Renault Supercinq GT Turbo

The Renault Supercinq GT Turbo is the sporting model of the Supercinq, sold by Renault from March 1985 to answer the Golf GTI and the Peugeot 205 GTi, and it replaced the Renault 5 Alpine Turbo. It came as the phase 1 car, the phase 2 car, the Coupe version and the limited Alain Oreille edition. It is powered by the old Cléon-Fonte engine fitted with a Garrett turbo, bored to 1,397 cubic centimetres by a long-stroke crankshaft and developing 115 horsepower at 5,750 rpm in phase 1 and 120 horsepower in phase 2, which came with a restyle in July 1987 and improved electronic ignition. The phase 1 car went on sale in France in March 1985 at 72,000 francs. A series limited to 2,000 cars in 1989, the Alain Oreille, celebrated the Group N successes of the rally driver of that name, who won the world rally Group N title in 1989 and 1990, and all of them were assembled at Haaren in Belgium. Production ended in 1991, as Renault prepared the Clio 16S as its sporting successor.