
Renault Supercinq GT Turbo A. Oreille Norev 1:18

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Specifications
- Year
- 1989
- Era
- 1980s
- Body Type
- Rally Models
- Vehicle Class
- Group B & Group A Legends
- Openable Parts
- Yes
- Packaging Condition
- New
- Model Type
- Race Models
- EAN / GTIN
- 3551091852056
About the Renault Supercinq GT Turbo A. Oreille Norev 1:18
TL;DR: Norev's 1:18 diecast Renault Supercinq GT Turbo reproduces the Alain Oreille rally livery from 1989, with opening doors, turbo-era hot hatch styling, and a diecast body built to French hatchback proportions. A mid-tier diecast pick for collectors building a Group A and Group B-era French rally shelf.
The GT Turbo never needed a wing or flared arches to earn its reputation; a 1.4-liter turbo under a Renault 5 hatchback shell did the talking. Norev's diecast take on the Supercinq GT Turbo carries that reputation into the Alain Oreille rally dress, a livery that puts a genuinely quick French hot hatch on a rally-themed shelf.
Norev's Diecast Supercinq GT Turbo and the Oreille Rally Livery
Opening Doors and Diecast Weight in Hand
Lift this Supercinq clear of its packaging and the zinc-alloy body speaks first: dense, cool to the touch, stable enough to sit for years without the warping lighter materials risk. Norev builds the body with opening doors, and the hinge on this casting swings through a wide, even arc rather than flopping loose or catching halfway. That articulation lets a collector pose the car with a door cracked open against a themed rally display, something a sealed casting can't offer. The cabin behind the door is finished to match, with molded bucket seats and a simplified dash that reads correctly from the angle an open door invites.
Livery Detail and Period Rally Dress
The Alain Oreille name runs across the body in printed lettering rather than applied decals, a tampo process that sits flat and keeps its edges sharp where waterslide transfers would eventually lift. Oreille built his reputation in French rallying and rally-raid competition through the 1980s, piloting Renault machinery in events that mixed factory-adjacent entries with determined privateers, and this Supercinq wears a livery built in that period spirit. The graphics follow the fenders and door panels in the kind of sponsor-style layout period rally cars carried, giving the casting a genuine competition read rather than a road-car livery with a number stuck on. Door seams stay tight around the printed panels, so the artwork continues uninterrupted across the body rather than breaking at a visible gap.
The Supercinq GT Turbo's Hot Hatch and Rally Roots
From Hot Hatch to Turbo Cup Grid
Renault launched the GT Turbo version of the second-generation Renault 5, badged Supercinq in its home market, in the mid-1980s as a pocket rocket answer to Peugeot's 205 GTI. A turbocharged 1.4-liter four under the stubby hatchback shell gave the car genuine pace against rivals twice its displacement, and Renault leaned into that pace by running a one-make Renault 5 GT Turbo Cup series in France, putting young and amateur drivers on track in identical cars. That grassroots racing pedigree sits alongside a parallel life in Group N and Group A rallying, where the GT Turbo's light weight and strong power-to-weight ratio made it a credible privateer choice on national-level events.
Alain Oreille and Renault's Rally Program
Alain Oreille built his name in French rallying and rally-raid competition through the 1980s and into the 1990s, a period in which Renault fielded a wide range of machinery from works entries to supported privateer drives. His association with the brand's rally programs makes a Supercinq GT Turbo carrying his name a natural subject for a diecast built around period French motorsport rather than a generic road-car colorway. Collectors assembling a French rally theme often pair a car like this with contemporaries from Peugeot and Citroen's own national rally efforts, since the three marques ran parallel programs through the same stretch of the 1980s, each chasing the same domestic rally-going audience.
Where This Supercinq Fits on a French Rally Shelf
At 1:18, the Supercinq GT Turbo sits at roughly 20 centimeters of hatchback, small enough to group several French rally subjects on one shelf without crowding, and the scale carries enough surface area for the Oreille livery's graphics to read clearly from a step back. Against a 1:43 version of the same car, this diecast trades footprint for the detail the opening door and cabin finish demand. Diecast construction at this tier means accessible pricing without hand-finished resin costs, a fair trade for a hot hatch that was never meant to be precious. Keep the livery's printed graphics out of direct sunlight, since even tampo work fades faster than a glass-fronted cabinet collector expects. Paired with period Peugeot or Citroen rally subjects, or simply alongside Renault's own Turbo-era lineup, this Supercinq gives a French motorsport shelf an entry point that doesn't require chasing rare resin editions.















