Hats off to the owner keeping this Renault in impeccable condition. Sold in limited numbers and long forgotten til now.

Stereo with an AMC logo!! Not seen one of those in a VERY long time! 🤣🤣

The Renault alliance GTA wasn’t their last car here in the states. That honor goes to the Renault medallion. Weirdly enough, even though was sold for two model years, the first year was sold as a Renault, and then the second year was sold as an eagle

Great review Zack!! So glad you are not critical! Honest but not critical; beat the poor car up critical. GTA did have some interior quality issues but the fun, free slick shifting nature of this quirky car made up for it. My Dad bought one identical to this example new in '87. I thought it was quick enough and LOVED the handling with the original tires. So much fun! Dad bought his with a beautiful Jensen cassette deck and the optional 7 band graphic equalizer below the radio in the cubby. looked fabulous at night with orange lighting at each button. This was the first car he had a cassette deck in. He listened to nothing but talk radio! He asked me to put a song on a 90 minute tape. I asked what songs; he said Jackie Wilson's Your Love Lifts Me Higher. That was it over and over for 90 minutes!!

Always wanted one of these. I remember when they were reviewed in the car magazines of the day.

There are still many people in Turkey who actively use it. I am one of them. I own a 1992 model Renault 9 spring. It was sold in Turkey under the packages named spring, broadway and fairway. If I remember correctly, it remained in production until 2001. It was produced with 1.4, 1.6 and their injection models. 9,11 and 12 are still used and very popular vehicles in Turkey.

I learned how to drive a manual in one of these 😊

Awesome review! I grew up in an 87 GTA! Same color and same options as the one in this video except we had the upgraded stereo with equalizer. My father worked for the Jeep/Eagle/Chrysler/Renault dealership in the 80s and bought one from his own lot. I learned everything about this car before I was old enough to drive and eventually got to drive it for a short time. Learned how to drive a manual in one of these too. Unfortunately it broke a timing belt on us twice so we sold it to a local Renault enthusiast in the North Seattle area who was a genius with these things. Unfortunately due to health problems he let it rust away in his front yard. What I wouldn't give to go back in time and rip that car out from under him. Such a terrible end for a great first car.

Bought one of these brand new with my first job in '86. They were not as slow as he lets on, weighing only 1975 lbs. With that weight and the torky engine, I would beat 5L Firebirds and any GTIs on the road, but could not quite keep up with 5L Mustangs. The Michelin Sport XGT tires they came with didn't come on any other production car and made the car the best cornering vehicle sold in North America that year. The seats, when new, fit like a glove, so maybe 40 year old foam is letting them down now. Here in Canada they were badged and registered as Renault GTA, with no Alliance badge anywhere.

I was a h.s. senior in 1987. I liked these better than a VW GTI, and certainly more than a Escort GT. The Omni GLH was kinda hot with it's turbo, but those cars were not very refined. Also, you get a GTA in a convertible! The GTA was "Euro" like a GTI, but in my parts VWs were expensive and the nearest dealer was 50 miles.

This car looks so clean it's in great shape but the most thing I like about this car is the color

That front on shot shows how meticulous the owner is. Old lights, nothing looks misaligned in the slightest.

In France, and other parts of the world it was known as the Renault 9.

Really nice car. Remember when new and almost bought one. Brother had a one year only rare 83 Alliance MT 2 door manual very similar and use to like that car too

those tail lights remind me of the Dacia 1310/1410

Nice-looking car and a rare survivor. I've seen an Alliance convertible, it sort of had a baby BMW vibe to it. These did decently well but not well enough to compete with all of the other subcompacts with easier to find dealers and parts. AMC simply didn't have the might to compete and if it weren't for Renault propping them up they would have been gone long before Chrysler bought them out. Chrysler only bought AMC for Jeep. The Alliance name came about because this car was an alliance between AMC and Renault and was built in AMC's Kenosha factory.

Beautiful and rare! Cool car!

Sport Renault's are very good, 5 Turbo, 18 Turbo, 21 Turbo, Fuego GTA, 19 16s, Clio Williams, etc, etc, they are all amazing

Two of my friends had these - while they had as much horsepower as a cold chicken salad sandwich they handled extremely well for the day and did rather well in SCCA Solo II (Autocross) - I always wanted one but after cars that handled better came out and my budget was a bit more I'd sort of lost interest in these. My girlfriend at the time (now my wife) _almost_ bought a used LeCar - dodged that bullet ;-) Great to see that at least a couple of these survived.

