Richard Hammond Reviews 2001 The Renault Avantime

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Join Richard Hammond as he explores the captivating world of automotive innovation, focusing his keen eye on the distinctive 2001 Renault Avantime.
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@yakadee1 9 лет назад

Am I the only one who found the hiccups a load of bollocks? Whoever wrote this was hopefully fired. Quirky, cool car though.

@rscosworthfan 7 лет назад

the hiccup joke he was doing worn thin after his first hiccup it propper annoyed me

@lachlancook6718 7 лет назад

Yes, it took away from the whole review, and the car itself.

@the-boring-car-guy 6 лет назад

Fired is a bit far, maybe just tortured a bit

@bobandrayfan1 6 лет назад

at least he wasn't breaking wind.. then again I may have given him an idea..sorry..

@wuugie 5 лет назад

maybe he wrote it after the accident \(°_o)/¯

@MRFUCKOFF202 10 лет назад

2:34 - 3:03: Can this section get any more 90s?

@georgepatton8693 9 лет назад

It was shocking to say the least

@wharris302 8 лет назад

I died at that part laughing

@wharris302 8 лет назад

+BASSCODE PROJECT it's not even a sports car it makes no sense lol

@daveyboiyeah 8 лет назад

Exactly, its a grand tourer. Still a coupe but a coupe doesn't mean sports car.

@johnbiddle475 7 лет назад

@markmartin448 8 лет назад

I owned an Aventime for 13 years and the only problem was what the hell do you replace it with? It took a Tesla Model S for me to let go of the best and most exciting vehicle I had ever owned.

@ZesPak 8 лет назад

+Mark Martin good man, I was too young to pick these up. I really, really want one! What engine did you have in yours?

@carlosed-vd7fj 7 лет назад

ZesPak french Renaults are the BEST!!! i got a 19 Energy from the early 2000s..

@vakasm8227 4 года назад

Should have kept the avantime.

@markmartin448 4 года назад

@@vakasm8227 I miss it when I see one on the road, but I am very happy with the Model S. Now I am waiting for Renault's all electric vehicle with French design uniqueness.

@lisamariebonaparte5161 4 года назад

King Cobra... This comment is everything

@BedfordMarcus 10 лет назад

With only about 400 of these in the United Kingdom, this is one of the rarest cars you can stumble upon to the point where you will be really lucky to see one. Also like the unique Coupe/MPV crossover design and the fantastic space/visibility, making it possibly one of the most luxurious cars on the market. Definitely an awesome car!

@wharris302 8 лет назад

I've seen five I never knew how rare they were lol

@BedfordMarcus 8 лет назад

dennis trident william Yep, very rare. Not you usual bog-standard family car.

@sh-ig9fm 3 года назад

I'm happy that I've only Seen 2 Very rare cars indeed

@Krosis_ 2 года назад

"making it possibly one of the most luxurious cars on the market" What are you smoking, my dude?

@akishot6735 3 года назад

2:37 "guys if we shake the camera back and forth it will look like the future!"- said no one ever

@EdgarRenje 4 года назад

Tesla nowadays: "We've invented a whole new reduced interior style." Renault: "Really?"

@s.leochapman417 8 лет назад

The music and the presentation of this review seem dated... the car still looks so modern! A classic.

@TheKenjoje 7 лет назад

the music is from the time and the disappearing act is not so good regardless of time

@StephenButlerOne 6 лет назад

S. Leo Chapman given they hardly sold any of these, they will become a decent collectable classic.

@StephenButlerOne 6 лет назад

Kristian Myhre-Bjerkenes he never said or even alluded to it being shot in 13. I remember men and motors, but was teen when it launched, so mainly remember the topless darts show. I don't actually remember any motor related shows from M&M.

@datathunderstorm 5 лет назад

I thought the review was shot in 2001.....😳

@simon199418 4 года назад

20 years ahead of time, if it were available in 2020 with an electric motor they would sell like hot cakes.

@AVClarke 4 года назад

Agreed. It would fit right in with cars designed in the last 4 years.

@_zigger_ 11 месяцев назад

Evs are shit

@MybeautifulandamazingPrincess Год назад

I love it how open and airy this car feels, I appreciated that in a car

@guguigugu 8 лет назад

even today it looks fresh

@dumitrualexandru1463 7 лет назад

The filmmaking is soo cheeeesyyy

@theluckydawg2498 7 лет назад

Typical for the late 90s and early 00s

@protokolarac 3 года назад

Looks like something from Croatian tv.

