Equipment
1397 158hp, 5 speed, Alloy wheels, Michelin TRX tires, pop out sunroof, power windows, Blaupunkt cassette stereo.
Condition
From the Cayman Museum Slightly dull paint with cracks on the roof Good original interior Grubby engine bay Rarely seen at all, much less for sale, here in the US
Market commentary
Bought through Proxibid with 12% commission. The 5 Turbo was a mid engined, rear drive, turbocharged hatchback built to homologate the mid engined turbocharged 5 for rallying and featured in the 1983 Bond Film Never Say Never Again. The concept for this hottest of hatches proved popular enough for Renault to build more than the 400 examples required for WRC homologation, but still only around 1,800 were ever built. Mecum sold a 5 Turbo in Monterey last August for $130,000, but that was a very well kept running and driving one owner example and was one of the more desirable early homologation cars with aluminum bodywork and fiberglass flares. This 5 Turbo, on the other hand, is one of the standard production examples and in average museum car condition. The price it brought here is more representative of the model and will become expensive once the new owner spends the small fortune necessary to make it run and drive reliably.