Renault 5 Campus

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The second generation Renault 5, often referred to as the Supercinq, appeared in 1985. Although the body shell and chassis were completely new, it retained familiar 5 styling cues.

The redesign was the work of Lamborghini Miura and Countach LP400 designer, the newly independent Marcello Gandini. The new body was wider and longer featuring 20 percent more glass area and more interior space, with a lower drag coefficient and 57mpg in the economy models.
Launched with a bewildering array of trim levels, body styles and engines, at any time you could have a Renault 5 van or pickup, both a three- or a five-door hatchback, a Turbo or a diesel and trim levels that went from poverty spec to the Monaco with its leather-trimmed luxury. In between all these were any number of L, TL, TSE and GTL variants.

The model was starting to show its age by 1990 when it was effectively replaced by the Clio, but carried on being sold in the UK, the Campus model in particular remaining a very popular entry level car.

This delightful Campus was purchased new by the archetypal ‘elderly lady owner’ as a brand new car in 1993. Not long after she got it, a minor skirmish with some plant pots at the local garden centre was enough for her to lose confidence in driving and she parked her shiny new car back in its garage where it has remained unused ever since.

Last taxed in 1994, it had covered just 203 miles before being put to bed, only emerging from captivity when she passed away late last year.

Its condition is very much as it left the factory, this amazing car having passed its first ever MOT in January this year with flying colours showing no advisories as one would expect. Opportunities like this don’t present themselves very often, this ‘time warp’ Renault 5 offering excellent long-term investment potential, or alternatively as the last car you will ever need to buy - a showroom condition, simple, basic and straightforward ‘super mini’ that doesn’t rely on the nightmare of electronic circuitry found in today's new cars.