Bought an Encore 4dr in LS trim. It had the 1.7L and 5spd. Drove it for eight years and 115,000 miles. Problems were few and far between and mostly minor. The biggest repair I remember was valve cover gaskets at 90,000. Never failed to start or left me stranded. Cheap comfortable economical transportation.

I LOVED my Encore! I had the bronze color shown in this video. I didn't like the color but it grew on me because the car handled so well and was so comfortable !

My Uncle, who owned an AMC Jeep dealership at the time, suckered my sister into an Alliance. In some ways it was a neat little car, if basic, and the ride always amazed me for the size of it. But the thing was an absolute piece of trash. Electrical glitches, zero power from that tiny engine, and it overheated on a trip, left her stranded and toasted the engine. A couple of years later we were in a town visiting some friends, and watched one burn to the ground in the middle of town. They seemed to enjoy doing that. Noticed many of them on the highway that had done the same.

So rare to spot any of these on the road anymore. My neighbor had an alliance for the longest time. Only getting rid of it about 10 years ago.

My Dad sold these in Rhode Island. Mom had a 1.4 Limited in Hunter Green with saddle leather seats. Was soooo slow with the automatic. But the car was comfortable, had great fuel economy and other than a battery she replaced at 3 years old when we moved to Phoenix, the car served her amazingly well for 6 years and 90,000 miles. Dad had a silver/blue interior 1986 Encore LS. That was 1.7 liter with 5 speed manual and a pop up sunroof. Was not as fancy as Mom's Alliance. When I turned 16 in 1988 , given a choice of whose keys I could get, I picked the Encore each time. I really loved the car at the time, and had great MPG typically 38-40 mpg. Once we moved to Arizona Dad started to sell Chevy's and then Oldsmobile. Was very sad when I came home from school one day to find the Zippy little Encore was traded in for a new 88 Chevy Celebrity Eurosport with the 2.5 Iron Duke and automatic. The car was ok but missed the manual. Mom's Alliance was traded in for 1990 Oldsmobile Cierra Brougham with V6. Personally liked that car a lot better than the Celebrity. The v6 made it much better car. Not that it matters much, by then, I had my own car. Dad got a great deal for me on a 1984 Pontiac Sunbird coupe with a 5 speed that was traded in with 48,000 miles. $1,500 was a great deal for a solid 1st car.

Renault Encore is great little car

I loved this car !!! Mine flat out refused to die no matter how badly I neglected it. Eventually, Michigan rust made it unsafe. I bought mine for $300 in 1995 and drove it across the state to Detroit and back more times than I could count. It had a long list of needed repairs and somehow just kept going. Great memories !!

Look at this car at now basically 40 years old, then remember a 40 year old car when it was new was a immediate post-WWII 1945!

I wonder how many of them are still around today, I've only seen a small handful of these cars in the past 15 years.

my favorite amc car classic

A friend had a red encore like the one here and another friend had an 86 alliance 2 door. Neither had many issues.

Keyless entry in 1984. Nifty. I got my first keyless entry car in 1997.

Here is Argentina was named RENAULT 11 and it was a total sucess, was the hutchback was a 4 door instead of a coupe and the one with the trunk was names RENAULT 9, also a big sucess here

Well there you go, first keyless entry. I saw two rare GTA 2.0 coupes for sale as a package deal a year or so ago for 5 or 6k in WI I believe, hell of a deal on two nice running GTA's. I think they really effed up by not dropping a Renault turbo mill in these during the hot hatch wars. The mills and trans were available. Same fate as the Fiero GT: It died when they got it right. Those 2.0 GTA's generated impressive G's on the skid pad and could be had in convertible as well.

Always thought these and the Alliance where handsome little cars. To bad most where stuck with the 1.4L engine... A 1.7L came later.

I bought a base 87 Alliance 2-door right after the Chrysler buyout. They were on fire-sale. When I say base, I mean base. 1.4L, no radio, no A/C, 4-speed manual, crank windows, no power steering, black bumpers. Mechanically, it was decent if extremely under-powered. Build quality was pretty attrocious. I remember the sun visor falling into my lap while driving one day because the factory didn't put all the screws in! The rear shocks started leaking after a couple of years and the muffler rotted out, but I still have fond memories of that little piece of junk.

“ Laser Key” 🫤😐

Have you seen last Roger moore' s James bond from a view to a kill 1985.?? He destroy Renault 11 TXE 1.7L 82 hp during a chase!! Cut in 2 parts along the Seine river embankment located in Paris France

20 seconds from 0 to 60 in the automatic! Jezus that's a car you measure with a calender

55 hp ! That probably was sports car territory in France back then!

Boy how times have changed!😂

I always thought these were unreliable hunks of junk. I don't know about the reliability, but the features they offered and the superb handling actually make it a cool little car. Keyless entry in 1984??

inFrance, engine 1,4L 72hp, 1,7L 82hp and later 90hp.all with carburetor double barrel. No unleaded fuel and catalyst exhaust nécessary !!!

Awesome 1.4L Engine!!!!

My 35' bus does 0-60 mph in 24 seconds

“One of the most trouble-free domestic new cars ever.” Speaks to how awful cars used to be right off the line. Too bad these cars turned into powder in short order. So much wasted potential. Can’t believe pedestal seats never caught on more!

lol 8 seconds, so fOCing fast!

I thought the 500 ft run for the 5 speed was fair at best.

Yes.. "a sure winner"🤦‍♂️

so many sold but never see any

Now you can buy a Buick...encore.

0:33......................"The Alliance is also one of the most trouble-free domestic new cars ever".....................don't make me laugh!!!!!!!! However, this IS the perfect car to drive all the way to Cafe Le Euugh!!!!!!!

Those cars were dangerously underpowered. Try merging onto a highway with 55 hp.

junk