Renault Express

The Renault Express is a panel van that succeeded the Renault 4 Fourgonette in July 1985 and was based on the second-generation Renault 5. It is identical to the 5 back to the A-pillar apart from a few stylistic changes, with a wheelbase about 15 cm longer, a raised cab roof and a box structure behind the B-pillar. It came as a panel van with up to two seats, a glazed five-seat combi, a pickup, a wheelchair van and various special bodies, and every wheel was independently suspended. In the United Kingdom and Ireland it was the Renault Extra and in German-speaking countries the Renault Rapid. Phase 1 ran from 1985 to 1991 with a 1,595 cc diesel and the Renault 5 petrol engines, Phase 2 added Clio engines and a 1,870 cc diesel, and Phase 3 ran from 1994 until the Kangoo replaced it in 1997. Production continued in Uruguay until April 2001.