-- the package Car Models ListRelease: All ideas written on our website are for informatory designs only. Again, a car so odd compared to what Im used to, its actually cool, and it was born the same year as I was. Engine Guides. . Significantly, the 4 GTL made its debut in January 1978 with a 1.1-liter four-cylinder engine shared with the 6 (a model closely related to the 4) and rated at 34 horsepower. Suprastella (1938-1939) Monaquatre (1932-1936) Vivasport (1933-1935) Viva Grand Sport (1935-1939) ABx (1934-1937) Celtaquatre (1934-1938) Celtastandard (1935-1937) ACx/ADx (1935-1940) Juvaquatre (1937-1957) (Was facelifted as the Renault Dauphinoise in 1957) Novaquatre (1938-1940) World War II (1939-1945) [ edit] AHx (1941-1947) You took the very words from me. In early 1965, the brand unveiled an innovative new vehicle at the Geneva Motor Show: the Renault 16. I was allowed to blast (toughen in cheek) down the fire roads. We got Renault parts, Volvo parts, Alfa Spyder, even a complete exhaust system for my brothers A-H 100-6. In 1969, the Renault 16 gained reversing lights, along with front power windows, an electric sunroof and leather upholstery. A fourth went to the sands and dusty roads of Africa for tropical development.". Want to join Renault Group? Mar 21, 2022 - Explore 's board "Renault Across the Years", followed by 2,594 people on Pinterest. spring units (mounted inboard of the conventional coils) at the rear. New options for the year included a renault w/o rust! Not benji, the car! That was in the 60s and the son of the designer still has one, and I got to drive it several years ago. inline four-cylinder water-cooled engine with removable cylinder Check out this cool 1985 Renault Alliance DL convertible with only 2 . Later carsespecially GTLsmake excellent daily drivers. bridges -- was true. I used to love cruising around all those yards as a kid, marveling at all the crazy contraptions dropped off after someones dream buggy died. Rebadged Dacia Sandero. I miss the old Shawsky! 4s were so cheap and disposable that French students started organizing raids in Africa, like the 4L Trophy, whose routes were often better suited to a Land Cruiser than to a front-wheel-drive hatchback. I would buy it if I had a place to park it I owned two Renaults a R 16 and R 5 bothe great cars .. With three days to go the bidding is up to $6,500! I dont recall the name of the adjacent street, perhaps State Street, where the building was located. Many were not, and they were utterly destroyed in about a week. The 4CV had several advantages, 4 doors, more room, a real heater( sort of). Rebadged and restyled Dacia Dokker produced in Argentina and sold throughout South America. Les meilleures offres pour CAMPING CAR MOTORHOME PILOTE G740 AVENTURA de 2011 au 1/43 NEUF BLISTER sont sur eBay Comparez les prix et les spcificits des produits neufs et d 'occasion Pleins d 'articles en livraison gratuite! My stepfather was furious but the car was such an oddball he did not know where to get parts so he sent it to the junkyard. I insisted on paying something for it. same piece of road as a Checker cab, to take over on Main Street, USA? Those early Dauphines were pretty terriblelots of rust problems, and mechanical stuff on em brokethe identical parts were used on 4CVs with no problems at all; no one has ever figured that out. I raise my cold stein of beer (not a wine drinker) to you and propose a toast to the Little Car! The Renault 16 was styled by Gaston Juchet. Instead, designers sketched the outline of a two-box, four-door car with a tall rear hatch and a low loading floor. sold a lot of them. . Class: Supermini Photo: Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY Renault Dauphine Sub-4 meter three-row mini MPV mainly destined for the Indian market. There was also a large mechanically conventional 2-litre 4-cylinder car, the Renault Fregate, from 1951 to 1960. Some were adequately prepared for the adventure, and they survived. The car's most notable distinction was its utilization of 4-wheel disc brakes, a first for a car of its size. We agreed on $5. The factory quit installing the manifolds after the 59 model year, but all US-bound cars got the nice valve covers through the end of 61 production. Export sales accounted for almost half of the total with, for example, a special version tailored to the US market. PU ready for the move to Nevada in 1983) If you old like me, then you remember the old squeaky wooden floor hardware stores where if you knew where to look, or the employee knew where to look, they had anything AND everything you needed. When new domestic compacts from Ford, Chrysler, and Chevrolet joined I didnt start paying for my 4s until about 2017, which is when values began to rise. Snub-nosed and Beetle-tailed, it had marginal performance and poor roadholding -- but it was cheap, it was reliable, and it was available. Did you used to drive one of the old Renault cars on this list? the next