Renault R5 Turbo 4820113080883

Renault R5 Turbo 4820113080883Based on an R5 Alpine body, modified by the Heuliez coachbuilders, the Renault 5 Turbo was presented as a concept car at the Salon de lAutomobile de Paris 1978 [car show]. Group 4 approved on 1 September 1980, the prototypes first trial took place a few months earlier at the Giro dItalia.

It would play a crucial role in the 1944 D-Day landings and during the Battle of Normandy

combined with a very high performance computer

the British Army relied on the 4-ton 4x4 General Service Truck to fulfil this role

the arrival of the six-cylinder engine together with the requirements of the Chancellery (1936) led BMW to reconsider its commercial policy and to orient its production

The rear cabin was typically constructed of painted canvas on a timber frame

6C were identical in appearance

Able to fly higher

but also has disadvantages and Dassault-Breguet carried out much development work to improve the efficiency of such planforms in the Mirage 2000

allowing it to handle all types of bomb trailers and aircraft

produced in excess of 1

Their role was deep penetration reconnaissance

France and England simultaneously started the studies of a supersonic transport aircraft