Epoqu'Auto 2026
in a Baccara V6 Turbo

The 47th Epoqu'Auto, in a Baccara

From 6 to 8 November 2026, Epoqu'Auto held its 47th edition at Eurexpo, in Chassieu, on the edge of Lyon: more than 1,000 exhibitors, 220 clubs, and an attendance record — 119,457 visitors, 10.6% more than in 2025, according to L'argus.

Cédric, our president, went there by road, in his Renault 25 V6 Turbo Baccara: the top-of-the-range 25, with under its bonnet the Z7U 700, the 2,458 cc, 205 bhp turbo PRV V6. Three days at the show, 1,153 kilometres on the clock, a car showing 270,000 km — but whose rebuilt engine has only done 6,000 of them. He made a 25-minute film out of it.

Thursday: a last check, and the A6

On Thursday morning, the Baccara goes up on the lift for a last check. With the friend travelling with him, Cédric convinced himself it would make the return trip; ‘deep down, I think we knew it wouldn't. But we believed it.’ Off to Lyon on the A6: more than 500 kilometres, swallowed without a fuss, and an arrival after dark.

In the halls

Inside, enough to keep you busy for three days: rally cars, parts, books, scale models, and the Renault stand, where the 1993 Twingo poses in front of two Dauphines. Further on, the barn finds, kept under cover for years, untouched and dusty; under a glass dome, a Mercedes SL ‘Pagoda’. Avions Voisin were in the spotlight this year.

On Saturday, the sports cars come out: the R5 Maxi Turbo, the 21 Superproduction, a Renault Formula 1 car — and, under its American flag, a Renault Alliance convertible, the Renault 9 built in the United States by American Motors, which never existed as a convertible in Europe. On the Alpine side, a first-series A310 and a bare chassis mark the model's 55 years.

And there are the encounters: Hedi, from the Smells Like GASOLINE channel, ‘exactly like in his videos: genuine’; La chevronnée; Authentiquesautos, for a chat in the car park. On Saturday morning, Cédric also meets up with the APR25 club, the Association Passion Renault 25, a month after its October meeting on Oléron.

The car park, a show in its own right

‘For me, the real show is outside.’ More than an hour on Friday, another round at Saturday lunchtime: the Eurexpo car park lines up dozens of classics that came by road. There are 25s by the dozen — a black Baccara in original condition, a superb blue TX, a phase 2 V6 Turbo in its 182 bhp version, white with beige leather, a TS bought new by its owner, a Turbo-D, another registered in Spain. And Cédric's Baccara takes its place among its sisters.

Other models of the PRV family are there too: an Alpine A310 V6, an Alpine A610, a Citroën XM, a Peugeot 605, some Safranes — including a Safrane Baccara with yellow fog lamps. Around them, the BX 4TC, Citroën's Group B car built in 200 units for homologation, a Nissan Figaro originally sold in Japan only, an Avantime, a genuine Alpina based on the BMW 5 Series E34, a 635 CSi, some 406 Coupés, a Renault 16 TX, a Volvo P1800…

Friday evening: the clutch takes in air

Friday evening, time to leave the show. The barrier opens, first gear goes in, the car moves off… and second gear will not engage. The clutch master cylinder is taking in air. Bonnet up, a lightning-fast bleed: three minutes flat, and the Baccara is off again. On Saturday, it starts as if nothing had happened.

On Sunday morning, before leaving Lyon: same again, no way to change gear. Another bleed, then 520 kilometres home — and once settled in fifth on the motorway, no more trouble: the clutch is no longer needed.

That is where the real job lies. On the 205 bhp V6 Turbo, the clutch master and slave cylinders are not those of the other 25s and, according to Cédric, they have been unobtainable for about ten years. So he will have them rebuilt: resleeving, then a new seal kit. The requests for quotes are out, and what follows will be the subject of a future video. Have you solved this problem on yours, or do you know a good address? Say so in the topic about his Baccara on the forum.

SOURCES: CÉDRIC'S FILM · THE SITE'S RENAULT 25 FILE · L'ARGUS

A vintage year

The verdict: a car that ran very well overall, and a ‘top-level’ show. It was Cédric's second Epoqu'Auto, ‘and certainly not the last’: the 48th edition is announced for 5 to 7 November 2027, at Eurexpo. The full film is on Cédric's YouTube channel; subscribe for the rest of the clutch story.