Total Insanity: Here's Still Another Renault Medallion For Sale and It's Beautiful

Since I work on the internet for a living now, I can say without doubt that I always feel like the world is trolling me. As Slartibartfast would have it, this is probably “perfectly normal paranoia.” However, after searching for Renault Medallions—inarguably one of the least-reliable cars ever sold stateside—for a full year and coming up virtually empty, I’m at a loss how suddenly three of them have come up for sale in the space of a few weeks. First, there was this beat-up one in Oklahoma, then another running(!) project in Seattle. This wagon version in Ohio for sale on eBay, however, is surely the finest Medallion left in the world.


Not only is the wagon edition rarer still than the few extant sedans, this one is exceedingly rare in that it doesn’t appear to have spent more than a decade collecting rust, leaves, mold, and French disease. In fact, this is a sterling example that appears to have been restored by its seller. New 2.2-liter engine (mounted longitudinally, of course) in a food-service clean engine bay, impeccable interior, and even some tasteful aftermarket wheels. Did the wagons come in any other color, by the way?

Among the sellers claims are that the radio doesn’t work and the fan blower only works on the high setting. For what could be wrong with a Medallion, this is small potatoes. When the seller goes on to say “Probably the nicest one in the U.S.,” I can’t think of anyone who could argue.

So now we get to the selling price: Bidding ends on Thursday with a starting bid of $4,500. Nobody has yet bid on it, but what do we think of an exceedingly clean example of a car that is virtually extinct? I think the seller has offered a pretty compelling price. It’s just low enough to consider for the oddball collector or to prompt a reasonable offer when it doesn’t sell by Thursday.

To be honest, I’ve never thought about what an excellent-condition Medallion was worth because I was certain no such thing is existed. But here it is, preserved like a mediocre port.
Hat-tip to LeMons racers Marc Fuhrman and Tsog, who both independently sent me this.
[Source: eBay]