Oh really? And what about the ‘hatchback’, what about compact diesel cars, what about front wheel drive, what about mpv (big, medium and small), what about hothatches, driveshaft, turbo?? And so many more things that have been copied by the worldwide car industrie from the French.
@Lassi Kinnunen LOL that's a solid argument there. "we didn't copy you, we just reinvented what you did" You'll win a lot of debates with that one boy!
@Lassi Kinnunen Citroën is one of the most innovative and important car makers in history, even Rolls Royce and Mercedes paid them for a licence for the suspension system. Note, this was all 100-50 years ago, in the past decades they are nothing special .
BIT LOT that's an old saying when you we're driving back then in 1947 when Studebaker came out what the champion people be asking that question are you coming or going.
Clearly during the sixties everyone was on acid. I can't see otherwise how so many people thought that cars that hurt your brain just by staring at them, with no legroom, boot, or safety space, and which probably felt like driving a bus when cornering would be the future of the industry.
@@jamesslick4790 So could the 73 Galaxie, or 77 Mark V, that I used to have. "Frigate" would have probably been the better name for the 76 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Station Wagon, that I learned to drive in... though, we just called it "The Gun-Boat".
Renault: so you know our country's been going backwards lately right? France: right Renault: well chill cause we've got the solution! *rips blanket off, revealing car*
That is one of. The coolest cars I ever seen. If you reverse the interior and eliminate the so called front doors. You actually would have one of the most unique coupes on the market. Even a tiny 1.7 V8, it would have been a good seller.😀
I must admit, you've got to give it to Renault for their out-of-the-box thinking in many cases, this and the Avantime being clear examples. Sadly, they don't always translate well into commercial success.
It’s true that out of the box thinking is not always a commercial succes. But creativity leads often to new good ideas and inventions. The Renault 16 was a spectacular car when it was launched in 1965. It was never seen before a larger car with hatchback/liftback configuration: big hatch-door and folding rear seats.
I’ve been looking at this car for 15 minutes and every time I think I’m about to see it correctly, my brain rewires itself and I’m back to thinking the back is the front.
There really were a number of rear engined cars, even here in the USA. My grandfather drove a Renault Dauphine and my dad owned two Chevrolet Corvairs. An uncle drove VW Beetles exclusively (including one that he clobbered a deer with and straightened out again, this the Deerslayer - He took the deer home, prepared it and his family ate it.) This Renault takes the cake though. I can't help but think that the seating position so far in front of the wheels might be a bit awkward and the lack of a real trunk/boot would be a problem. But it looked neat if nothing else, as did the Avantime, at least in my opinion. And lest we forget the Corvair Greenbriar van, which shared its engine with the standard Corvair and put the driver ahead of the front wheels. It was a neat vehicle too. Great videos sir, and enjoyed the smeg-ups at the end!
my aunt had an Renault Aventine, sadly it was a company car and she had to return it for something else after a few years. It would have been a valuable collectors item now I think. edit: after checking it seems you can still pick them up quite cheaply , maybe I should buy one
Fascinating. Love to see you doing a Renault 16 appreciation. You used part of an original promotional clip for the 16 on this video so you've got a head start!
@@trespire Citroen indeed had a prototype very similar to the R16. Design by Citroen was a bit more futuristic. Citroen's answer was the GS as a luxury small car. I had one for some time, do not know anything better. On fact, the CX was Citroen's end. Fine car with e loud 1940s' engine. My ather bought a BX 19 diesel later, not quite as comfortable as a GS, but a work-horse built to last.
@@akronymus My first car was an '83 GSA in green. The 1.3 flat four was quick but it only had 4 gears and the air conditioning was bust. I now own 2 CX's, a '75 CX2000 which need total restoration but all the bits are there except the front seats which are out of a BX. And an '87 CX 25 GTI in metallic maroon. Just need to replace the tires which I can't find, rims are 390mm alloys. The GS came in a similar family hatchback body style as the R16, but it came with a smaller albeit lively 1.2 flat four, looked more aerodynamic and had those wonderful suspension. Frankly I don't see much in common between the two designs other than them both competing for the same market.
@@trespire The first GS came with a 1.0 l 4-cyl boxer, and it was great. I had and loved one. The Citroen prototype I was talking about has nothing to do with the GS. Renault took up the concept and put on the ridiculous base of the R4 torsion spring design.
