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Baby Doll - Renault 5 (in the historical test)

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Created on October 1, 1972

Reading time 7min

Written by:

Johannes Czernin

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Renault 5 TL (1971) - mit praktischer Heckklappe

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Renault 5 TL (1971) - frühes Foto

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Renault R5 (1972) - er hat sie, die praktische Heckklappe

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Renault R5 (1972) - mit oder ohne Rolldach

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Renault 5 TL (1972) - der praktische Alltagswagen aus Frankreich

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Renault 5 TL am Genfer Automobilsalon 1972 - kompakte Ausmasse und Frontantrieb - der R5 ist noch nicht in der Schweiz erhältlich

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Renault 5 TL am Genfer Automobilsalon 1972 - elastische Stossfänger sollen beim R5 die Folgen von Remplern verringern

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Renault 5 am Genfer Automobilsalon 1972 - Schnittmodell des kompakten Fronttrieblers R5, dessen Export in die Schweiz noch nicht angelaufen ist zu diesem Zeitpunkt

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Renault 5 am Genfer Automobilsalon 1972 - Schnittmodell des pfiffigen Fronttrieblers R5

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Renault 5 TL (1973) - kompakt und praktisch dank Heckklappe - am Genfer Automobilsalon von 1973

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Renault R5 (1972) - die ganze Palette auf einem Bild

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Renault R5 (1972) - Durchsichtszeichnung - Blick auf die Technik

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Renault R5 (1972) - das Armaturenbrett braucht nicht viele Erklärungen

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Renault 5 GTL (1979) - mit fünf Türen

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Renault 5 Alpine (1976) - stärker und sportlicher

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Renault R5 TL (1973) - R5 für den Wettbewerbseinsatz - Internationale Automobilausstellung (IAA) in Frankfurt 1973

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Renault R5 - Renault R5 bei der Rallye Monte Carlo 1979

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Renault 5 - Renault R5 an der Rallye Monte Carlo 1978

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Renault 5 (1979) - zusammen mit Renault Supercinq von 1984

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Renault 5 GT Turbo (1987) - Turbo auch im schmalen R5

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Summary

Renault launched the small R5 on the market in January 1972. The "Cinq" was a modern compact sedan with many strengths and hardly any weaknesses. The Austrian Auto Revue was full of praise, because the little car was practical, comfortable and sporty at the same time. This report reproduces the original wording of the 1972 test and shows the Renault 5 in many pictures.

This article contains the following chapters

Comfort sedan
Tried-and-tested features adopted and recombined
Solidly built
Refined and cost-saving
Large van?
Surprisingly fast
One shoe size bigger
Sporty and comfortable
Off-road capable
A stick instead of a crutch
Suitable as a second or first car without restrictions
Comparison of the Renault 5 with the competition

Estimated reading time: 7min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Around six months after its launch, the Renault 5 is coming to Austria. It has already become extremely popular in France. In many European countries, sellers of other cars see it as a dangerous threat, and experts predict that it will win one or more "Car of the Year" titles at the end of the year. But what can this new little Renault really do, and what chances will it have on our market? When I took delivery of the test car, I had never driven the R5 before, nor had I ever sat in it. Perhaps that's why I should list the spontaneous impressions I had when I got in. First reaction: What a small car! Second reaction: With my 1.82 m length, I'm sitting unusually low and not at all comfortable behind the high steering wheel! Third flash: There's a lot of space in there! And then, after the first few meters on the road: Great, it springs like a large comfort sedan.

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