Renault Super 5

The Renault Super 5, also called the Supercinq, is a B-segment supermini that Renault built from 1984 to 1996 as the replacement for the original Renault 5. Development began in 1978 under the code name Project 140, and the design finally moved forward when Marcello Gandini proposed adapting the R5 to new market needs while keeping a familiar profile. It is a three or five door hatchback with front-wheel drive and a transverse petrol engine, built on the chassis of the Renault 9 and 11, and the range ran from a 1.1 litre 48 bhp engine to the 120 bhp GT Turbo. Renault made more than three million of them at plants in France, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Venezuela and Slovenia, and the 5 GT Turbo also competed in rallying, winning the production car world championship in 1989 and 1990.