Early right-hand versions of this Renault Sport roadster had no windscreen at all, just an aeroscreen borrowed straight from its own race car.
Median 190 hp across 17 similar cars
Lead trim: Sport Spider 2.0 F7R (150 PS)
Renault Sport Spider1996–1999
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FactEarly right-hand versions of this Renault Sport roadster had no windscreen at all, just an aeroscreen borrowed straight from its own race car.
The Renault Sport Spider is a roadster produced by the French automaker Renault Sport between 1996 and 1999, assembled by Alpine at Dieppe. The idea was formulated in the early 1990s, in the midst of a revival after a difficult second half of the 1980s: Renault wanted a car to promote it as a sporting brand, similar to the Renault 5 Turbo a decade earlier, and it was intended both as a racing car for a one-make series organised by Renault and as a road car. The first prototypes for Project W94 were completed in mid-1994, a concept version was shown at the Geneva Motor Show a year later, and the car went on sale in early 1996. Left-hand-drive versions were first produced with an aeroscreen instead of a windscreen, the same as the race cars; in 1997 a version with a full glass windscreen and wiper became available, and the UK market imported only the windscreen version, with 60 right-hand-drive cars produced for the UK and Japan. Approximately 1,640 cars were produced through 1999 plus around 80 race-only versions. Power came from a naturally aspirated version of the 2-litre F7R engine from the Clio Williams and Mégane Coupé, producing 150 PS; a special Spider Trophy edition for the one-make racing series was tuned to 180 bhp. Designed as a driver's car, the chassis is aluminium and the bodywork a plastic composite, with scissor doors, and it was the first road car badged as a Renault Sport.
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Trims & Figures
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| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sport Spider 2.0 F7R (150 PS) | 1996–1999 | 2.0 L Inline-4 | 148 hp | 136 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
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