The Garrett TO3 installation blows cooled air into the single-barrel 32DIS Solex carburetter, as Mercedes-Benz used to blow air into the carburetter of their supercharged models, from the 16/60 h.p. Renault have been circumspect in using it for the 18. ![]() Turbocharging, with its origins long ago in the realm of high-altitude aeroplanes and Indianapolis racing cars, was innovative when Renault came up with it for modern F1 racing, but is now becoming commonplace for high-performance road-cars, with Audi, BMW, Lotus, Peugeot Diesel, Porsche, Renault, Saab and Volkswagen offering it as an aid to better performance. The latter is an excellent all-round family car, to which turbocharging has been sensibly applied, to increase performance very materially while not clobbering petrol economy and at the same time retaining the desirable facets of a medium-sized family saloon. The Renault Group, France’s biggest car manufacturer, having decided to use turbo charging for winning at Le Mans and then for initially-successful participation in F1 racing, have justified this technical innovation by applying this form of supercharging to the exciting mid-engined Renault 5 Turbine and the commercially-available Renault 18 Turbo (£6,589). A Splendid Family Car, with Racing Connotations
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