@gordonremsey8055 8 лет назад

Haha back in 2007 one of these was in traffic in our town and literally everyone stared at it I remember thinking "is that Espace on drugs??" Lol the guy in sitting in it looked really embarrassed it was like time stopped when it appeared

@kieranwhite6647 7 лет назад

They still look good today!, it's a shame they flopped

@grandcarriage1 3 года назад

As it STILL looks modern, nearly 20 years later, I expect that it truly was just too ahead of its time

@stankfanger1366 8 лет назад

I wish they'd just do _one_ shot where they show you the driver's view of the dashboard. Just for one second would have been good.

@jozigirl7114 9 лет назад

Driving it makes you feel like you really do own the road. Bit on the thirsty side, and parts are expensive, but I love mine and would not let it go for any German saloon.

@originaldeftom 9 лет назад

Really an ICON of a car concept production. Such a pity it flopped. They really should make it come back at some point soon.

@Jo_Wardy Год назад

Tbh it’s actually a cool vehicle. The colour combination and design just add modern 2022 retro and hybrid petroleum electric and these would be hugely popular

@RobloxCars 10 лет назад

Less units than the Aventador

@fireoil 8 лет назад

so 90's feeling there :D

@queenanne5917 9 лет назад

The only person to wear worse shirts than Chandler Bing

@apexxxx10 7 лет назад

Queen Anne who cares?

@Iclimbthereforeiam 10 лет назад

I've seen about three of these on UK roads. Rare as rocking horse shit...

@RWL2012 9 лет назад

I've seen none

@faranbutt180 8 лет назад

i've seen one in silver in italy

@daveyboiyeah 8 лет назад

I've seen 2. One in grey and a blue one that lives round the corner from my house

@SnickersTS 7 лет назад

rocking horse shit? what is that?

@peterkierstv 6 лет назад

Was it offered in right hand drive?

@PaulHojda 10 лет назад

A real pity they only sold about 8000 of these :/ i'd really love one second hand, but they're inpossible to come by

@antonieion7658 9 лет назад

You can find one here: www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/739500139.htm?ca=22_s

@markmartin448 8 лет назад

+Paul Hojda They pop up on Ebay with some regularity. They were down to £2-£3k but are now rising for a good specimen.

@phucnguyen0110 3 года назад

I love that Top Gear section where the three guys shaped it down 7 seconds faster around the track XD

@alexandruioanmunteanu4105 4 года назад

Doug could do a 1hour rewiew about this car.

@farishanafiah8461 Год назад

Still loving the Avantime. It still a great looker.

@abalcerzak1931 6 лет назад

By father bought one because they are really rare (8.600) and will soon cost a LOT of money. The doors on these things are huge and ridiculously heavy, I'm sure they could easly stop a pistol round. It's funny to see how the next 2000's Renault models look will be inspired by this car

@philiptodak1076 3 года назад

1:40. So that is why he was not on the Top Gear Peugeot meeting in Paris…

@leopold7562 6 лет назад

I was looking forward to a decent review of this car, but all the arty shots and hiccups really got in the way. I'd like to have seen more of what the car actually offered and less of Hamster and his silly nonsense.

@Riolushe 2 года назад

0:26 "Still could be worse" And after that TG reference - Jeremy shouting *HAMMOOOONNNND YOU IDIOT* or May shouting *CLARKSOOON* :D

@wayneheyes4934 4 года назад

The Aventine was ahead of its time

@mrdaykurutakuchannel 6 лет назад

It's quirky n awkward but downright unique. Nice job, renault.

@Lgs260495 10 лет назад

The music that plays on 2:02 is a remixed version of the Doctor Who theme.

@Riolushe 5 лет назад

Still - Allons-y! :D

@MrStitty26 9 лет назад

I'm going to see one soon think I will be coming home with it.

@adamwoodward2003 5 лет назад

I've only ever seen 1. I've seen 3 McLaren P1's!!!!

@Ak-vs9hx 4 года назад

Where tf did you saw an Avantime and 3 MCLAREN P1'S wtf

@grandcarriage1 3 года назад

If that has been offered in the states, I would have bought it in a hot second

@alexsaffamerica 3 года назад

This car was first produced in 2001, so you can wait five years. It shouldn't be that long.

@TheHardik112 3 года назад

They could launch this car today and it would still look futuristic

@RWL2012 10 лет назад

what show's this from? 7 years later Richard would mod this car with Jeremy and James on Top Gear to try and make it faster than a Mitsubishi Evo :-)

@the-boring-car-guy 5 лет назад

This is the most niche of niches

@amopastorcanadense 8 лет назад

wow, now that is a car with personality.

