Renault 18

The Renault 18 was a large family car built by Renault from 1978 to 1989, with South American production continuing until 1994. It was designed quickly, in about eighteen months, on the underpinnings of the older Renault 12, and Renault pitched it as its first true world car, assembling it in ten other countries across four continents. It began as a four-door saloon, gained an estate in 1979, then diesel and turbo versions, and its floorpan and drivetrain became the base of the Fuego coupe. In the United States and Canada American Motors Corporation dealers sold a re-engineered fuel-injected version from the 1981 model year as the Renault 18i, with the estate called the Sportwagon, until it was replaced for 1988 by the Eagle Medallion.