Long-form articles on the PRV V6, period archives brought back to light, association news. What we dig up, check and publish as we go — sources included.
The Auto moto test on TF1, December 1982, re-edited in 16:9 all the way to the A310 Vision of the 2026 Paris Motor Show: the first PRV-powered Alpine, its 150 bhp, and what television made of it.
The ‘French F40’ against the real one, in Japan in 1993, with a French commentary: the duel, the lap times, and the most powerful production PRV V6 — 408 bhp, from the 400 Trophy race car to the 400 GT road car.
On 30 October 2026, the Douvrin plant closes after 57 years and more than 50 million engines. It is where all 970,315 PRV V6s were assembled, from 1974 to 1998: its history, its line, its customers.
Too tight, the valve no longer closes; too loose, it clatters. On the PRV Z7U of an R25 V6 Turbo Baccara, Maxime sets the twelve rockers with a feeler gauge. His method, the right figures, the 3D animations and the video.
Speedometer, fuel gauge, boot lock: the three electrical faults of an R25 Limousine, diagnosed then fixed with a soldering iron. The Hall effect explained, and the video from the Zick'Family channel.
From 14 to 16 May 2026, the Association Passion Renault 25 brought its members and their R25s to the Île d'Oléron, from Chassiron lighthouse to Fort Boyard. The story of the three days, the PRV V6s at the meeting and the film of the meeting, edited by PRV Concept for the association.
The forum has gained what it lacked most: sending photos of your car from a smartphone, without thinking about it. You pick, you look, you publish — formats, weight, orientation and privacy are handled for you. Video demo and diagrams.
The Back to the Future car runs on a V6 from Douvrin. Why the PRV, the 17 million dollars Renault claimed at the bankruptcy, the car's real weak spot — restarting when hot —, Legend Industries' twin-turbo and the three gold DeLoreans.
The forum and the shop took on the face of the site, and a single account now opens all three. A guided tour on video, signed in as a member: the same look everywhere, one account, and a refurbished shop.
He has a piston for a head, glasses, a spanner in his hand, and he answers on the site and on the forum: Père Hervé is an artificial intelligence. What he knows, where he gets it, what he refuses to do — make things up — and why the association chose to say so.
A tribute to Philippe Bouvard (1929–2026): his 1982 Heuliez-bodied 604 Limousine, fitted out as a rolling office — PTT radiotelephone, typewriter, secretaries on board — from the Paris pavement to the Aventure Peugeot museum, to which he donated it in 1998.
In 1992 Renault promised 268 bhp to challenge the Germans. Delivered two years later, the car left Sandouville to be dismantled in Germany, prepared by Hartge and rebuilt by Irmscher — and its power was capped by its gearbox.
In 1985, the 25 V6 Turbo debuted the Z7U: forged crankshaft with offset crankpins, electronic injection, turbo. And the step from 182 to 205 bhp hides a true engine overhaul — up to the Baccara, the most desirable of all.
11 June 1988: Roger Dorchy's WM P88, powered by a twin-turbo PRV V6 of around 910 bhp, is radar-timed at 407 km/h at Le Mans. Announced as “405” to launch the Peugeot 405 — and frozen forever by the 1990 chicanes.
The “norm” for a V6 is a 60° vee. The PRV runs 90° — the direct inheritance of the stillborn V8 it descends from. The story of an industrial decision that became the engine's signature.
Nicknamed “the AMG of the R25”, the HAS-prepared Renault 25 V6 Turbo pushed the PRV to 240 bhp — around ten cars built, outside any factory catalogue. The period report, put back in context.
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