To Be OFFERED AT AUCTION WITHOUT RESERVE at RM Sothebys' Paris event, 4 - 5 February 2025.

• Celebrated 1980s homologation special; rally-inspired performance hatchback
• Presented in its factory shade of White Pearl over a beige fabric interior
• Mid-mounted, turbocharged, 1.4-litre four-cylinder engine delivers 160 horsepower to the rear wheels via a five-speed manual transmission
• Resided in Japanese ownership for 33 years; now based in Germany

Heralding from the 1980s heyday for homologation specials, Renault thoroughly reworked its pretty and popular 5 hatchback to create the Turbo—a challenger to Lancia’s Stratos and the Audi quattro on the stages of the World Rally Championship. Complying with the Group 4 rulebook, the front-wheel-drive powertrain was abandoned in favour of a rear-drive setup while the back seats had to make way for a mid-mounted, turbocharged 1.4-litre engine.

Built between 1983 and 1986, the revised Turbo 2 model traded aluminium body panels for steel. Approximately 3,200 road-going examples were built. According to Renault factory records, the car offered here was finished in White Pearl and specified with tinted glass and electric windows before leaving the factory on 30 January 1984.

Thereafter, this Turbo 2 spent most of its life in Japan, having moved to the central region of Gunma in October 1988. The car remained in the country through to July 2021 before being exported to the United Kingdom, with it now consigned to auction by its current German owner.
To view this car and others currently consigned to this auction, please visit the RM website at rmsothebys.com/auctions/pa25/.