GTP Cool Wall: 1966 Renault R8 Gordini 1300

[Jahgee]

1966 Renault R8 Gordini 1300 nominated by @AlvaroF

Body: 4-Door Saloon
Engines: 1.3L I4
Power Output: 104 HP
Transmission: 4-Speed Manual
Drivetrain: Rear Engine, Rear Wheel Drive

 

[Parker]

Very high cool from me.

 

[cbarbosa]

Cool classic racer! 👍

 

[Legro]

Very cool but not cool enough to be sub-zero.

Edit: Looks like I forgot the Not from my original post, sorry.

 

[lilcat89]

Looks like I need to learn more about this car. To the google....

 

[MoLiEG]

Just a meh.

 

[AudiMan2011]

A cool RR sedan.

 

[GTPorsche]

Very cool.

 

[Slash]

Uncool.

 

[GTP_Ingram]

Would daily driver the hell outta one of these. Sideways. Sub zero.

 

[Doodle]

Would daily driver the hell outta one of these. Sideways. Sub zero.

Who wouldn't?

 

[mustang fanatic]

Meh.

 

[Turtle]

French Rear-Engined rally car; It's too sub-zero to handle.

 

[GranTurismo916]

Sub-Zero. Awesome. One of the best Renaults ever.

 

[Liquid]

Cool but ugly.

 

[Adamgp]

Ugly little thing.

SU.

 

[Roflwaffle]

Classic French Rally car? Sub Zero.

 

[INEEDNAWZZZ]

Rear engined with a roll cage as standard? It's like the GT3 RS of yesteryear.

In all seriousness, very high cool. Ugly as hell but still somewhat tough looking which would turn heads in a good way. Also has racing stripes, rally spotlights and is a classic Renault. What's not cool there?

 

[JAHHAJ]

Very high cool not quite Sub Zero for me, it doesn't have the looks to get in that territory in my opinion.

 

[Wiegert]

Cool. Such a slab-sided front end with a hood design that makes it look permanently pissed off, but the character makes up for its minor aesthetic shortcomings.

Would daily driver the hell outta one of these. Sideways.

Not sure about "daily", but sideways...

 

[Katiegan]

Cool, and even cooler with some mudflaps and spotlights on.

 

[GTP_Ingram]

Not sure about "daily", but sideways...

Why would you not want to drive something that fun daily?

 

[SlipZtrEm]

A solid cool, in the '60's-cooking-sedan-turned-motorsports-hero-faint-whiff-of-David-and-Goliath mould. Pissing off the muscle-or-nothing contigent makes it even cooler.

 

[Wiegert]

Why would you not want to drive something that fun daily?

Well we wouldn't want to overdose on that "fun" now, would we?

 

[JMoney]

It's ugly.
It's power output is dismal.
It's engine is dismal.

But it's rear-engined. And any RR car that isn't a Porsche or VW is an automatic cool.

 

[TheCracker]

C.B.N.a.L.C.

 

[Tunerguy21]

Who wouldn't?

These people, apparently:

Uncool.

Meh.

Ugly little thing.

SU.

Solid cool.

 

[Doodle]

These people, apparently:

I know, and I respect their opinions. This isn't their cup of tea.

 

[FordMKIVJ5]

It's ugly.
It's power output is dismal.
It's engine is dismal.

Because extracting 104hp out of a 1.3l I4 in the 1960s is dismal?

 

[JMoney]

Because extracting 104hp out of a 1.3l I4 in the 1960s is dismal?

No, that's well-engineered. It's still very much dismal.

 

[AlvaroF]

I guess I could see V8 troop voting Meh downwards on this just because they beated their ass out in the touring car championship back in the day. And also because as established in another threads their definition of coolness.


Anyway, this car is very much sub-zero.
Racing car pedigree? Check
French? Check
Rear-engined? Oh yeah.
And you can carry your family around, sideways as a bonus

Also am I the only one who thinks this car isn't that ugly?


Side note: I've seen that car in the pic probably 2 years ago and the picture was taken in the town I have as my location. It's actually quite compact and it looks better in person. Trust me one of the best things I've ever seen