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Broken Dreams: Renault Espace F1. An undercover Formula 1
Renault’s Espace F1 hid an 800 hp V10 F1 engine in a family MPV, turning a minivan into a 312 km/h, 2.8s 0–100 rocket.
It didn’t take long for Ford’s idea to transform its Transit into Supervans, complete with a racing engines to enhance and promote its victories, to be imitated: in 1994, to celebrate two Formula 1 World Titles and 20 years of success of the Espace model, Renault presented an authentic and decidedly captivating monster.
It was an Espace, identical to the one made for daily use, but it had a carbon fibre shell and bodywork instead of fiberglass, and the Formula 1 V10 mounted centrally in the chassis at the expense - but what use would they have had for that? - of the space to comfortably accommodate passengers!