I'm a relatively conservative guy when it comes to cars ( my love of the '59 Cadillac, notwithstanding..) But, I kinda dig this! No..Not kinda, I just dig this!
Around 1985 someone built a backwards Citroen 2CV. I remember seeing it round Birmingham and it made local TV news. Because the 2CV was separate chassis he unbolted the body and turned it round before bolting it back again. See link ruclips.net/video/wF88ohYfhhw/видео.html.
All they had to do was extend the roofline all the way to the back of the car and they would have had a massive luggage compartment above the engine and it would have given the design symmetry and not looked ridiculous. They could have just had a large removable boot floor hatch for access to the engine.
Thanks, brilliant, I had no knowledge of this. Ah the Renault Dauphine, I remember it well, not favourably. A 1.7 V8, only the French could come up with that. Finally, I remember my first time in an Espace and the feeling of being so far forward, as you say, a result of the 900 project. Thanks again for your well researched content.
Omg I have to stop & make a comment . When your daughter said, "I can't look at it anymore, it makes me feel weird." That line just cracked me up to no end, because I was thinking of how many things in daily life that saying could be applied to! Wonder if I could sell t-shirts with that printed on them?? Just too funny.
In the late sixties a mechanic/artist took a 1959 Oldsmoblie and reversed the body and reversed the headlights and tail lights. supposedly it handled pretty well, in spite of fins on the front, but it got stopped so many times by the police who couldn't believe the car was street legal, so it was buried in an undisclosed location.
1.7 V8! - I'd love a small V8, but I'd settle for a small I6. The V8 used to be available as small as 2.4 and I6 as small as 1.6. My first car was a 2.0 I6, and I loved it.
I don't find it hideous, but my brain will not allow me to see the front as the back....it's like an Escher drawing. I have a design fix, though. Put a roof over the engine and it turns into an acceptable van shape. No-one complains about the rear engined VW Combi!!!
Despite it’s popularity in fact the VW van is a horrible car: lousy on the road, unsafe, unstable, too small cargo space (due to the rear engine), expensive to maintain and from a despicable origin.
I love the way you pronounce the names of the people behind the car, it's super impressive and one of the many things that make you my favourite car channel on RUclips
I'm not surprised at the bloopers 😆. Looking at that car....... I bet that will have caught out a few 🍻 drivers! Now my head is spinning..... time for a beer lol. Nice upload. Cheers 👍
I'm more intrigued by how this monstrosity got to that stage of development,FFS!,as soon as it was pencilled the designer should have been frog marched out of the building and perhaps his mother given a slap for good measure.
Sergio: *Smoking joint with his coworkers* woahhhh, i just had an idea *what?* what if we take the cabin and the lights.... and reverse them? *holy shit dude, you're a genius*
"ill just pretend at the meeting that it was intentional so I don't get fired for drinking on the job, at least my sketch is black and white nobody can tell that im calling the front lights the rear"
In the 1990’s a friend had a Espace diesel. It had a oil level gauge that activated when you first turned the key on. It burned so much oil it was important to know the oil level. Most companies would have solved the oil burning problem, Renault instead provided a gauge!
I can relate to your daughter, because this car makes me feel weird too, and a bit confused. I wouldn't know which way to run or jump if it drove at me! One thing it is not, however, is boring, and I must admit that I quite like it for its innovative design and its' designer's imagination.
Love it. Definitely tell which way round it is. Spent my teenage years in the 90s designing cars of this layout when I should have been doing homework. Didn't know at the time I'd been beaten by Ghia and Renault
“Ah, Phillipe! Where are the new ideas for Renault’s next family car?” “Here they are. I am quite pleased with this concept.” “It’s a station wagon.” “That is ‘la derrière’. The back.” “Oh. So there is no crumple zone to protect the passengers in a head on collision?” “Merde!” Deliberately typed correctly so as not to offend any French folks with the British stereotype ‘ze’ and ‘zis’ or use of other stereotyped phrases.
VW got this right with the T1 (1950): The front wheelarches go below the front doors, with the cutout next to the driver/passenger footwells, and the little V8 should have been mounted between the rear wheels (with the transmission under the rear seats), giving plenty of room behind it for a proper (if rather warm) boot. This would also have allowed for a full size rear door for better rear access.
