In the UK it would have taken no more than 15 seconds I’m sure. Nothing wrong, loved them. Your email address will not be published. By Murilee Martin. I wouldn’t buy one either, if I lived in Traverse and the nearest source of parts and service was Grand Rapids. When I was just sixteen, my best bud from high school and I drove the Encore (which now belonged to my older brother) from Boston through Canada, and all the way back to Flint. Laser-calibrated lines of sight! Not a GTA? Or should i say Dr. Peugeot? Peugeot has an interesting and popular line of cars: 108, 208, 2008, 308, 3008, 508, 5008, Partner Tepee (the only non-number model). The 500 is an exercise in styling, and works as a good retro entry level car. The early US versions had quad round lights, but later ones (after 1986) had dual rectangular sealed beams, as in the pic below. Wow, does this look familiar, esp. I’ll join the chorus in congratulating you on this find.It’s been a long while since I’ve seen either an Alliance or Encore. Curbside Classic tells the other side of the story after the golden caliper awards have tarnished and collect dust down the cellar. Every bump would generate wobbling sheetmetal noise! The Renault Alliance was the product of the American Motors partnership with Renault, which came about after the United States government refused to bail out AMC as it had just done with Chrysler. Filing bankruptcy is how you get to be popular in the automotive world, just ask JD Powers. I always noticed the “loyalty to a French brand” thing here in Scotland, but attributed it to Renault/Peugeot being the only dealer for miles around. Most of you won’t like it, but that’s how I roll. Ours was already notorious for burning through alternators; it was now on its third. We parked the car on a side street under a tree, “for the shade, so it’s not so hot in there,” my brother said. A car with a magazine’s plastic emblem glued to it does not a classic make. You can often pick up a used 500C cheap, as they do get pounded for depreciation. Yep, Rose-Hulman. You made the right choice not buying that Matador Joseph, that’s the kind of car only the most devoted of AMC weirdos could love. Great story, Jim, and well-written. I think this MTCotY Alliance would be a hoot at car shows. But-the one thing I do remember about Indiana is all of the 2-lane highways and beautiful countryside that I cruised often. 1983: The Wisconsin-built Renault Alliance is the future of the automobile. Certainly explains the neatness of the Alliance. Folks thought I was nuts because I had snow tires on the rear of my Honda Civic S back in the day, & all seasons on the front. . This past Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and just over a month ago, I ventured to Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood to watch a movie at the historic Harper Theater with a close friend and her grade school-aged daughter. As for the “Renault killed AMC” trash… Yes it was Renault who sold to Chrysler but Georges Besse being murdered was what killed AMC. It took 45 seconds to hit 60 miles per hour! Even Renault cars in junkyard had to be hunted down and a replacement heater core left on the front seat to settle a class action lawsuit filed against AMC and Renault. A dealer well north of my home has a black/black 500C Pop automatic with Beats audio and a sticker just north of $19, 4 grand below the comparably equipped 2015 the guy in Toledo had. Anyone ever heard of the Grand Cherokee? The CotY tells you everything you need to know about autos in the 1980’s (Although I am quite proud of the “1984 Car of the Year” sticker on my Corvette) Funny how that works, huh?. Dad may have been content for his teenage sons to rattle around loose as he drove us around town; however, a 120-mile Interstate trip from South Bend to O’Hare Airport was something else again, so he borrowed my grandparents’ car for the drive. Infrawave! When Dad announced that he wanted to help load the car, my brother thought fast and said, “Dad, just bring Jim’s gear to the door, and I’ll load it in the car.” Our bucket brigade worked. gas tank moved inwards (now behind rear bench), with filling neck on rightside, different style quad headlamps, taillights (pre-1986 sedans), distinctive whip antenna moved from roof to rear fender (and changed to telescopic), larger bumpers, tailpipe moved from right to left. @DwezilAZ – A quick look at the history of the Citation shows you to be apparently correct. Leg room complaints diminished. A family friend worked at a Renault dealer in the late 80s, he brought one around once, let 16 year old me drive it too. It was garaged for nearly 20 years before I bought it, however was started on a regular basis every few months. Reliability wise, don’t recall too much about it, but my folks traded it in 1987 for a 85 VW Quantum GL sedan. I tried an Alliance on at the dealer when they first came out and was short of both head and leg room. Our two ’83s were super little cars. Used to plug in the block heater over night. Just before my senior year in college, Dad told me I could take the Renault back to school. It stayed that way until I finally sold the car. I recommend buying. Since Dad never took that street, he wouldn’t see the damage– and he didn’t, until the day came to load the car for my trip. He always drove Peugeots. Small saloons are grandma cars here so good cheap used buys, and with alloys and a spoiler they resembled Alain Menu’s 1993 BTCC car. Try to think of Renaults in terms of “scrap metal per pound” terms. Back in 1956 my father taught me to put the automatic transmission in neutral when coming to a stop so, in those days, the rear wheels were not trying to turn while the front wheels locked. Its lightweight, 1.4-liter engine and 5-speed transmission combined for exceptional fuel economy, which was great news for someone who still thought $10 was a lot of money. In all fairness? However, many loyal AMC folks bought these, but rarely bought another. There is a tremendous amount of speed variation in the audio. The ones that are still around (yes, it’s not unusual to see an occasional Alliance on the road in Kenosha) are generally pretty clean. At least it was a stick. Dunno what year it was, but it had the US federal headlights, which was a bit unusual here. I bought this exact Renault Alliance new (same color) and as a sales rep covering 5 states, drove the wheels off of it until the head gasket blew after 6 years. Just be wary, as you would with any used car. We saw quite a few of them and the basic problem was the parts that went into the car were intolerable junk. I saw a fair number of these vehicles around, but it seemed like as soon as Chrysler bought AMC they disappeared almost literally overnight, as if they had been swept away by some unseen hand-or maybe they all simply fell apart simutaneously. Why do the British drink warm beer? I’m glad I never found out what that rocking seat would do in an accident. Fiat dealer in Traverse City closed their doors last year, and the last attempt to sell the inventory was marking Fiat 500s with thousands dollars down, and it still didn’t work. Bolts holding the alternator snapping. It took considerable tenacity, but I finally got through to someone in authority and explained my story. I did have to replace the engine with one from a Renault Alliance, before I sold it.
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