few years, it never again produced anything that looked quite as cute. They had 3 speed, non-synchro 1st transmissions, and was aimed squarely at the VW. (Yes, it had enough power to spin the tire(s) in the dirt or gravel.) It all started with a set of open-ended guidelines, given to the team in charge of developing a successor to the 4CV. And a 4 speed all synchro transaxle from a late Dauphine (4.37 final drive) or an early R8 (4.11 final drive) will bolt up giving comfortable cruising speeds of 60-65 mph (original top speed was 70 with the factory 4.87 final drive). At the same time the fierce I only saw one other one in my life, about 20 years ago at an antique store just east of Janesville, Wis. fourth-place car having survived a tumble into a ravine along the way. control of an oversteer condition that presents itself. The car was also Renault's flagship car, It has since been replaced by the Renault-Samsung built Renault. Annual production dropped from 241,644 units in 1980 to 177,660 in 1981, and sales never reached the 200,000-unit threshold again. on a car with no less than 55 bhp that could beat 90 mph. One was my daily driver for 14 years, and carried me from Florida to North Carolina, then Texas (with a side trip to Mexico City), Colorado , upstate New York and finally Ohio, courtesy of the Air Force. Cutting across the hatchback and commercial vehicle categories, the Renault 16 was exceptionally versatile for its time. Coup SUV based on the Clio/Captur platform (Europe and others) or Duster platform (Russia). Early road tests in U.S. publications were quite Renault sold its R4, R8 and R10 models from 1961, replacing them with the popular R12 in 1968. monetization_on Do you have a Renault 4CV for sale? were in fact the same company. in basic form, with very little improvement in performance. Hope I have transmit to you that feeling and it will make your day.. Dont know anything about these, but it looks like a VW Bug and a 48 Plymouths love child, Dont know anything about these, but it looks like a VW Bug and a 48 Plymouths love child, A few more 4CV facts and answers to some of the comments posted: The Clio platform that spawned the Modus also gave rise to the current Nissan. Hi Mike, How can I get in touch with you? Foot note: The lug wrench doubles as an engine crankjust in case the starter motor fails. Cobra Steve and Howard, J.C. Whitney and Warshasky (spelling?) The Renault 16 also marked its time with its modern, avant-garde technical characteristics. coil-spring/telescopic dampers sitting atop the swing tubes (Renault called During World War II, France had been under Nazi occupation for four years. Modular by design, the 4 spawned countless factory and aftermarket off-shoots, including the Plein Air, the Rodeo, and the JP4. The condition of this car appears to be rock solid, even the underside looks solid. It was Porsche who suggested changes to improve the weight distribution and roadholding, and for a time he toiled in Renault's own engineering workshops. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Your email address will not be published. From 1968 with the TS version, for Tourisme Sportif or sport tourer, a range of innovative new features became standard, including a defrosting rear window, additional quartz halogen headlights, two-speed windscreen wipers with four-jet washers and an interior rearview mirror with day/night settings. The idea was to design a sort of family nest. Welcome to our full list of 1960s cars. I know. the car was also under attack from within Renault itself: from below by the new rear, there was a high-pivot swing axle of the simplest nature, with concentric The car's name, 4CV, is the abbreviation of the French quatre chevaux or 'four horses,' referring to the engine's tax classification, i.e., four taxable horsepower. Renault EV Conversions, Bed in the Front, Flathead-Powered Camaro, Year of the Rabbit Combining functional qualities with elegant looks and no fewer than six windows, the Renault 16 adapted the principle behind the success of the city-going Renault 4 to upmarket family vehicles. When I married my soon-to-be-Bride, her daily ride was a Dauphine, so that bit of trivia has stuck w/me . tire was carried on its side under the front of the car, hidden behind a Renault speedily hired The Renault 16 contributed to Renaults international expansion. the alarming tendency for body panels to rust away. As you know at Supercars we focus on classic, iconic and important historical cars so you won't find everyday models here. Although the Dauphine was soon outshone by the new For the 1960 model year, Renault astonished everyone by mph. We empower classic and exotic car buyers, sellers, and enthusiasts with insights for the collector car industry - including market values, price comparisons, listing alerts and more. Renault quickly expanded the lineup. US cars from 1956-59 were fitted with Autobleu header manifolds for an additional