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a già stata prevista e così i   der 1.4-liter engine was not enough, but a supercharged
  sione stradale, diventarono     version was already in the pipeline, thus the available
 zioni che tale potenza può       HP, already on the road version, was increased to 160,
 a spingere. La R5 Turbo ven-     leading to exhilarating performances of the kind that
 li stabilimenti della Alpine a   this level of power can produce when having to drive
 venne sostituita da una ver-     only 970 kg. The R5 Turbo was always built at the Alpine
 , più economica da costrui-      facilities in Dieppe, France, and in 1982 it was replaced
  a ed esclusiva. La R5 Turbo     by another version, called Turbo 2, that was cheaper to
   la prima volta a Como, il 17   build but much less refined and exclusive. The R5 Turbo
 a con il primo proprietario, il  offered for sale was first registered in Como, on July 17th
Erba, fino al 21 Dicembre del     1981, and it remained with its first owner, the Renault
mprata dall’attuale custode,      dealership in Erba, until 21st December 2004, when it
odello che l’ha aggiunta alla     was bought by its present owner, a lover of this model
 ta per correre, già nei primi    who added it to his collection. Never used for racing,
e modifiche, quando è stato       this car underwent its only modifications early on it its
 ortivo davanti ed entrambi i     life, in the early 1980s: a more sporty front bumper was
  i in tinta carrozzeria, e sono  fitted, both bumpers were painted in the same color as
  laterali. Vettura incredibile,  the body color, and the two miniskirts were removed.
orno, con 14.500 chilometri       An incredible car that has remained as new, having
  ultimi 14 anni).                covered just 14,500 km in total (400 in the past 14 years).

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