@amopastorcanadense 8 лет назад

+Revving Machines fantastic soundtrack and review.

@felixman97 9 лет назад

I love this car

@simonpageification 10 лет назад

Nice beard, Richard Hammond :)

@somegoodfella 4 года назад

Reminds me of the goatee he has now.

@IHATEYANKS41 6 лет назад

Would love to see one of these, I am a sucker for a rare car

@kieranwhite6647 10 лет назад

I'd love one of these!, always been a fan of the avantime

@alfarojulio-araujo8374 4 года назад

Me too

@the-boring-car-guy 5 лет назад

As unreliable as these old frenchies were, I miss the madness. The massive 607 and c6, the bonkers avantime and 1007. Even something weird like the Vel Satis

@anthonyxuereb792 4 года назад

What a car! Only the underrated French could design it and produce it. Another DS?

@richiecigarowski2629 4 года назад

Whats the song name?

@WidleyWesident 4 года назад

This car looked great: such a shame I never got to buy one. But then I did have a bright orange Multipla 😀

@coastaku1954 4 года назад

Awwwwwwwwww, The hamster looks so young

@SnickersTS 7 лет назад

Were these even sold in the UK? I have never seen one of these ever.

@alexsaffamerica 4 года назад

Doesn't seem like it, Hammond is driving an LHD model. Some Renault models are never made in RHD. EDIT: Yes, they were, but they were ultimately failures.

@rpsmith2990 4 года назад

This car is weird enough to be mine. I recall reading about it back then, my favorite part of the article being a picture of a girl walking briskly away from James May, with the caption something like "He suggested she try it in the Open Air with him...", that apparently being a trade name for one of the car's features.

@welcometomybrain7385 6 лет назад

I have never seen one of these on the road in person before

@thatswiss1385 5 лет назад

I want a 2019 model!

@victorcocut528 9 лет назад

A great Renault!

@hybridAbsol 6 лет назад

Its ironic how this is the same car that they used in top gear , budget track car project

@richardharrold9736 2 месяца назад

One of very few cars all three of the trio loved.

@campanmarius5241 8 лет назад

Dat fucking moustache...

@stankfanger1366 8 лет назад

+kerk tp More like an _almostache_.

@dalewasson5919 2 года назад

Love the Doctor Who music in the background at 2:02

@ruzzelladrian907 4 года назад

It's a crossover. Even ahead of the Toyota RAV4, which was specifically a crossover SUV. This is basically the Kia Soul, Jaguar i-Pace, and Mercedes Benz GLA ancestor.

@richardharrold9736 2 месяца назад

Except this has absolutely zero off-road pretension. It's just a different take on a grand tourer coupé, based on an aluminium spaceframe chassis derived from the Espace minivan.

@bicyclist2 3 года назад

They would have sold a million or more had they exported it to the U.S. This is one of only three cars that Clarkson, Hammond, and May all like. Thanks.

@pm3550 2 года назад

Yeah sure

@henryshu6265 3 года назад

So basically it's a mixture of Espace and Scenic but without rear doors

@focuspocus7126 14 дней назад

recommended in 2024 class

@rockino2562 7 лет назад

holy shit that camera man hahahahaha. Going nuts

@10MinutesVideos 2 года назад

I thought that car was the same one they modified in their try to beat EVO X time challenge

@piotrpyszczynski5462 7 лет назад

2:34 song name please !!!

@ChapuleTaylor 7 лет назад

Passengers of shit - Stapletapewormsonmypenis

@ccs2311 7 лет назад

Piotr Pyszczyński Sub Tropic by Endian

@alexsaffamerica 3 года назад

Fuck the above people. "Tracer" by Daniel Kafer, Saqib and SMP.

@angelicacushing6032 6 лет назад

Isn't video editing effects fun?

@michelep9477 4 года назад

from the front it looks like a more stylish Honda Fit

@richardharrold9736 2 месяца назад

It's MUCH bigger.

@ReeceWatts 6 лет назад

This looks like a megane 2 crossed with a clio 2002

@RedMustang-jw7ec Год назад

This is the most 2001 video ever.

@TronicGames 4 года назад

"they will sell as many as they can make" aaaaand Matra went out of business because of the Avantime.