Their slogan unfortunately was, "Think Differently." They came up with truly different stuff. Apple's slogan while grammatically inaccurate brought out unusual products still within the mainstream.
Bravo, I only now discovered your channel, and must say very well and competent car and model introducing, with objectivity and great amount of facts. As former car seller, I can only say:" Bravo", I always liked a big part of British car(classic car) enthusiasts, for theyr curiosity to the history snd detsiled knowledge of non Britidh brands. Yhe Dauphine was also produced under the Alfa Romeo badge in Milan. Cheers.
Wow, although being a car enthusiast i never heard of this concept car, so thanks for the video! BTW i agree with your daughter just looking at it makes me feel weird too although i like it. Another similar car is the Deora a custom car from 1965.
This still feels like an early/late April fool’s joke. I still find it hard to believe a big car company like Renault would put that much resource and effort into something as bonkers as this 🤔
Thank You for a great video - always a pleasure with your reseach and knowledge.. and humor :- ) Greetings from Denmark, (Tesla Model S-owner.. a struggeling early adapter).
I like the rear lights - they'd make some good headlights.
Shut up?
How did you comment a week ago?
Interesting Elements Patreon may get videos early
@@aliabdallah102 stfu
@@GB-dp5bs yeah how? Video was released 5 days ago...
I had to sell mine after receiving 534 tickets for parking on the wrong side of the road.
Underrated comment right here lol
With the money you paid the tickets?
I got a bunch from driving backwards down one way streets...
😂
That is insane. Would have actually looked decent if they had reversed it.
You would probably be pulled over by the cops, evertime you drive in the road
It's difficult to get much speed up in reverse though.
Police: we're chasing a car reversing on the high way.
Little did they know...
They would probably just catch it in 2 seconds lol
@Conrad Ali I messed this up and now I own facebok. what do I do??
"The French copy no one, and no one copies the French." Now we know why.
Oh really? And what about the ‘hatchback’, what about compact diesel cars, what about front wheel drive, what about mpv (big, medium and small), what about hothatches, driveshaft, turbo?? And so many more things that have been copied by the worldwide car industrie from the French.
@Lassi Kinnunen LOL that's a solid argument there. "we didn't copy you, we just reinvented what you did"
You'll win a lot of debates with that one boy!
@Lassi Kinnunen Citroën is one of the most innovative and important car makers in history, even Rolls Royce and Mercedes paid them for a licence for the suspension system. Note, this was all 100-50 years ago, in the past decades they are nothing special .
@@UTopia-eg7gm avantime a lost cause i would love one renault 4 citroen ds gs cx and the list goes on
Hh Zz Citroen ruled
"Is that the back or the front?"
"Yes"
Yoi really tried
BIT LOT that's an old saying when you we're driving back then in 1947 when Studebaker came out what the champion people be asking that question are you coming or going.
This is not a regular car. It has a frack, and it has a bont.
and at the rear, you find a bonnoot.
Therefore in the US I suppose the car would have had a trood and hunk....
Calum Baxter 🤣
Allo Allo
indeed, it has a hoot and a bood
Clearly during the sixties everyone was on acid. I can't see otherwise how so many people thought that cars that hurt your brain just by staring at them, with no legroom, boot, or safety space, and which probably felt like driving a bus when cornering would be the future of the industry.
I know. I wish I was there !
i was,
@@paulhammersley4562 I was only there for 8 months . Missed the moon landing and Woodstock. Bloody incubator lol!
Lol
This was designed in the fifties, long before hippies and psychedelic trips. It's just French creativity :-)
Scary car to be seen heading toward you. You would think someone was driving the wrong way on the road.
😂Very true, I simply wouldn't know which way to run or jump if I saw this car coming at me!
Ha ha, yes you would.
The only time you would be fine with the car is at night, because you can't see how ugly it is, and you see the rear taillights
Considering it being backwards, should have been called "tluaner 006"
derdnuH eniN tluaneR
.efil rof noissaP
That would be 006 tcejorp tluaner.
duol tuo hgual isht si ynnuf gniredisnoc eht rac
not gonna lie, that's a better use of the body and cool name as well, Spyhunter623.
My uncle had a Renault 16 TS. It was the most comfortable car I have ever ridden in, in 1975 when I visitted
The Renault Frigate " A boat of a car"
American car industry: That's cute.
