Bolting a single Garrett T3 turbocharger onto the Gordini in 1982 instantly gave the car a handy increase in power to 110bhp. Jean Vinatier won the Tour de Corse in 1964 at the wheel of his Renault 8 Gordini. Renault’s solution to this problem, as with its F1 car, was forced induction. However, this was a time of rapidly expanding power figures, and the Gordini quickly found itself outgunned by its new-found rivals. Bolting a single Garrett T3 turbocharger. The 5 Gordini's 1397cc engine produced 93bhp, more than double the power of the standard 5. The 5 Gordinis 1397cc engine produced 93bhp, more than double the power of the standard 5. But the Renault sold well, establishing a successful line that would uinderpin the company's hot hatch efforts throughout the '80s. The 5 Alpine went into production in 1976, but the Gordini didn't actually go on sale until 1979, by which time the Volkswagen Golf GTI was also on sale in right-hand drive form, offering some sterm competition. Best described as the French Mini-Cooper (and confusingly called Alpine, not Gordini, at home), the Gordini had 93bhp and a five-speed gearbox in the normal front-drive Renault 5 layout.
Undeterred, Renault’s favourite son Jean Ragnotti destroyed the opposition in the 1985 Tour de. It worked well for us Brits, as Gordini had far more resonance anyway. The final, flame-spitting evolution of the mid-engined Renault 5 Turbo, the Maxi made a valiant last stand for rear-wheel drive in the face of overwhelmingly superior all-wheel-drive Group B rivals from Audi, Austin Rover, Ford, Lancia and Peugeot. The Renault 5 Gordini was known as the Alpine in Europe, but due to Chrysler owning the UK rights to that name, the historic tuning firm's name was applied.
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