1983 Renault Gabbiano by ItalDesign

Presented at Geneva Motor Show in 1983, it marks the beginning of the cooperation with Règie Renault, which will take to the production, in 1986, of the Renault 21. Gabbiano takes the moves by studying a sport Coupé that offers an internal compartment for four real seats.

The door opening inspires the name. Usually, four seats coupé have very long doors that need much room to be opened, permitting the entrance in two separate moments: back seats first and then front seats.

Here, only a seagull door allows a contemporary front and back seats entrance.

For the first time on the Gabbiano, you can see the glass windows that completely wrap up the compartment, and this characteristic will be reproduced in many following prototypes.

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