There is more from the OttOmobile brand. The new 1:18 scale resin Renault 8 Gordini (Group F) is sure looking pretty is Baby Blue and livery skin. Model is scheduled for release in May 2016. Don’t forget to mark your calendars!
About the Renault 8/10 Gordini… “The Renault 8 (Renault R8 until 1964) and Renault 10 are two rear-engined, rear-wheel drive small family cars produced by the French manufacturer Renault in the 1960s and early 1970s. The 8 was launched in 1962, and the 10, a more upmarket version of the 8, was launched in 1965. The Renault 8 ceased production and sales in France in 1973. By then the Renault 10 had already been replaced, two years earlier, by the front wheel drive Renault 12.
They were produced in Bulgaria until 1970 (see Bulgarrenault), and an adapted version of the Renault 8 continued to be produced in Spain until 1976. In Romania, a version of the 8 was produced under license between 1968 and 1971 as the Dacia 1100. In total 37,546 Dacia 1100s were built.
The 8 design looks very similar to the Alfa Romeo front-wheel drive prototype tipo 103 (1960), because Alfa Romeo and Renault had a business relationship in the 1950s and 1960s. Renault was marketing Alfa Romeo cars and Alfa Romeo was building the Renault Dauphine (1959–1964), Ondine (an up-market version of the Dauphine) (1961–1962) and R4 (1962–1964) under license in Italy. In total 70,502 Dauphine/Ondine and 41,809 R4’s were built by Alfa Romeo.”
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I’ve been a rally fan for many, many years and I have no idea what the Group F class refers to. The car looks purposeful and I suspect it’s some sort of modern class for historic cars. Here in Ireland we have a ‘modified’ class dominated by MKII Escorts with over 300 bhp and sequential gearboxes which are much faster than when the car was current. I can’t make up my mind on this one, even though I like the Renault 8 Gordini…..
It’s a little hard to like this car. It appears to be three merged shoe boxes with an assortment of lights thrown pell-mell at the front.
Add resin, garnish with decals, and presto! We have a recipe tantamount in taste to tofu cake. Next, please.
I would like to know witch rallye and the drivers name on this model.
Anybody knows ???