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In 2001, Altaya launched the “Coches Míticos” collection, featuring cars manufactured in China by Tecnitoys using, according to the promotional leaflets, Exin’s original moulds. The collection comprised 48 instalments, published between September 2001 and August 2002. It was subsequently reissued around 2004. This Renault 5 Copa Elf, finished in yellow with a black bonnet, race number 22 and “ELF/REPSOL/MICHELIN” advertising, is a reissue of Exin model reference 4058, first released in 1980. Like the Exin model, it has no lights and is fitted with an RX-4 motor driving the rear wheels. There is no evidence that it represents any specific real car.

The Renault 5 Copa was the Spanish version of the Renault 5 Alpine, introduced in France in 1976. It featured a naturally aspirated 1,397 cc four-cylinder engine producing 93 PS in standard specification, with front-wheel drive. From 1977, it replaced the Renault 8 TS in Spain’s Copa Nacional Renault, a circuit racing series.