Renault does not build many cars like the Renault Fuego: a 3-door liftback with 1,397 , built from 1980 to 1992 in the age of turbocharging and the first electronic engine management. Its designer of record is Michel Jardin, Francois Lampreia, and Robert Opron. Production ran to 265,367 cars.
The background
The Renault Fuego (Fire in Spanish) is a sports hatchback manufactured and marketed by Renault from 1980 to 1986, replacing the Renault 15 and 17 coupés of the 1970s. A total of 265,367 Fuegos were produced, approximately 85% of which were assembled in Maubeuge, France, from February 1980 until October 1985. Spanish production for European markets continued into 1986.
Cars built in France were imported and marketed in the United States by American Motors Corporation (AMC). The Turbo version went on sale in the U.S. in 1982, a year before its launch in France.
The engineering
Under the skin sits 1,397 other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. The gearbox is a 4-speed Manual transmission / manual / 5-speed manual / 3-speed Automatic transmission / automatic. The layout matters: the engine drives the front wheels, the packaging choice that gives a small car a big cabin. The wheelbase is 2443 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Where it sits
Where it sits in Renault's history is not in doubt: the Renault 15 and 17 came before it; the Renault GTA (USA) followed it; it was built at Boulogne-Billancourt (Renault. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Dodge Ram, the Audi Quattro, the DeLorean Motor Company DeLorean DMC-12. Its Renault stablemates include the Renault 10 and the Renault 10CV.
The money
There is no federal ownership record for the Renault Fuego — it predates the complaint database or was never sold in the United States — so MotorJury publishes no running-cost figure for it. For a car of this age the price is set by the collector market and the condition of the individual example, not by a formula.