True, My 1971 Buick Electra could have used the Renault "Frigate" as a dinghy! 😃
@@jamesslick4790 So could the 73 Galaxie, or 77 Mark V, that I used to have. "Frigate" would have probably been the better name for the 76 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Station Wagon, that I learned to drive in... though, we just called it "The Gun-Boat".
My nephews called my Dodge "the aircraft carrier".
@@guylarawayjr571 Lol... Chrysler put out a few different massive automobiles.
@@truckertriesfarming9792 I call my 1972 Newport "the 747 " and my 1995 Ram "the aircraft carrier"
Renault: so you know our country's been going backwards lately right?
France: right
Renault: well chill cause we've got the solution! *rips blanket off, revealing car*
So it has red headlights, what's that supposed to do? Wait, that's the back?
Well its still technically going backwards unless you reverse...
“vive la différence” took on a whole new meaning! Thanks for sharing BigCar!
Vel Satis and Avantime seem to have channelled Project 900's weirdness several decades on...
Certainly the avantime.
At least the Avantime looked good.
Renault can't do posh like VW or nice looking like Peugeot so they go for ugly. How's that working out for you Regie?
@@torpedience Talisman Looks pretty good.
@@Ce0ammer yes, one of the good designs, especially the rear.
Oh, so that's how they've shot those scenes in Tenet.
That is one of. The coolest cars I ever seen. If you reverse the interior and eliminate the so called front doors. You actually would have one of the most unique coupes on the market. Even a tiny 1.7 V8, it would have been a good seller.😀
That bus like thing with the rear patio would probably have actually been a big seller. I want one...
I must admit, you've got to give it to Renault for their out-of-the-box thinking in many cases, this and the Avantime being clear examples. Sadly, they don't always translate well into commercial success.
It’s true that out of the box thinking is not always a commercial succes. But creativity leads often to new good ideas and inventions. The Renault 16 was a spectacular car when it was launched in 1965. It was never seen before a larger car with hatchback/liftback configuration: big hatch-door and folding rear seats.
I’ve been looking at this car for 15 minutes and every time I think I’m about to see it correctly, my brain rewires itself and I’m back to thinking the back is the front.
The struggle is real......
There really were a number of rear engined cars, even here in the USA. My grandfather drove a Renault Dauphine and my dad owned two Chevrolet Corvairs. An uncle drove VW Beetles exclusively (including one that he clobbered a deer with and straightened out again, this the Deerslayer - He took the deer home, prepared it and his family ate it.) This Renault takes the cake though. I can't help but think that the seating position so far in front of the wheels might be a bit awkward and the lack of a real trunk/boot would be a problem. But it looked neat if nothing else, as did the Avantime, at least in my opinion. And lest we forget the Corvair Greenbriar van, which shared its engine with the standard Corvair and put the driver ahead of the front wheels. It was a neat vehicle too. Great videos sir, and enjoyed the smeg-ups at the end!
my aunt had an Renault Aventine, sadly it was a company car and she had to return it for something else after a few years. It would have been a valuable collectors item now I think. edit: after checking it seems you can still pick them up quite cheaply , maybe I should buy one
@catmodelt The UltraVan was cool. Forgot that my ex father in law drove a VW Squareback wagon for most of my ex's childhood. Neat cars all the same.
If they oriented the interior the opposite way around, it actually might have been an attractive design.
Yep, a short wheelbase rwd car for city with 4 doors
NON...!
@@PistonDriven its 2 against you dude
@@polentusmax6100 Tiens ma bière..
If you were part of the design team, the 900 may have been a commercial success.
Fascinating. Love to see you doing a Renault 16 appreciation. You used part of an original promotional clip for the 16 on this video so you've got a head start!
That's a good promo film for footage. I'm sure over time I'll cover it!
@@BigCar2 I'll second a R16 episode. My cousin had one when I was young and I found it quite impressive compared to my Dad's Holden HK.
Love it to bits, but then I am both a huge fan of Renault´s more wacky/unconventional cars and wacky cars in general.
"Its a boat of a car"
*laughs in Cadillac Fleetwood*
😄😄😄😄😄
i love the renault 16 a car ahead of its time
… and it was counterfeit Citroen prototype
@@akronymus How was the R-16 a Citroen, it doesn't share anything with Citroen design from the early '70s.
