Renault 16

Renault Mégane: Now you see it. Now you don't

The Independent (Free subscription) | 10/19/2008

Some Renaults go down in history as examples of design so individual they could be mistaken for nothing else. When "foreign" cars weren't so common here, you could always recognise a Renault for its wonderfully French functionality: a Renault 16 which looked as if it could ski if turned upside-down, a Renault 4 with which to ignore speed bumps, a Renault 5 with pioneering plastic bumpers.

Here In California, We’re Crushin’ Thunderbirds! [Junkyard Find]

Worlwide Cars News at Go-Cars.org (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008

You guys who tear your hair out when you see a nice, easily restorable old car heading to The Crusher in this series… think you can work up any tears for this beyond-basket-case ‘59 T-Bird? I spotted it at the same East Bay wrecking yard that gave us the ‘69 Renault 16, and it looks [...]

• Here In California, We're Crushin' Thunderbirds! [Junkyard Find] - Jalopnik

1976 Peugeot 504 Wonders How It Came To This [Junkyard Find]

Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 03/18/2008

While we don't see many French cars still on the North American streets, they do show up every so often at junkyards; we saw a '69 Renault 16 not long ago, and I stopped by the same junkyard last weekend and found this '76 Peugeot 504. The 504 is the only French car I've ever actually driven and worked on for any amount of time, and I recall thinking it was a very pleasant car to drive, when it ran...

Possibly The Only 1969 Renault 16 In America [Junkyard Find]

Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 02/19/2008

When I go to the self-service wrecking yard, as I did last weekend, it's not often that I draw a total blank when trying to identify an oddball car among the ranks of the steel organ donors. I play a little game in which I stand far enough away that I can't read any badges and try to guess the manufacturer. This car almost had me... until I spotted the three-lug wheels. Renault! Turns out this is...

Possibly The Only 1969 Renault 16 In America [Junkyard Find]

Worlwide Cars News at Go-Cars.org (Free subscription) | 02/19/2008

When I go to the self-service wrecking yard, as I did last weekend, it's not often that I draw a total blank when trying to identify an oddball car among the ranks of the steel organ donors. I play a little game in which I stand far enough away that I can't read any badges [...]