@anthonyperkins7556 Год назад

It's a nice car, but it never got a diesel engine in the UK like it's brother, the Renault Vel-Satis did. A diesel version in the UK would have got better economy figures over the heavy thirsty 2.0 litre, 2.2 litre, and V6 petrol engines.

@richardharrold9736 2 месяца назад

Diesel would have been criminal in this. The V6 just needed to be bigger than 3 litres - a 3.6 version would have been good, and there's room in that block for up to 5 litres.

@anthonyperkins7556 2 месяца назад

@@richardharrold9736 It got a diesel in France and some other regions, also France love their diesels too.

@richardharrold9736 2 месяца назад

@@anthonyperkins7556 diesels are hateful abominations, acceptable only in agricultural 4x4s. The only one that's remotely acceptable is the BMW straight six.

@Northaxe 7 лет назад

far ahead of it's time

@akihiko4036 6 лет назад

Is that a doctor who theme remix I hear

@ngang8658 Год назад

I love the car,😃thank you.😆

@markismark07 4 года назад

Too ahead of its time. 20 years later and this car does not look dated.

@ashleyhayes8925 5 лет назад

It’s a “grand tourer” 😏😉😂

@Snikkelbek 3 года назад

Made by Matra, just like the early Espace. Unfortunately Renault released the competing Vel Satis around the same time, basically killing Matra by doing so.

@llccaaa 8 лет назад

Get the ford to Renault 40 years of design book it's got this and some more mental Renault concepts

@iantownsend5480 9 лет назад

A stylish mpv & 1 of 2 I'd buy this than a S max

@blacquesjacques7239 7 лет назад

That model would have sold well in the States . I don't believe Renaud has any presence here but its clearly our loss .

@dinohermann1887 5 лет назад

@@dodecahedron1 Chrysler destroyed Renault's reputation in the US!

@reetikjena 3 года назад

This car is soooo cooool

@jessezandstra1 8 лет назад

I wish this sold better. I guess it was too expensive.

@MaximilianvonPinneberg 6 лет назад

Only car that can demand attraction from a Ferrari

@billymcauliffe7855 8 лет назад

The only thing bad about this car is the little runt showing it off

@renn__e__7912 8 лет назад

02:03 Doctor Who?

@Giancarlo1991CCCCCCC 8 лет назад

se ve igual o más moderno que un vehiculo 2016/ it looks like a more modern 2016

@evilaze9356 8 лет назад

+Giancarlo Lama Si no sabes inglés no lo intentes xD

@Giancarlo1991CCCCCCC 8 лет назад

no se mucho ingles, ocupo google traductor,

@Giancarlo1991CCCCCCC 8 лет назад

EvilAze ya me acorde, ese día encontré que la frase original no se traducía bien, así que la cambie XD

@TheWolfer_YT 7 лет назад

En mi opinión este coche deberían de haberlo dejado como prototipo no como coche normal.En aquellos tiempos era super caro intentar adquirir uno por sus equipamientos.

@carlosed-vd7fj 7 лет назад

Xx_TheWolfer_xX me parece bellísimo....muy exótico

@christophernewman5027 4 года назад

This made the front cover and centre-spread of Cringe Monthly...

@SlavaSMi 10 лет назад

I have one

@SlavaSMi 10 лет назад

+Menandmotors Works well. Quiet, comfortable car, but a little is hardish suspension. I plan to change the original suspension Monroe to Koni that would improve road holding. Unfortunately I have no option of a glass roof. My second car Citroen XM. Sorry for my english, I'm from Russia.

@EstebanRestrepo0 8 лет назад

+SlavaSMi Did you keep it?

@SlavaSMi 8 лет назад

+Esteban Restrepo Yes, my wife drive it every day.

@zuyvox 8 лет назад

the only thing that looks bad at this car is the back. And only the ugly designed back ist the part, Renault has puz on their other models too.

@zuyvox Год назад

exactly. I like this car too but it is impractical to be honest, but it was a brave attempt to "look" in the future, when you consider, that a VW Golf 4 was state of the art back in 2001

@the-boring-car-guy 5 лет назад

Lol that French accent

@vishayneramautar9137 3 года назад

Those hiccup scenes got annoying after the first 3

@robloxfan4271 6 лет назад

3 door scenic

@istvankovacs2759 5 лет назад

5:41 XD

@DuskyLark 4 года назад

Hammond is hyperactive haha, funny

@abrahkadabra9501 4 года назад

I first set eyes on the Avantime in the dystopian movie "Children of Men". I thought it was the ugliest car I'd ever seen. The Avantime here looks actually good.