@@trespire
Citroen indeed had a prototype very similar to the R16. Design by Citroen was a bit more futuristic.
Citroen's answer was the GS as a luxury small car. I had one for some time, do not know anything better.
On fact, the CX was Citroen's end. Fine car with e loud 1940s' engine.
My ather bought a BX 19 diesel later, not quite as comfortable as a GS, but a work-horse built to last.
@@akronymus My first car was an '83 GSA in green. The 1.3 flat four was quick but it only had 4 gears and the air conditioning was bust.
I now own 2 CX's, a '75 CX2000 which need total restoration but all the bits are there except the front seats which are out of a BX. And an '87 CX 25 GTI in metallic maroon. Just need to replace the tires which I can't find, rims are 390mm alloys.
The GS came in a similar family hatchback body style as the R16, but it came with a smaller albeit lively 1.2 flat four, looked more aerodynamic and had those wonderful suspension.
Frankly I don't see much in common between the two designs other than them both competing for the same market.
@@trespire
The first GS came with a 1.0 l 4-cyl boxer, and it was great. I had and loved one.
The Citroen prototype I was talking about has nothing to do with the GS. Renault took up the concept and put on the ridiculous base of the R4 torsion spring design.
Legend has it 'it went backwards faster than it did forward'.
Teacher: the test isn't confusing
The test:
Dam. I thought it was James May who thought of this when he made that limousine
LOL. i was thinking the same thing
Def inspired his Salfa Romeaab.
Haha yea it really does look like something this old child man would come up with. No way actual engineers did this ..
@@nocensorship8092 Calm down mate
@@MattysCars whats your problem, ..
Of course Renault did this, they're professionally odd and loveable. Makes my Clio look like the odd normal car in their stable.
Even the Clio V6 looks more sensible than the 900.
I'm a relatively conservative guy when it comes to cars ( my love of the '59 Cadillac, notwithstanding..) But, I kinda dig this! No..Not kinda, I just dig this!
You and I both mate
Great video. Quickly becoming one of my favorite car channels.... And I only discovered you last week!
Around 1985 someone built a backwards Citroen 2CV. I remember seeing it round Birmingham and it made local TV news. Because the 2CV was separate chassis he unbolted the body and turned it round before bolting it back again. See link ruclips.net/video/wF88ohYfhhw/видео.html.
Wow... never heard about this car. Great video, thanks for making and sharing it.
All they had to do was extend the roofline all the way to the back of the car and they would have had a massive luggage compartment above the engine and it would have given the design symmetry and not looked ridiculous.
They could have just had a large removable boot floor hatch for access to the engine.
The vehicles with the best access to the engine are those where the engine drops out - usually on the motorway.
You have just described the VW Combi van
@@harveysmith100 I was thinking the same :). So the real credits go to the german designers...
Splendid as usual! Thank you!!!
Thanks, brilliant, I had no knowledge of this. Ah the Renault Dauphine, I remember it well, not favourably.
A 1.7 V8, only the French could come up with that. Finally, I remember my first time in an Espace and the feeling of being so far forward, as you say, a result of the 900 project.
Thanks again for your well researched content.
1.7 liter V8. smooth as a sewing machine and about as much power?
A Gordini would probably have had a 2.0 l V8 with 4 Webers. And we know from Alfa and Ferrari what such an engine is capable of !
You outdid yourself with this one! Thanks tons!!!
Ferdinand Picard was an ancestor of Jean-Luc Picard of the Starship Enterprise fame.
Hello fellow Trekkie! 🖖
That explains a lot about the design!
Its always rewarding to watch these videos. Thank you.
Glad you like them!
Me: trust me, this is the front. He just told us.
My brain: hell no think the other way around
Fantastic and innovative design!!!
Omg I have to stop & make a comment . When your daughter said, "I can't look at it anymore, it makes me feel weird." That line just cracked me up to no end, because I was thinking of how many things in daily life that saying could be applied to! Wonder if I could sell t-shirts with that printed on them?? Just too funny.
I'll have her make her first million selling them on the street!
This is very interesting. Thanks for creating this video!!
I wonder if anyone ever reversed one of these to make it go the right way and look like it's supposed to.
In the late sixties a mechanic/artist took a 1959 Oldsmoblie and reversed the body and reversed the headlights and tail lights. supposedly it handled pretty well, in spite of fins on the front, but it got stopped so many times by the police who couldn't believe the car was street legal, so it was buried in an undisclosed location.
