These sickle-cut fenders remind me of those of the new Peugeot 2008 while the Renault get bogged down in soft curves.

Yes, I'm right giving my opinion about the work of people who have the job I 've never been able to do!

Renault Clio range has no more break as the Captur is 15cm longer (the Duster event more and at the top there will be soon the Arkana a 4-doors-hatchback-SUV -they do know how to invent new body concepts but not the how to name these-) and I was wondering how there could still be a place for a more dynamical Captur, using more of the body parts from the Clio like the Q2 went from the A3:

First I tried Captur's fenders and lights on the Clio... and it's way to close from a Captur so I went to a body-builded aim but this seems to be a silly Clio Cross (that has no reason to exist)

So I came with some Morphoz inspirations, the last in time Renault's concept-car. With roof bars and a deeper trunk (like the Citroën Saxo on the Peugeot 106) so it's kind of a station wagon maybe with a Captur-like colored roof:

This will not revolutionize the Renault's design, at least i gave me fun at almost midnight!

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Renault 5 Turbo To Collect

Last Sunday I wrote that I want to hunt the Renault 5 Turbo diecast modelcars. There are plenty and just by looking after the 3 inches ranges (from 1/50 to 1/64 scales) I've seen a lot.
Starting with the ones I own:

 

R5T and Maxi 5 Majorette 1/53 (the red with the yellow base was introduced the year I was born ;) and the 1/54 Norev

Special honours to the ones I purchased but that have not yet reached my home:

 Corgi, Darda, Bburgao 1/43 (bigger than the others but not too much bigger...)

and another Norev in white road version (no picture here)

Majorette announced they were making an new one in 2020 with these horrible wheels they actually use, and some recent Hot Wheels I hope I would find in a shop (not to pay these 3 times their value with the shipping cost if I buy them on the net):

When I say these are recent that's because I've seen a few days ago a picture of the 1992 Hot Wheels catalogue and look who we have here?

Okay, at the time the Hot Wheels were very badly made and doesn't look exactly like the real cars.
This is part of the collecable game (do you really think I've purchased the Darda because it was looking nice?).











Let's finish with the 80's Majorette I really would like to collect:

From top to bottom, the Maxi 5, the very first one on the market was using the same wheels than the regular R5T. Merely in the same time went out the one with the big "sport" wheels Majo was using at this time but you can see this one is light blue!
The dark blue is the one I have. Do you thing so? Let's look at the windows, these are yellow (mine has white transparent windows). The white and the yellow cars are exactly the same with the same tampographies BUT on different colors...
The black one has a double interest because it's black, and because it's a Globa Toys (they were debranding made in France Majorette to sell without import taxes in some countries)
The next white (and the last on the bottom right) is an advertising model made on command (by both big national and small local firms). Of course if I want one I need it to be in a real good condition.
Finally in the bottom left corner is another R5T like the ones I have (and on which I discovered that there could be variations on details): the base (and the interior) are red! Red! Not orange nor yellow but red!

Of course the liste would not be complete without some regular Renault 5 (like the R5 Alpine and the pink one from Majo and the LeCar from Hot Wheels) and Supercing (mostly the rallye Team Diac driven by Alain Oreille) I do want too, but this is another story...

photo credits: https://majorette.fandom.com/wiki/Majorette_Diecast_Database
https://www.hotwheelshunters.com/majorette-annonce-une-nouvelle-version-de-la-renault-5-turbo/
eBay.fr

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eBay of the Day: Norev Renault 5 Turbo - Tour de Corse 1985

I've recently purchased 1,200 modelcars but that's not enough to stop me buying some more, and I'm starting a specific collection of Renault 5 Turbo.I have a few ones and the Maxi 5 Turbo drived by Ragnotti at 1985 Tour de Corse made by Majorette was one of my really favorite cars when I was young.
I've just received the same, by Norev (its recent production... certainly Made in China, that's not specified):

There is a road version by Norev in white which seems to be marvellous but was more expenseive. This is a 5 Turbo and not a Maxi 5 (with 6 added front lights) but it waers the same race number than the Majorette which was a Maxi... Mmh, who is right in here?


Let look at the modelcars:
Norev : R5 Turbo, 29th TdC 1985, #3, tampo Philips blue-white-red
Majorette : Maxi 5 Turbo, 26th TdC, #3 Ragnotti - Thimonier, tampo Philips blue-white-red (with more details)


Reach the history [sources from various websites and the book Ragnotti un coeur en losange]:
26th TdC = 1982, winner Ragnotti - Andrié on R5 Turbo (2d: Andruet - Biche on Ferrari 308), #7, tampo Renault Chartres yellow-black-white
29th TdC = 1985, winner Ragnotti - Thimonier on Maxi 5 Turbo (2d: Saby - Fauchille sur 205 T16), #3, tampo Philips blue-white-red

Results:
Norev has the right tampographies on the bad bodywork while Majorette used the right body with the right tampographies EXCEPT they missed the right edition of the rallye!

By searching these datas on the net I've discovered a lot of other diecast reproduction of the R5 Turbo, even in the 80's Majorette range... I will hunt a lot of these!
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