Bburago Renault 14TL 5-Door Green 1:24 Vintage 1970s Diecast 0139 Boxed

Early and rare Bburago model from the late 1970s. One of the first models to use the new packaging design from the previous HAT (Hobbies And Toys) range. This is a pre-facelift Renault 14 TL (so 1976-80) in superb boxed condition.

Beautifully bright green paint with silver-grey plastic front and rear bumpers, black front grille with Renault badge, clear glazed headlights with chrome backs, clear glazed windscreen, rear side windows and rear screen, orange tinted, glazed rear lights, Milan MI-14292G rear licence plate, silver exhaust pipe. Opening front doors with detailed black interior, chrome 3-spoke steering wheel and gear lever, detailed dashboard. The model rolls on Bburago-design chrome 5-spoke/5-bolt wheels with grooved plastic tyres. Underneath is a detailed silver-grey plastic base.

It comes attached to its original polystyrene inner plinth and with its original early-type window box.

The Renault 14 is a small family car produced by the French manufacturer Renault between 1976 and 1983. It was first shown in January 1976 with production beginning in June of that year.

It was the first car to be produced in large volumes at the company's then new plant at Douai, although small pilot runs of the Renault 5 had preceded the 14's production in the factory.

Featuring front wheel drive, the 14 was developed to compete in the small family hatchback sector, which had been popularized by the launch of the Volkswagen Golf in 1974. Initially, the 14 was available in L and TL trim levels with a 1.2 L single overhead camshaft engine and later 1.4 L versions with 60 PS (44 kW; 59 hp) (R14 GTL) or 70 PS (51 kW; 69 hp) (R14 TS) joined the line-up. Both units were the X-type engine (commonly known as the "Douvrin" or "Suitcase Engine") jointly developed with Peugeot, although the 14 turned to be the only Renault vehicle that used the unit. The design was generally well thought out and practical with interior space a major selling point, including a rear seat that could either be folded or removed completely. In addition, the spare wheel was carried at the front, under the bonnet and above the transverse 4-cylinder engine that was inclined backwards by 72°. Although all Renault cars were by now front wheel drive, the 14 was the first of the manufacturer's models to incorporate a space saving Mini-like transversely mounted engine. The exterior styling of the Renault 14 was praised by the motoring press as being fresh and ahead of its time.

The 14 shared with several previous Renault models a rear suspension system using two full-width torsion bars positioned one behind the other, along with the resulting wheelbase difference of more than 1 inch (32 mm) between the left and right sides of the car.

For 1979 Renault sought to compensate for a slow start in the marketplace, widening the range upmarket with a "GTL" version of the car, taking its wheels and some other ornaments and interior styling cues from the newly launched Renault 18, and a "TS" with twin chamber carburetor and claimed power increase from 57 hp (43 kW) to 70 hp (52 kW). The TS model also included halogen headlamps and electric windows in the front, the latter being a first for this class of car in the French market.

The Renault 14 may have been one of the first front-wheel drive hatchbacks of its size to be produced in Europe, but within four years of its launch it was facing fierce competition from a growing number of similar products from rival manufacturers, particularly the Ford Escort MK3, Opel Kadett (Vauxhall Astra in the UK), Fiat Ritmo/Strada and Talbot Horizon. It was joined in the Renault range by the award-winning Renault 9 in 1981, the car which spawned the Renault 14's direct successor (the Renault 11) two years later.

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