@@johnwilson1094 What a waste of a car. Why bury it?
1.7 V8! - I'd love a small V8, but I'd settle for a small I6. The V8 used to be available as small as 2.4 and I6 as small as 1.6. My first car was a 2.0 I6, and I loved it.
I'd love to have that 1.7 liter V8 and transaxle- for my [Suzuki] Geo Metro!
Great off-the-wall subject which is well delivered. Good for you, Mr BigCar, another interesting documentary.
Glad you enjoyed it Simon!
I would totally crap myself if I suddenly found myself driving up behind this thing at 120 km an hour in the freeway.
I'm French and thank you for this video. Nothing so good has been done in french, about this car. Well done.
You’re welcome Henri
It's as if they designed the car the normal way forward but, at the last second, flipped the interior to the back.
Love this find. Thank you Sir!
This that car they show you when they tryna make you have a stroke.
You really tried
There is one car that comes to mind: 1958 Fiat 600 Multipla Mirafiori
I'm the backwards man, the backwards man, the backwards man, I can walk backwards as fast as you can, I can walk backwards as fast as you can.
This is the first time I've heard about this car, also I'm really hoping that you will do the history of the Hillman Avenger.
I don't find it hideous, but my brain will not allow me to see the front as the back....it's like an Escher drawing.
I have a design fix, though. Put a roof over the engine and it turns into an acceptable van shape. No-one complains about the rear engined VW Combi!!!
Spend a few days looking at it (like I did making the video) and it sorts itself out.
Torpedience - ...and the Corvair station wagon.
I will look that one up. But I kinda lile the Corvair and other odd shaped cars. Even the Renault Alpine (original) takes a bit of getting used to.
Despite it’s popularity in fact the VW van is a horrible car: lousy on the road, unsafe, unstable, too small cargo space (due to the rear engine), expensive to maintain and from a despicable origin.
@@UTopia-eg7gm The despicable origin is the main problem if you ask me.
I love the way you pronounce the names of the people behind the car, it's super impressive and one of the many things that make you my favourite car channel on RUclips
Watching it again, I think I got the pronunciation of "Selene" wrong. Oh well...
Puttin it in reverse hit different
I just thought about the idea of a car like this a few days ago and then it shows up in my recommended. Can RUclips read minds now?? 😂
Teacher: The test wouldn't be that confusing.
The test:
I'm not surprised at the bloopers 😆. Looking at that car....... I bet that will have caught out a few 🍻 drivers!
Now my head is spinning..... time for a beer lol. Nice upload. Cheers 👍
Germany: engineering
Italy: design
US: low cost
Japan: eficiency
France: utter ugliness
They make good beautiful cars too including the Bugatti's
You mean France ugly and genius overengineering, and Germany quality.
It’s odd that I was recommended this because I was literally just driving my car wondering what it would be like if the front wasn’t so long
Only Renault could come up with something like this! My Dad had a rear engined Renault 10 back in the day and that was awful too!
The 8 and the 10 were damn fine cars, in their day
Look up Soviet NAMI-014 and NAMI-A50.
@@ФилиппЛыков-д8е Some great futuristic desighns😀
What do you mean: that was awful "too"?
🙂
@@stevenvanhulle7242 Maybe he meant "awesome"?
Its like they thought they were making a truck but 75% of the way through they figured out they needed to make a car
Renault is weird!
But it has a really decent engine: the "CHT" engine or "Cleon Fonte" remastered engine (in Brazil)
That car's design is definitely the most aerodynamic. Especially at 3:16 those cars looks like the most aerodynamic thing ever: a water drop.
Very strange. I'll watch the video then come up with a suitably derogatory response
The back lights don't look out of place in a modern car
Wonderful! Thanks. Please do one on the R16.
I'm more intrigued by how this monstrosity got to that stage of development,FFS!,as soon as it was pencilled the designer should have been frog marched out of the building and perhaps his mother given a slap for good measure.
Frogmarched- lol!🤣
Sergio: *Smoking joint with his coworkers*
woahhhh, i just had an idea
*what?*
what if we take the cabin and the lights.... and reverse them?
