Voiture fantastique, j'en voulais une depuis 20 ans. Gros défaut : la rouille. Très bonne disponibilité de la majeure partie des pièces à tarif raisonnable. Performances suffisantes sur route, mauvaise aptitude dès que le terrain est glissant (treuil + pneus à crampons + différentiel à glissement limité indispensables). Confortable mais bruyant au-delà de 100 km/h. Consommation très faible (7,5 l/100).
Purchase Yesr 1992 Purchase Price £400 Reliability* Poor Safety* Poor Spaciousness* Good Comfort* Satisfactory Handling* Poor Customer service* Satisfactory Security* Satisfactory Looks* Good Features* Satisfactory Fuel consumption* Satisfactory Recommend to potential buyers: no Overall rating: 1/5
This was my first car and I was drawn in by the looks (and my budget). With the huge fogs on the front bull bar and swivel sponts on the wings, it has often been called the poor mans jeep.
Inspite of warnings from people who had owned Alpines, about transmission problems, I decided to give it a go.
The superfical good looks are due to it fibre-glass shell, which belies the underlying rust on the steel chassis.
It ran well for about six months. Then the hand brake cable started mysterriously tightening up. After lots of adjustment and re-adjustment, finally realised that this was due to the rotten chasis bowing in the middle, thus pulling the cable.
After £400 worth welding repairs, it was looking good.
Until an unbalanced brake fault (which I should have got fixed earlier) during an emergency stop resulted in the front end having a little damage.
New fogs and bumper later (fortunately there was one in my local breakers at the time), the gear sync springs weakened, which soon resulted in broken dogs. Couln't use 2nd which soon resulted in a burned-up clutch disc. Wasn't too expensive to replace myself, but decided to get a "new" gear-box also.
£150 later (for a "re-con" box) and £30 for clutch discs, things were again looking good..
Then about month later, the gearbox started developing almost an identical fault to the old one. And almost simultaneously, the engine started to come through the bonnet. The mountings had corroded and the chassis was "falling down" on the combined engine-transmission sub-frame.
The worst car ever built, things just drop off it, I enjoyed driving it when it worked, don't buy one.
Owned for 6 months.
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Reviewed November 2001.
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Love it when goes on bumpy road. It ride the rough road surface so well. The driving visibilty is good, The accessf rom rear door is good too.
When aircon compressor cuts in, the sudden drop in torque and engine was working hard.Maybe it just not design with a compressor load and not climatise to Asia weather.
Believed it or not, I tried first gear on multistorey carpark slope. The engine just cannot overcome the slope. I have the enginer completely overhaul and include new piston ring, cram shaft.
Owned for 1 year.
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