{"id":23210,"date":"2022-02-21T22:12:24","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T21:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/?p=23210"},"modified":"2022-02-21T22:12:24","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T21:12:24","slug":"the-return-of-the-famous-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/index.php\/the-return-of-the-famous-5\/","title":{"rendered":"The return of the famous 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ren5_pic1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-23212\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ren5_pic1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ren5_pic1.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ren5_pic1-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ren5_pic1-768x452.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/a>As the Renault 5 turns 50 this year, we talk to some previous owners about life with the French supermini \u2026 and reveal how the classic car is set to make a comeback writes Geraldine Herbert<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jack Lynch was Taoiseach, Elton John was topping the charts and The Godfather was the film everyone was talking about: the year was 1972.<\/p>\n<p>It was also the year Renault launched the first supermini, the Renault 5. It was a\u00a0<em>voiture \u00e0 vivre<\/em>: a car for all seasons, for holidays and work, for weekdays and weekends, for town and country and would go on to sell more than five million units.<\/p>\n<p>And it wasn\u2019t only the Europeans who were charmed by the innovative design and practicality \u2014 it was sold in both the US and Japan under the name of Renault Le Car and Renault Go respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Cheap and reliable, it was a big hit with first-time car buyers. Jason O\u2019Brien splashed out \u00a3300 on a 1981 Red Renault 5.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was 24 and I bought if off an old lady in Tramore,\u201d says Jason. \u201cI travelled all over the country in that car. There was no heating in it, and no radio. The windows sometimes rolled down, but not back up. The driver\u2019s door had no lock, so I had to always park the driver\u2019s side of the car near a wall and climb across and get out the passenger\u2019s door. I also bought one of those steering locks that were put on the steering wheel and gearstick to prevent your car been robbed. Looking back now, I don\u2019t think I needed it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Siobh\u00e1n Cronin was the proud owner of a lime green Renault 5 she bought in 1989, having just started her first job as a \u2018roving\u2019 reporter with the\u00a0<em>Leitrim Observer<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a child, I never had many dolls but I had a big box of Corgi and Matchbox cars, which I still had until very recently! And when I watched American TV shows I was always more fascinated by the cars the detectives drove, rather than the characters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving spent the first few weeks of my new reporting job getting lifts off solicitors and court clerks to attend courts all around Leitrim, Cavan, Sligo and Roscommon, I was so excited to have my own \u2018wheels\u2019. I also was able to ditch the two-stage bus or rail journey from Leitrim home to Cork once or twice a month, and have the comfort of my little Renault, \u2018Robbie\u2019 \u2013 complete with the Goodmans tape stereo system, of course.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ren5_pic2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-23213 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ren5_pic2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ren5_pic2.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ren5_pic2-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ren5_pic2-768x487.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-newsletter=\"\"><\/div>\n<div data-newsletter=\"\">\n<p>Siobhan still remembers one particular visit to the courthouse in Ballinamore, Co Leitrim<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wasn\u2019t long driving and had parked outside the gates of the courthouse. To my horror, I hit the accelerator instead of the brake as I was stopping, and my car jumped forward and create a domino effect with all the cars parked on the little hill there, all the while being watched by what seemed like every garda and solicitor in Co Leitrim, who were all chatting outside the courthouse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did a small bit of damage to several tail-lights. I left a note on every windscreen with contact details, but nobody ever rang me. I think all the owners probably saw it happening and felt sorry for the cub reporter with the L-plates,\u201d says Siobh\u00e1n.<\/p>\n<p>Most Renault 5s were fitted with a modest engine but if you wanted to go fast on a budget, there was the Alpine. Launched in 1976, it was the original hot hatch.<\/p>\n<p>Karl Carpenter\u2019s first set of wheels was a beige Renault 5.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy car had a stereo unit, a tape cassette radio, and Siberian tiger print seat covers. It was like something out of\u00a0<em>Only Fools and Horses<\/em>. I thought it was great until I went to France, where a mate of mine had\u00a0a Renault 5 Alpine. It was a monster, and on the road it was incredible,\u201d recalls Karl.<\/p>\n<p>But it wasn\u2019t just young drivers Renault had identified as their target market \u2014 there was a growing demand for a second car in households and women were increasingly becoming car owners.<\/p>\n<p>A busy mum to five kids under the age of six, Maureen Tully bought her first car \u2014 a blue Renault 5 \u2014 in 1982. After a decade of reliability and service, it was replaced by Maureen\u2019s \u2018Red Rocket\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Red Rocket was just wonderful. It was noisy enough to announce my arrival to one and all and small enough when collecting the now teenagers from Wesley Disco to smell the illegal alcohol consumption that they hoped eating a packet of Tayto would hide.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe stories I overheard on those journeys home, the hearts broken and mended and the plans that were hatched when they thought I couldn\u2019t hear them over the exhaust noise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the end, the Red Rocket was towed more often than driven and when the time came to say goodbye, I did shed a tear,\u201d says Maureen.<\/p>\n<p>The Renault 5 model was available as a three- or five-door, but other variations included the Alpine or Turbo and there was an automatic option. It was to prove very popular with families as reliable and enduring transport.<\/p>\n<p>But some Renault 5s became family\u00a0cars more by accident than by design, recalls Colman Noctor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy dad worked for Renault so that\u2019s all we drove, and one weekend he had a green Renault 5 on loan to see if my mam wanted to buy it. Mam, who drove a red Renault 4 at the time, wasn\u2019t keen on it at all and in particular the colour.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was parked on a hill in our driveway when I, then only a four-year-old, while pretending to drive it, let off the handbrake and it rolled out the gate and crashed into a trailer. I can still see my dad chasing the car out the gate! We ended up having to buy it and years later both my sisters and I learned to drive in it,\u201d says Colman.<\/p>\n<p>Rob Farrell\u2019s green family car came with an extra feature \u2014 a silver bonnet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBack in the eighties, Renault 5 cars were crazy colours and it was easy to find a part for a car very cheaply. Sometimes parts would land on your doorstep when you least expected them,\u201d recalls Rob<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne day my dad was out driving when he came across a silver 5 with a green bonnet. The other driver and my Dad were on the same page straight away. They pulled over and struck a deal and no money exchanged hands. You\u2019d never see the likes of that today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There is no doubt the real strength of the Renault 5 was the diverse range. From the first generation with the gear lever on the dashboard to the R5 Turbo, it appealed to everyone from learner drivers and young mums to families and more mature drivers seeking reliable wheels. There was even a successful rallying version. It also paved the way for a host of other superminis and was eventually succeeded by the Clio.<\/p>\n<p>But the story of the Renault 5 doesn\u2019t end here \u2014 a new chapter begins in 2024 when the classic car is due to return as an all-electric model. Watch this space.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Geraldine Herbert<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>21st February 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the Renault 5 turns 50 this year, we talk to some previous owners about life with the French supermini \u2026 and reveal how the classic car is set to make a comeback writes Geraldine Herbert &nbsp; Jack Lynch was Taoiseach, Elton John was topping the charts and The Godfather was the film everyone was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23214,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17,117],"tags":[4246,223,3923,675,4444,4443,1350],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.13 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The return of the famous 5 - wheelsforwomen.ie<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"As the Renault 5 turns 50 this year, we talk to some previous owners about life with the French supermini \u2026 and reveal how the classic car is set to make a comeback writes Geraldine Herbert\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/index.php\/the-return-of-the-famous-5\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The return of the famous 5 - 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