*holy shit dude, you're a genius*
*"Oh fk I placed the steering wheel at the back"*
"ill just pretend at the meeting that it was intentional so I don't get fired for drinking on the job, at least my sketch is black and white nobody can tell that im calling the front lights the rear"
In the 1990’s a friend had a Espace diesel. It had a oil level gauge that activated when you first turned the key on. It burned so much oil it was important to know the oil level. Most companies would have solved the oil burning problem, Renault instead provided a gauge!
This seems quite dangerous since it would confuse other motorists
i love this channel's content, more power
I really like it!Reminds me a bit of the cab over engine pickups from Ford,Dodge and GM in the 60s.
I can relate to your daughter, because this car makes me feel weird too, and a bit confused. I wouldn't know which way to run or jump if it drove at me! One thing it is not, however, is boring, and I must admit that I quite like it for its innovative design and its' designer's imagination.
Indeed!
Brilliant story as ever. And the out-takes :-)
“Like a pregnant fish” 😂😂😂
Love all the Lego cars in the background!
Thank you 🤗
Looks a little like a 500 multipla but more ouththere.
Fiat 600 Multipla?
Wait to see Vilbrequin's Milltipla (1000 hp in a Multipla !).
Love it. Definitely tell which way round it is. Spent my teenage years in the 90s designing cars of this layout when I should have been doing homework. Didn't know at the time I'd been beaten by Ghia and Renault
“Ah, Phillipe! Where are the new ideas for Renault’s next family car?”
“Here they are. I am quite pleased with this concept.”
“It’s a station wagon.”
“That is ‘la derrière’. The back.”
“Oh. So there is no crumple zone to protect the passengers in a head on collision?”
“Merde!”
Deliberately typed correctly so as not to offend any French folks with the British stereotype ‘ze’ and ‘zis’ or use of other stereotyped phrases.
VW got this right with the T1 (1950): The front wheelarches go below the front doors, with the cutout next to the driver/passenger footwells, and the little V8 should have been mounted between the rear wheels (with the transmission under the rear seats), giving plenty of room behind it for a proper (if rather warm) boot. This would also have allowed for a full size rear door for better rear access.
Renault should have been the first to use the term "Think Different" instead of Apple.
*Stare citroënly*
Their slogan unfortunately was, "Think Differently." They came up with truly different stuff. Apple's slogan while grammatically inaccurate brought out unusual products still within the mainstream.
Bravo, I only now discovered your channel, and must say very well and competent car and model introducing, with objectivity and great amount of facts. As former car seller, I can only say:" Bravo", I always liked a big part of British car(classic car) enthusiasts, for theyr curiosity to the history snd detsiled knowledge of non Britidh brands. Yhe Dauphine was also produced under the Alfa Romeo badge in Milan. Cheers.
Glad you like my videos Nino!
British English for Innovative: “Innivitive”
Yeah that shit is driving me crazy
I've never seen or heard of the Project 900 but I really want one!
"like a pregnant fish" 😂
I perfectly understand your daughter. I felt sick watching this car!
A car never heard about before....
An excellent video!
who the hell dislikes this ??
maybe French people ?
Great video, never knew that car existed.
This makes Homer Simpson's Canyonero look like a Rolls Royce.
Homer Simpson was in charge of the design of the Powell Motors Homer. And Powell Motors went bankrupt.
Yeah the Canyonero was "the only truck endorsed by a clown"
@@ahoneyman With the disclaimer "not safe for off-road or on-road use" 😁
12 yards long, 2 lanes wide,
65 tons of American pride.
Top of the line in utility sports,
Unexplained fires are a matter for the courts!
I'm amazed the _Frigatte_ made it off the drawing board. (I'm actually amazed it even made it ONTO the drawing board.)
0:00 Make Renault Megane story
Wow, although being a car enthusiast i never heard of this concept car, so thanks for the video!
BTW i agree with your daughter just looking at it makes me feel weird too although i like it.
Another similar car is the Deora a custom car from 1965.
This still feels like an early/late April fool’s joke. I still find it hard to believe a big car company like Renault would put that much resource and effort into something as bonkers as this 🤔
People used to drink a lot more at work I suppose
Thank You for a great video - always a pleasure with your reseach and knowledge.. and humor :- )
Greetings from Denmark,
(Tesla Model S-owner.. a struggeling early adapter).
Glad you like it Mr J!
Well it's a French company what can you expect?