Richard Hammond Reviews 2001 The Renault Avantime
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- Опубликовано: 17 окт 2024
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With only about 400 of these in the United Kingdom, this is one of the rarest cars you can stumble upon to the point where you will be really lucky to see one. Also like the unique Coupe/MPV crossover design and the fantastic space/visibility, making it possibly one of the most luxurious cars on the market. Definitely an awesome car!
I've seen five
I never knew how rare they were lol
dennis trident william
Yep, very rare. Not you usual bog-standard family car.
I'm happy that I've only Seen 2 Very rare cars indeed
"making it possibly one of the most luxurious cars on the market"
What are you smoking, my dude?
I owned an Aventime for 13 years and the only problem was what the hell do you replace it with? It took a Tesla Model S for me to let go of the best and most exciting vehicle I had ever owned.
+Mark Martin good man, I was too young to pick these up. I really, really want one!
What engine did you have in yours?
ZesPak french Renaults are the BEST!!! i got a 19 Energy from the early 2000s..
Should have kept the avantime.
@@vakasm8227 I miss it when I see one on the road, but I am very happy with the Model S. Now I am waiting for Renault's all electric vehicle with French design uniqueness.
King Cobra... This comment is everything
Am I the only one who found the hiccups a load of bollocks? Whoever wrote this was hopefully fired. Quirky, cool car though.
the hiccup joke he was doing worn thin after his first hiccup it propper annoyed me
Yes, it took away from the whole review, and the car itself.
Fired is a bit far, maybe just tortured a bit
at least he wasn't breaking wind.. then again I may have given him an idea..sorry..
maybe he wrote it after the accident \(°_o)/¯
The music and the presentation of this review seem dated... the car still looks so modern! A classic.
the music is from the time and the disappearing act is not so good regardless of time
S. Leo Chapman given they hardly sold any of these, they will become a decent collectable classic.
Kristian Myhre-Bjerkenes he never said or even alluded to it being shot in 13.
I remember men and motors, but was teen when it launched, so mainly remember the topless darts show. I don't actually remember any motor related shows from M&M.
I thought the review was shot in 2001.....😳
@@datathunderstormIt is from 2001, but at that time people were still living in the 90s if you get what I mean.
Tesla nowadays: "We've invented a whole new reduced interior style."
Renault: "Really?"
2:37 "guys if we shake the camera back and forth it will look like the future!"- said no one ever
Really an ICON of a car concept production. Such a pity it flopped. They really should make it come back at some point soon.
20 years ahead of time, if it were available in 2020 with an electric motor they would sell like hot cakes.
Agreed. It would fit right in with cars designed in the last 4 years.
Evs are shit
They still look good today!, it's a shame they flopped
As it STILL looks modern, nearly 20 years later, I expect that it truly was just too ahead of its time
I consider it a modern classic for sure
Driving it makes you feel like you really do own the road. Bit on the thirsty side, and parts are expensive, but I love mine and would not let it go for any German saloon.
Haha back in 2007 one of these was in traffic in our town and literally everyone stared at it I remember thinking "is that Espace on drugs??" Lol the guy in sitting in it looked really embarrassed it was like time stopped when it appeared
The filmmaking is soo cheeeesyyy
Typical for the late 90s and early 00s
Looks like something from Croatian tv.
I love that Top Gear section where the three guys shaped it down 7 seconds faster around the track XD
even today it looks fresh
I was looking forward to a decent review of this car, but all the arty shots and hiccups really got in the way. I'd like to have seen more of what the car actually offered and less of Hamster and his silly nonsense.
I wish they'd just do _one_ shot where they show you the driver's view of the dashboard. Just for one second would have been good.
Still loving the Avantime. It still a great looker.
I've seen about three of these on UK roads. Rare as rocking horse shit...
I've seen none
i've seen one in silver in italy
I've seen 2. One in grey and a blue one that lives round the corner from my house
rocking horse shit? what is that?
