Oh my God. Renaults don't really suit the larger-than-life George C. Scott, you think he'd have been advertising Cadillacs or something. This is like Orson Welles and those fish fingers adverts.
I bought a used hatchback version of this car. It was great once I got everything fixed, but it was WEIRD. Each turn signal made a different sound. The horn was on the end of the turn signal switch. The fuel injector looked to be as big as the engine. No power at all. You had to put the key to on and then look very quickly to see the oil pressure. The tranny was bizarrely set up. Then again, 40 mpg on the highway, quiet in 5th gear. If only they were reliable.
I had one, it was a 1985, 4 door. It never left me stranded, never got stuck in the snow. It was a decent car. So I don't know what all the trash talk is about...The Le Car by Renault...that was a hooptie piece of crap...
Renault?? They've always had the reputation as crap cars, not befitting the great GCS. Put this down as the ONLY bad role that George C. Scott ever played.