The Renault R5 is a competition-bred machine developed for the track and rally stages. On Tinvibe, the R5 lives on as a laser-cut steel silhouette — the single clean outline that lets the model's real proportions do the talking. Right now our catalogue captures the 1987 example in our range.
Design language and the silhouette
A low, wide track car look with a big rear wing and vented bonnet. Because we cut every Tinvibe piece from 2 mm steel to the car's true outline, the traits that make the Renault R5 recognizable — its roofline, stance and key details — are exactly what the metal keeps, in matte black powder coat across five sizes from 50 cm to 140 cm.
Why the R5 endures
Homologation specials are rare, and rarity keeps them special. For the Renault R5 that combination has kept the name in conversation well beyond its production run.
Production and sales: what we can and can't say
Tinvibe is a design studio, not an archive: we do not publish production totals, sales figures or exact launch dates for the R5, and we would rather say so than guess. For verified figures, the manufacturer's own heritage pages and model archives are the reliable source. What we can vouch for is the design itself — the silhouette our artists work from is drawn to the car's real proportions.
The R5 in the Tinvibe collection
We cut the Renault R5 as a single, clean outline in matte black. The design below are drawn directly from our catalogue for this nameplate — covering our catalogue captures the 1987 example.
