Oh man, down the memory lane! My father had a 1987 Injection 2 liter in then uber cool metallic grey. What a car was that in those times ... Still the best car in my memory when I was a kid. Couldn't stop looking at it when parked!
Chis is a very nice and ever proper chap. Allways well dressed, polished shoes and his beard allways in great shape. He has a very nice and warm voice and a very own loverly way telling his story which binds one on the screen even when not into the Renault 21. There's also a test about a Talbot Solara which he did a few years earlier in the same way. Luckely I own one of those today. This Renault 21 is a simmular french 4-door car with a boot which were back then very popular. Interesting to see and hear in what way Chris shows how potential family's including their kid's as real peoples looked at potential cars those day's really...
When Renault made comfortable cars that were just like sitting on your sofa rather than the rock hard cars we have now that only succeed in giving me a numb bum!
A friend of mine bought one of the first ones after they were introduced into the USA in the spring of 87. Her's was a estate/wagon model with three rows of seats. 2.2L fuel injection. Sold as the Renault Medallion, then Eagle Medallion after Chrysler bought out the American arm of Renault.
Modern reviewers would have a fit at a car that scraped its door handles rolling round a corner like these do! The days when comfort was a priority over handling.
Lovely video. Chris Goffey a legend and reminds me watching Top Gear as a kid. Love the digital dash. 5:09 Seems so strange you’d come to market with no hatchback option but that’s how it was back then. Thanks for uploading.
i love this video brochure, honest reviews, they don't just paid actors to say something well about the car but shows no proof, they actually lend them the car and let them tell their impression, not just a typical testimony, and Chris don't hesitate to mention other competitor cars from other brands
In my opinion still the most attractive cars Renault ever made. They were also were very well build, very reliable, not having the rust problems from the cars before, nore the the electric gremlins from the cars after it.
My mum had a metallic light blue R21 GTS Special F reg ending XWP (can't remember the rest). Not a bad car but the radio and sunroof never worked and the velour seats were ridiculously soft and squishy. My dad then drove it. After that, they had Peugeot 405s with rock solid seats. What a nice guy Chris Goffey is.
The first thing the Montego driver will have to get accustomed to again is to use a manual choke. I don't understand why Renault chose to the RS with such specification with outdated tech like a carburettor and a manual one at that. Why the Renault 20 family was putting off their decision to replace it when they were looking for something to replace it that "also" has a classic boot is also beyond me, as the 20 is a hatchback!
Even the rear doors were lined at that time in soft material, velvet in this case. This translates the absence of cost-cutting so common in this period in cars of this market segment.
My Father had 4 of these as Taxis. He had previously owned Cortinas and cavaliers etc. He never looked back, these were far superior in every way, and stood up to the job as Taxis much better.
Carburetors, 2 valves per cylinder and what I assume is an engine tweaked for low RPM and economy. Engines with high specific power output back then usually sacrificed cost with an expensive fueling system and/or fuel economy by tweaking the engine for high RPM and power. Today we can have more of our cake and eat it with variable valve timing giving power across the rev range and fueling systems that can adjust for low power and high power requirements.
John Hedgers is now trustee of the national foundation of education after leaving the CS about 20 years ago, they no longer like the Renault. It looks almost soviet from the front makes the Montego look like a Beemer
16:20 I prefer the old Mk 3 behind their Renault that these two are being paid to love. I believe he went on to buy a D plate Montego the following August.