Excellent video, in France, we had the R9 in the 1.4l Turbo version with 105 hp. Excellente vidéo, en France, nous avons eu la R9 en version Turbo 1.4l de 105 cv.

Genuinely one of my bucket list cars. Just a fantastic find, Zack! I would love to race my '87 Peugeot 505 V6 against this thing! It seems like a worthy rival. :3

I kinda just found your channel a few days ago and have probably watched like 5 of your vids and every single one has failed the big friggin bottle test 😂

You don't need 200hp to have genuinely cool and fun car. I'm sure Zack can think of many small cars as much fun as this one, unfortunately they are all gone and replaced with huge, heavy SUVs with engines making crazy HP plus turbocharger. Simple is nice 👍

My first car was a GTA. It was never very reliable, but it was a lot of fun to drive.

I wanted one of these to replace my 1985 Renault Encore but couldn't take the plunge back then. Long regretted not buying one.

I love the look of this - so 80's and it would be a bit of fun too

I bought a white GTA right after high school graduation. I couldn't afford a VW Golf GTI. The handling on the GTA was so crisp and tight, that it was a blast to take on little back roads.

I owned one of these. It was really fun to drive. Horrible in snow because it had no body weight and pretty wide tires that acted like skis on snow

My father still own his. His however is the convertible edition(red exterior with a tan top and interior). He has owned it since he was 17….he is now 53….and best of all…26k original miles!!!!

you put out great reviews dude, would love to see you and hoovie get together for a few

7:00 Personally, I'm getting Mk I and Mk II Jetta vibes.

I've driven one a couple of times. I honestly liked it.

It's too bad the Alliance didn't make it; the engine in the GTA (a name gamers would love) should have been standard from day one. The pedestal front seats were the main reason the back had so much legroom. That feature should have spread to other cars, but it was probably a challenge making them strong enough to avoid sagging to one side.

Very cool

I am happily surprised at the lack of "French car bad" in this comment section. Nice to read some actual car guy comments for once : )

I believe that Renault was the first make to use pneumatic tires, in the 1890s.

A good set of grippy tires can come a long way

I remember when these came out new.

I sat behind the driver of a 07 Mustang and had to use the steering wheel to have a handhold to get out legs first. My feet were stuck under the seat

I have to admit, I love these cars. I worked at a salvage yard when I was in high school and there were still some of these around, I always thought they were very clean style. Your comment about slow cars driven fast, I have to strongly disagree with you. I agree that it can be a lot of fun. But a Ford focus ST is not a slow car. An example of a slow car would be a Hyundai accent. The point I'm making is simply this, when we speak of driving a slow car fast, we're talking about a car that can't build enough speed in normal driving to be in anyway dangerous.

Boxy cars like this make me blush!

It's a 2 door Alliance not an Encore. The 2 door Encore is a hatchback. The Encore came out a year after the Alliance. Both were available in 2 and 4 door variants.

I’ve always wanted this car. Something different. 🙂

that was a hot looking little car!

Why does it look so much like my car Ollie Nissan that you reviewed earlier this year Zack?

I love that steering wheel

I remember the auto magazines Motor Trend Car and Driver praising this car for its handling. 9.5 0-60. I'll take the 87 Shelby Charger.

The french license plate is weird , i checked the numbers , it belongs to a Renault Master , also the " alliance GTA " was never sold here in France .

You need to go to France and test newer French cars. That could be fun.

I had one just like this with tan interior

I would do anything to own a Alliance GTA these are so nice and if I cant find one I guess i will settle for a Sentra or something similar.

That is not based on the encore. Its based on 2 door alliance.

Why did someone put a single aftermarket rear foglight on the wrong side for left hand drive car??!! 🤣🤣

awesome video! Is this one for sale?

There could have been a Sledgehammer Alliance with a 2.2 l turbo and 430 HP.!

Nice car look great

Car look great. Wonder how it is viewed in its home market France?

interior looks very citroen bx

I loved these things. I nearly bought one, but decided on 1987 GTI instead.

Nissan Sentra lookalike

What key unlocks the doors? Is it the ignition key or the trunk key?

nice

Renault owns Nissan and since Renault bought Nissan, Nissan's quality and reliability has gone downhill

Motor Trend car of the year in 1980. Thats when i cancelled my subscription.

That car is rare. I bet most Renault owners at the time didn't know that car was being sold. Never seen one.