Bleu de France: ’65 Renault Gordini Replica
Well, this is a first for us at Mint. Although it isn’t a real Gordini, it is the next best thing. The Renault R8 succeeded the Dauphine but shared the same concept of lightweight, rear engine and rear wheel drive. The folks at Renault knew racing sells cars so they latched on to Gordini to help them prepare performance models and win races. Sort of like a French Carroll Shelby. And boy were they successful. Renaults were the giant killers of the day along with the Mini Coopers with an opposite engineering strategy. Read More