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Renault Wind Gordini by Gibson Guitars
The one-off Renault Wind Gordini by Gibson guitars has been revealed on the occasion of the Rock En Seine Festival. I’m not personally thrilled about the Renault-Gibson collaboration but the fact that the car is a Gordini version and the guitar one of the great instruments of the world kind of helps things.
The Wind Gordini by Gibson appears in the classic Gordini blue with white racing stripes, and the Gibson side of things is seen on the interior with exclusive leather seats with integrated guitar strings, Gibson logos, lacquered black and chrome trim in the style of an electric guitar and a guitar potentiometer volume knob.
Gibson in turn has created five 1961 Gibson SG guitars with Gordini colouring to celebrate, one of which will be given away at the festival to a solo guitar player, with the winner determined by internet voting.
Renault Gordini by Gibson concept
Renault has announced an agreement with the Gibson electric guitar brand to produce a new concept, which will be called the Renault Gordini by Gibson. The new Gordini prototype will debut on August 26th at the Rock en Seine music festival in northern France.
Does this mean we will see guitar-themed interiors? We don’t know because there aren’t any real details to it. Even which Renault model will be used - a Clio, Megane or a Wind - hasn’t been revealed yet, and if we stick to the electric theme, we could even see Gibson lend its name to a new, sporty Gordini electric vehicle.
The Gordini Facebook page bearing the news does talk of a presentation with Renault’s interior design chief, so for the moment we’ll stick to out first idea, but all will be revealed in August.
Source | Facebook
Renault Gordini historic gallery
The Renault Gordini brand will be revived with a new Twingo Gordini to be revealed on November 25, ready for the market in spring next year. It will be followed by the Renault Clio Gordini and then a Megane Gordini version. The models will appear alonside the Renault Sport models already available, and will come into direct competition with Abarth and John Cooper Works models.
To celebrate the return of the Gordini brand, here’s a historic gallery for you. The new models will take on the same classic blue tint with two white stripes. The first Renault Gordini model that was produced was the Dauphine Gordini back in 1958, with an 845 engine producing 38 hp. It was the start of a successful brand, with four of five top places in the 1964 Tour de Corsica going to Gordini, leading to the inauguration of the Gordini cup in 1966.
The Gordini looks very much like the French version of the Italian job, and the classic model was the Gordini R8 with four round headlights and the exclusive “bleu de France” livery. The 1964 model of the Corsica rally was equipped with a 1100 engine with 90 hp and a five-speed gearbox. In 1966 the first 1300 Gordini R8 was used with 100 hp. About 11,500 Renault 8 Gordini models were produced, and about 9,000 of these were the 1300 version.
The R8 was replaced by the Renault 12 Gordini in 1971 which had a 1.6-litre engine and 125 hp. Competition models were equipped with a 1.6-litre engine with 160 hp which achieved a top speed of more than 200 km/hr. The last Renault Gordini model produced was the 17 Gordini, which didn’t have the same success as previous models, with production ending in 1979.
Source | Autoblog.it
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