MarketPlace: 11k-Mile 1996 Renault Sport Spider
Vehicle Details
- Year: 1996
- Make: Renault
- Model: Sport Spider
- VIN: VMKAF0H0516477671
- Mileage Shown: 11,187
- Transmission: Manual
- Title Status: Clean
- Color: Yellow
- Seller Type: Private Party
- Location: Englishtown, NJ 07726
- Country: United States of America
- Lot #: V-0059083-MP
Created to revive the brand’s motorsport identity, the Renault Sport Spider debuted at the 1994 Geneva Motor Show as a lightweight open-top roadster and served as the race car platform for the Spider Trophy one-make racing series. It was manufactured at the Alpine factory in Dieppe, France, featuring an aluminum chassis, composite bodywork, scissor doors, double-wishbone suspension, vented disc brakes, and a 2.0-liter 16-valve F7R inline-four engine paired with a JC5 5-speed manual gearbox. This yellow-finished example is one of approximately 1,640 road-going versions produced between 1996 and 1999. It was originally sold in Japan and moved to Germany before eventually being imported to the U.S. in July 2024. Accompanied by a clean title, this rare and unique sports car is now being offered for auction out of New Jersey with approximately 11k miles showing on the odometer.
The Renault Sport Spider uses a lightweight welded-box aluminum chassis manufactured by the same Danish firm that produced the Lotus Elise. Its composite bodywork was designed by Patrick Le Quément and features a forward-hinged clamshell hood, scissor doors, side air intakes, and an integrated roll bar. This example is finished in yellow with contrasting charcoal grey lower bodywork and features a full glass windshield, a rarely seen configuration on the early road-legal models. Equipment includes dual mirrors, road-compliant lighting, a polished external fuel cap, and silver five-spoke alloy wheels dressed in Yokohama tires. The seller notes some surface scratches on the exterior, detailed images are provided in the gallery.
Revealing an exposed aluminum tub, the racing-style cockpit features black and grey Recaro bucket seats, centrally mounted yellow seatbelts, a three-spoke leather steering wheel, adjustable pedals, storage nets, a body-colored center console, a ball shift knob, a central digital speedometer/odometer, and a three-gauge analog instrument cluster.
The transverse mid-mounted 2.0-liter 16-valve F7R inline-four engine was factory-rated at 148 HP. Power is sent to the rear wheels through a JC5 5-speed manual gearbox. The Sport Spider employs double wishbone front and rear suspension, coil springs, anti-roll bars, and 300mm vented disc brakes at each corner.
This sale will include a jack and a clean title.
The seller would like you to know: “RARE 1996 Renault Sport Spider - LHD Windscreen - Collector Car - Pure Driving! Own a piece of Renault Sport history! This is your chance to acquire an exceptionally rare 1996 Renault Sport Spider, an early Left-Hand Drive (LHD) Windscreen model, offering a thrilling and pure analog driving experience. A true collector's item and an icon of focused automotive design.”
Comments (34)
@RandyInRoswellGA PLACE AN OFFER!
Offer in the amount of $34,500
I see it's Buy it Now for $55k, that's a fair price for this car considering it's condition and mileage, and it's uniqueness as well. Good Luck! Some lucky person gonna have a little street legal go cart!
Darn, I got distracted for 30 seconds too long LOL!
That was crazy last second bid by rgao007
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Hello folks, congratulations on to the last minutes of this super unique mechanical specimen. And mechanical it is, as that's the whole point. I drove many cars and this is a very unique experience in terms of how you connect with the road as a driver. Good luck to those who are bidding.
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@Pepino yes it comes with us clean Pennsylvania title.
Bid in the amount of $25,500
Does it comes with US title
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@Pyrate there are 94 photos in the gallery. If you're on a computer, they're on the right side. If you're on a phone, they're below the comment section.
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@Pyrate @Pyrate. Just click on the pick icon at the top next to the like button. There should be many.
Five photos?! That's it? And no walk around profile shots. Come on!
Bid in the amount of $20,000
Street legal go kart. Rode shotgun in one recently and it was an absolute blast.
GLWA!
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@RandyInRoswellGA Thats the foot rest. NOT a pedal. But this is a gem for sure. I take to different meets and it gets insane attention and it competes with Lotus Elise.
I see in the photo of the pedals, there is a 4th pedal. Is that old school emergency brake? I'm really digging this car... looks like a blast to drive.
Bid in the amount of $5,000