Was it offered in right hand drive?
Tbh it’s actually a cool vehicle. The colour combination and design just add modern 2022 retro and hybrid petroleum electric and these would be hugely popular
By father bought one because they are really rare (8.600) and will soon cost a LOT of money.
The doors on these things are huge and ridiculously heavy, I'm sure they could easly stop a pistol round.
It's funny to see how the next 2000's Renault models look will be inspired by this car
Less units than the Aventador
so 90's feeling there :D
A real pity they only sold about 8000 of these :/ i'd really love one second hand, but they're inpossible to come by
You can find one here: www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/739500139.htm?ca=22_s
+Paul Hojda They pop up on Ebay with some regularity. They were down to £2-£3k but are now rising for a good specimen.
1:40. So that is why he was not on the Top Gear Peugeot meeting in Paris…
It's quirky n awkward but downright unique. Nice job, renault.
The Aventine was ahead of its time
The only person to wear worse shirts than Chandler Bing
Queen Anne who cares?
Doug could do a 1hour rewiew about this car.
The music that plays on 2:02 is a remixed version of the Doctor Who theme.
Still - Allons-y! :D
what show's this from? 7 years later Richard would mod this car with Jeremy and James on Top Gear to try and make it faster than a Mitsubishi Evo :-)
wow, now that is a car with personality.
+Revving Machines fantastic soundtrack and review.
I'm going to see one soon think
I will be coming home with it.
0:26 "Still could be worse"
And after that TG reference - Jeremy shouting *HAMMOOOONNNND YOU IDIOT* or May shouting *CLARKSOOON* :D
They could launch this car today and it would still look futuristic
I love this car
Were these even sold in the UK? I have never seen one of these ever.
If that has been offered in the states, I would have bought it in a hot second
This car is weird enough to be mine.
I recall reading about it back then, my favorite part of the article being a picture of a girl walking briskly away from James May, with the caption something like "He suggested she try it in the Open Air with him...", that apparently being a trade name for one of the car's features.
As unreliable as these old frenchies were, I miss the madness. The massive 607 and c6, the bonkers avantime and 1007. Even something weird like the Vel Satis
Love the Doctor Who music in the background at 2:02
This is the most niche of niches
This car looked great: such a shame I never got to buy one. But then I did have a bright orange Multipla 😀
Those hiccup scenes got annoying after the first 3
I'd love one of these!, always been a fan of the avantime
Me too
2:34 Oh yeeeeah. Beat is pumping!
A great Renault!
They would have sold a million or more had they exported it to the U.S. This is one of only three cars that Clarkson, Hammond, and May all like. Thanks.
Yeah sure
Awwwwwwwwww, The hamster looks so young
I've only ever seen 1.
I've seen 3 McLaren P1's!!!!
Where tf did you saw an Avantime and 3 MCLAREN P1'S wtf
Nice beard, Richard Hammond :)
Reminds me of the goatee he has now.
Would love to see one of these, I am a sucker for a rare car
What a car! Only the underrated French could design it and produce it. Another DS?
It's a crossover. Even ahead of the Toyota RAV4, which was specifically a crossover SUV. This is basically the Kia Soul, Jaguar i-Pace, and Mercedes Benz GLA ancestor.
Except this has absolutely zero off-road pretension. It's just a different take on a grand tourer coupé, based on an aluminium spaceframe chassis derived from the Espace minivan.
I have never seen one of these on the road in person before
I want a 2019 model!
holy shit that camera man hahahahaha. Going nuts
This made the front cover and centre-spread of Cringe Monthly...
"they will sell as many as they can make" aaaaand Matra went out of business because of the Avantime.
I love it how open and airy this car feels, I appreciated that in a car
So basically it's a mixture of Espace and Scenic but without rear doors
Too ahead of its time. 20 years later and this car does not look dated.
recommended in 2024
class
Made by Matra, just like the early Espace. Unfortunately Renault released the competing Vel Satis around the same time, basically killing Matra by doing so.
far ahead of it's time
Whats the song name?
