Question to valver owners

[Dash]

If Renault started making them again. ( exactly the same ) would you buy a new one?

 

[Glennclio16v]

How would it be better than my current one!?! :s

 

[BigChris]

yes

 

[aaronc]

YES! Id swap my engine though even if it is on 115K

 

[rwaterman]

yeah i would maybe a bran new williams too!!!!

 

[Daz.]

Yup In an instant - probably get a Williams for the weekend too.

 

[u33db]

Yes and if they did the 5 turbo as well id take one of those too....

 

[Tom_16v]

No, purely because I couldnt afford a new car........

 

[Swervin_Mervin]

How much were they when new?

 

[marvt74]

about 13k i think

 

[cat171]

i would defo get a new one... they look spot on !!!

 

[Rasclart]

Yeah for sure

Would probs buy a Willy new. I remember a few years ago seeing a L reg brand new one next door. Allways loved them!

I would LOVE a brand spanker Ren 5 GTT as well!

 

[wongy008]

non the 95/96 n reg they were over 15k !!!! add optional leather it cost quite a bit

but to answer your Q

i most definately would and be first in line too

 

[weight]

yup

 

[Chris1.4RT]

Absolutely yes! They still look wicked and put a lot of bigger engined hot hatches to shame. To me no other hatchback looks as good.

Only reason I bought a VTS was for reliablity being a newer car ( x reg ) , oh for hindsight! Ive had trouble with the Saxo.

Ill still buy a 16v as second car when Ive got some extra cash but Id love to be able to buy one new. I think I was born too late! If Id have been this age back in 95/96 Id have got a new phase 2.

 

[CHR15G]

yes definitely - if i could afford to buy a new car

 

[rockport]

Yes i would.

 

[Dash]

Wow! Such a positive response from just 16 people. I wonder why Renault stopped making it with such popularity?

 

[weight]

we dont want to many of them about do we.................................

be as common as 172s else

 

[eves]

LOL thats why we love our valvers/willy cause you rarely see them!!! quality motors!!

 

[TheJesus]

lo all, Im new to the forum and have just bought a Williams 2 and I would not buya newun, it only has 50k on it!

 

[16V_Matt]

Yes in an without a doubt...

 

[Dean]

yep

they were b4 my time really

but i rember when i strated secondary school in 1996 thinking my they look mint! full of character!

and i always wanted when finally was able to insure 1 when i turned 18 and went for it

i wish i could have owned 1 when they were on 30knot like my N reg on 100

but its still mint

 

[DeanRSi]

96, bloody hell, id finished by then. feel old now!lol

and in answer to the original question, yeah, id probably buy one again.

 

[Daz.]

Id still got 2 years to go in 1996!

 

[adiclio16v]

hmm dunno i believe mine now is how reno shud have made it, i love it and dont believe a brand new valver would give me the same thrill

id always wanted one tho, there superb cars look mint and jus have character, even if i got another car id want to keep the valver, it makes me grin drivin it everytime u cant beat that

 

[Ben H]

I wouldnt hesitate for a moment at the chance of buying a brand new one, but its never going to happen. I always wanted a 16V and loved owning it. Ditto my Williams.

People forget that hot hatches werent that popular in the early to mid 1990s and the 16V and Willy wouldnt have been the money spinners (not in the UK anyway) for Renault that the 172 has been. They were there to satisfy the enthusiast and mainly to bring in some kudos sales for the less sporting models in the range - such is the pattern today with the V6, or in ye olden days with the 5 Turbo 2.

Renault dropped the 16V when the Mk1 was given the Phase3 treatment - it was probably too expensive to tool up a new bonnet with a bulge, new arches and new bumpers.