Unique track car for sale: Renault Circuit

Unfortunately not mine. But a very cool looking car. And check out the car sitting in the garage in one of the shots.

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wait a second, i thought french cars were supposed to be ugly...

Yea... actually hadn't heard of that car. Pretty sweet though! Certainly unique. The headlight/duct design on the front I figure would be rather (that word I can't think of) but its actually looks pretty neat how they did it.

A little searching revealed that apparently they're converted to racers in Europe pretty often so the parts were probably available from venders.

Little Enzo action back there?

This is one of the first cars that I lusted over when I first discovered British car mags in the early '90s. That's when I discovered that special kind of desire that's reserved for the things that are unobtainable. Well, pertaining to cars, anyway.

Even the street cars had optional windshields - standard was a wind diffuser/wing like this, which directs the wind over the driver's head. (Probably not the bugs or rocks, though.) They definitely broke ground for the original Elise.

What's the rule for importing non-DOT cars into the States? I think I need one of these in street trim.

alex wrote: What's the rule for importing non-DOT cars into the States? I think I need one of these in street trim.

In a nutshell:

25 years old or older: You're golden.

24 years old or newer: Has to at least pass saftey and smog for that year. They may have tightened the rules up even more after the Motorex GT-R fiasco.

alex wrote: Even the street cars had optional windshields - standard was a wind diffuser/wing like this, which directs the wind over the driver's head. (Probably not the bugs or rocks, though.) They definitely broke ground for the original Elise.

The Sport Spider was conceived at around the same time as the Elise, but released slightly earlier. You can see the (lack of) windscreen in this pic.

I didn't think they made a windshield (I may just be misinformed).

I honestly wasn't aware of a proper 'screen either, but a bunch of Google image results came up with one. It may have been a popular aftermarket option. I certainly need one with only the diffuser, that's for sure.

They were an Elise competitor. Mid engined twin cam four out of the Renault Clio Williams...One of the best handling Front drivers at the time. Their aluminum frames were designed to be welded. This meant that the aluminum framework was heavy. Meanwhile, next door at the same aluminum processing company, the Lotus Elise frame aluminum extrusions were being glued and divoted. Renault were aware of the Elise but not the specifics of the frame manufacture. When Lotus exhibited the Elise frame concurrently with the showing of the car, the Renault speedster engineer was blown away. he could not believe that Lotus were successful in accomplishing such a Light weight and rigid frame without welding. I'd love to own one, though.

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Nice car, too bad someone dropped a canoe on it.

Canoe!