Renault 5: Difference between revisions

The Renault 5 Alpine was one of the first '[[hot hatch]]es',' launched in 1976 – ''two months'' before the original [[Volkswagen Golf]] GTi, but ''two years'' after the [[Simca 1100|Simca 1100 Ti]]. The right-hand drive 5 Alpine was shown at the [[British Motor Show]] in 1978, with sales from 4 April 1979 in the U.K. – but as the Renault 5 ''Gordini'', because [[Chrysler Europe]] already had the rights to the name [[Alpine (automobile)|"Alpine"]] in the U.K. They had just used it on the [[Chrysler Alpine]], the [[Badge engineering|U.K. badged]] RHD [[Simca 1307]], introduced at that time. It was months before the 1976 VW Golf GTi right-hand drive, which took Volkswagen three years to convert to RHD.