Equipment
2.0/148hp, 5-speed manual, roll bar.
Condition
From the Petitjean collection. Mileage not represented or shown. Lightly used engine bay. A little wear on the steering wheel and a few chips on the roll bar but the interior (what there is of one, at least) mostly looks good. Scratches on the filler cap, a few cracks in the paint, and a small scrape on one of the bumpers. No windshield or radio (the only two options). Has been sitting for a while, but will probably take less to get back on the road than some of the other cars out of this collection.
Market commentary
If a Lotus Elise is just too luxurious and mainstream for you, the Renault Sport Spider is another bare-bones roadster from the 2000s that looks like an insect on wheels. Built from 1996-99 at the Alpine factory in Dieppe, the 2050-pound car came with a plastic composite body over an aluminum chassis, a roll bar, and that's about it. A windshield and a radio were optional extras, and this car has neither. Renault hasn't really built anything as weird or as wonderful since, but this is a surprisingly high price for one that has been sitting and shows some wear and tear. It soared past its high estimate with some late back and forth bidding. Other decent Renault Sport Spiders have sold for under Euros 30,000, and Artcurial sold a much better 17,000-km example a couple of years ago for Euros 38,144.