Renault 4 movie

[citroenxm]

Skoda estelle .. modern day renault 10 after reno sold the tooling to the cheqz .. how do i know the estelle is brill ......... ah well......

[russ92xmsed]

Really...never knew that.

[citroenxm]

Yup.. starting life as the skoda 105r or something and eventually being the brill estelle.. look at a mark one skoda.. not exactly the same but similar .. Im led to believe they bought reno ten tooling...

[russ92xmsed]

They certainly look similar...just googled them!

I suppose it makes sense, both rear engined etc....

[MTXM]

That was really great Vince many thanks!! Our family had a R4 in my early childhood that took us all holidaying over the UK, including Scotland, Wales and Ireland. I still remember the reg. that was TWC 373E. I will get a photo from my parents to upload. The senior doctor at our local health centre is also an R4 fan and has a late model recently repainted in bright yellow! Regards, Matthew T.

[CitroJim]

I'm a massive R4 fan after owning two of them as a teenager. My first was a 1969 model with 6v electrics.. If you think the XM has bad headlights then they're brilliant (no pun intended) compared to 6v R4 ones...

My second was a 1972 one with 12v electrics. It got sandwiched in a crash but it survived and was repaired under the insurance of the person who rear-ended me. The R4 came off best out of the car I was pushed into and the one that ran into the back of me... They're tough old birds...

As a bonus, when they rebuilt the front end they had to install the lights and bonnet from the later model so it had a facelift as well as a repair...

Those two R4s never let me down. Absolutely fantastic cars. Swapped the last one in for an early R5. Another brilliant car - essentially just an R4 in a pretty dress.

That R5 lasted me several years and them it was off to Cyprus for a few years and MG Metros as in those days we had to fly the flag during overseas duty and drive British...

I'll never forget my R4s. Happy memories...

[russ92xmsed]

I've only just this moment watched it. It's a brilliant little car. I remember Matthew you saying your parents had one, with a very aerodynamic roof box.

That R5 movie another excellent film, has also influenced me to complete a R5 illustration. Finished today and turned out very nicely too.
Well done Renault for taking the time to make these.

[Vince]

Ive always had a hankering for a mark 1 renault 5.....

[russ92xmsed]

I can satisfy that need Vince...with a poster!

[Jan-hendrik]

I think this photo belongs in this thread. Can anyone identify it?