I thought that car was the same one they modified in their try to beat EVO X time challenge
This is the most 2001 video ever.
I hope whoever wrote, filmed & directed this all fell into a big, deep hole after this - terrible!!
Get the ford to Renault 40 years of design book it's got this and some more mental Renault concepts
The only thing bad about this car is the little runt showing it off
from the front it looks like a more stylish Honda Fit
It's MUCH bigger.
Dat fucking moustache...
+kerk tp More like an _almostache_.
It's a nice car, but it never got a diesel engine in the UK like it's brother, the Renault Vel-Satis did. A diesel version in the UK would have got better economy figures over the heavy thirsty 2.0 litre, 2.2 litre, and V6 petrol engines.
Diesel would have been criminal in this. The V6 just needed to be bigger than 3 litres - a 3.6 version would have been good, and there's room in that block for up to 5 litres.
@@richardharrold9736 It got a diesel in France and some other regions, also France love their diesels too.
@@anthonyperkins7556 diesels are hateful abominations, acceptable only in agricultural 4x4s. The only one that's remotely acceptable is the BMW straight six.
This looks like a megane 2 crossed with a clio 2002
A stylish mpv & 1 of 2 I'd buy this than a S max
I love the car,😃thank you.😆
It’s a “grand tourer” 😏😉😂
2:34 song name please !!!
Passengers of shit - Stapletapewormsonmypenis
Piotr Pyszczyński Sub Tropic by Endian
The hiccups are annoying
Only car that can demand attraction from a Ferrari
This hiccups and teleporting bullshit with the low tech music is an example of how not to do a review. Hammond should use his earnings from TG and Discovery to buy the review and never let it be seen again. Not your finest hour.
That model would have sold well in the States . I don't believe Renaud has any presence here but its clearly our loss .
@@dodecahedron1 Chrysler destroyed Renault's reputation in the US!
Isn't video editing effects fun?
Did anybody else notice the “Doctor Who” inspired background music specifically designed to go with the time jumping hiccups theme?
I first set eyes on the Avantime in the dystopian movie "Children of Men". I thought it was the ugliest car I'd ever seen. The Avantime here looks actually good.
This car is soooo cooool
the only thing that looks bad at this car is the back. And only the ugly designed back ist the part, Renault has puz on their other models too.
exactly. I like this car too but it is impractical to be honest, but it was a brave attempt to "look" in the future, when you consider, that a VW Golf 4 was state of the art back in 2001
I wish this sold better. I guess it was too expensive.
02:03 Doctor Who?
Lol that French accent
5:41 XD
So which doctor who is Richard Hammond?
10 and half 😂
@@Riolushe lmao
3 door scenic
se ve igual o más moderno que un vehiculo 2016/
it looks like a more modern 2016
+Giancarlo Lama Si no sabes inglés no lo intentes xD
no se mucho ingles, ocupo google traductor,
EvilAze ya me acorde, ese día encontré que la frase original no se traducía bien, así que la cambie XD
En mi opinión este coche deberían de haberlo dejado como prototipo no como coche normal.En aquellos tiempos era super caro intentar adquirir uno por sus equipamientos.
Xx_TheWolfer_xX me parece bellísimo....muy exótico
I have one
+Menandmotors Works well. Quiet, comfortable car, but a little is hardish suspension. I plan to change the original suspension Monroe to Koni that would improve road holding. Unfortunately I have no option of a glass roof.
My second car Citroen XM.
Sorry for my english, I'm from Russia.
+SlavaSMi Did you keep it?
+Esteban Restrepo Yes, my wife drive it every day.
Hammond is hyperactive haha, funny
That hiccup cap was annoying
Is that a doctor who theme remix I hear
Glad he shaved off the goatee but then he grew it back again 😭
Waste of time review really annoying with all the hiccups and disappearing act .