Scottish Elises

Any one know about Renault Alpine GTAs?


I like the look of them and I'm thinking of replacing the 924 eventually.
+ v6 turbo, RWD, rear engined, pretty pokey, 2+2.
- french, epensive, reliability?

The vauge Lotus connections:
They use the same UN1 gearbox as the Esprit.
Plastic shell, lightweight chassis.

Otherwise it's back to an Excel:

glutten for punishment arent you !

I don't know but look forward to the fixer up'r thread

Speak to Craig at MMC - one of his guys just sold a mint one of these and knows them inside out. Sure he'd be happy to put you in touch.

I had one 1986-88.
It was great to drive and look at but even at 2 years old a couple of problems came up - sticky throttle made for some interesting town driving, gearbox broke (jumping out of 5th I recall), fixed on warranty thankfully, also wife (to be) had major issue when bonnet release cable parted, not a big problem in itself, but as fuel filler was in there it was not ideal situation. AA man did a break and enter, apparently not so difficult due to bendy plastic bonnet. Apparently electrics can be iffy although I never had any issues.

Must admit, I had looked at a couple of ads recently in fit of nostalgia, but not enough room in garage or enough spare time to take one on.

Good luck.

Still pie in the sky for the moment, but just looking for now...

The old school 911 thread and then this...............

Always gets me thinking about 'classic' cars of one kind or another. I appreciate its topical given the P'heads article on the Fulvia but they are a bit of a favourite, simple mechanics but too much of a project or Alfa Giulia GTV's but some of the prices and ultimately the way I'd want one restored would be time consuming/expensive.

I have a hankering for one but I'd need to stop working and then couldn't afford it

924?

Rich H wrote: The vauge Lotus connections:
They use the same UN1 gearbox as the Esprit.
Plastic shell, lightweight chassis.

And same rear lights as the M100 Elan.

Excel is a better looking car than the GTA (IMHO of course), and probably easier to maintain / get parts.

Pretty much the same sort of price bracket too.

GTA is more powerful through. 2.2 NA slant 4 vs 2.4 Turbo V6

Always had a major soft spot for the GTAs - 2.5 Turbo or 2.8 NA (bonkers interior & all - pure '80s graphic equaliser seperate from head unit ), even more so for the A610 which replaced it - it got the 3.0 Turbo IIRC

I see one driving around Livingston frequently.

Never seen it broken down, yet

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Marcos Tandy died in one

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Hope you're proud of yourself