two hp; they were also fitted with those classy finned aluminum valve covers. Its owners gained access to modern consumer society and a new automotive experience. http://www.weinberg.lu/. There was more to come. The R5 was sold in the US as Le Car, from 1976 to 1983. tame that problem. It was produced in two generations 19721985 and 19841996. heard about Dauphine handling -- the nervous way in which it might pass a Neighbors daughter bought one as her first car. It is best to stick with the manuals, which by the early 1960s were fully synchronized. Though available in extremely smart 2+2 was, after all, a 27 percent improvement on the standard car -- enough to provide . Production continued outside of France, and the final 4s were built in Spain for overseas markets in 1994. characteristics. From the start, the Renault16 was designed as a family car, fundamentally different from the competition. In 2021, rumors suggest the 4 will be reborn as an EV, inevitably, in the 2020s. would swish along France's tree-lined Routes Nationales at more than 60 The Scnic concept car paved the way in 1996 for Mgane Scnic, the first ever compact MPV. Probably more than you wanted to know about 4CVs, but to know em is toif not love emat least appreciate em. find ways of dealing with it in its sports cars, why not Renault? They drug it home behind a pickup, her brother climbed in and, with great effort, stood up, popping the roof back up. I want a versatile car, one thats urban and rural at the same time, and one that suits the needs of everyone. By that time, Renault had pushed up 845cc engine power to 32 When youre dealing with under 25 horsepower, wearing your lighter, summer toupee can make a real difference in merging. They were reproduced in several countries under different names, and away from the US, probably the most recognized car for police and taxis. Yes, I have owned a 4CV. With its front-wheel drive layout, still unusual in this segment at the time, and centre-front engine, it had excellent road manners. But wait, theres more, my first car was one of these vehicles! How do you attach photos on this site?). For the sporty driver, the main advantage was that when only Thanks Mike. Crucially, it needed to be offered in several variants, including a hatchback and a van, so Renault opted for body-on-frame construction early in development. The Renault 5 achieved, like the original Mini, a cult status. Modular and spacious, the concept car introduced a new compact MPV format. Howard A, I grew up (and survived) in Gary, IN, and also made trips to JC Whitney on Archer. The price was right at $1,700 on average, and the gas mileage was a very impressive 39 mpg combined. The car looks like its in fantastic condition, doesnt it? Immediately adopted by families, the car was such a success that its name was quickly changed from Mgane Scnic to just Scnic. The key strength of Espace lay in its ability to carry seven passengers and to reach a top track speed of 180 kph with its original aerodynamic lines. To view the purposes they believe they have legitimate interest for, or to object to this data processing use the vendor list link below. four-speed gearbox, too. benjy they were a great little car fun to drive . And later, that same friends first car: a 58 4 CV! mid 1961 came the DeLuxe models, in which the backrests of the front seats Mar 8, 2014 - Explore Jean-Marc's board "Renault 1950-1980", followed by 546 people on Pinterest. This is a list of vehicles badged as Renault. Rebadged Dacia Duster for markets without the presence of Dacia. Longevity? Even the GTL is not quick by modern means of measurement, and I dont recommend cruising at 75 mph for hours on end, but its delightful to drive on a country road. Lets take a closer look at this heritage through several emblematic models. The Renault 16 reviewed the cues of family vehicle design. of the 4CV. Thatll give the same power-to-weight ratio as an early Sprite/Midget. Mike 4cv-guy (crickets) The 4CV was first shown at the Paris Motor Show in 1946 and they were on the market from 1947 all the way up to the space age of 1961. Thats the one I saw. Vehicles not sold in the core European market, PreWorld War I To World War I (18991918), "Renault Sandero 66kW Turbo Stepway Techroad (2020) review - The creature-comfort crossover - Expert Renault Sandero Car Reviews", "Renault Megane sedan and wagon launched in Australia", "2016 Renault Koleos pricing and specifications", "Renault Alaskan ute axed from Australia, could switch to Mitsubishi Triton platform", "2023 Renault Espace Morphs Into An SUV, Will Debut This Spring", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Renault_vehicles&oldid=1136974067. manufactured by IKA-Renault in Argentina. My average gas mileage for the 130,000-some miles I drove it was 35.2. be expected, but there was none of that at the Rgie. 1959. ", The Renault Dauphine's unit-construction bodyshell was really that of a (I tried in vain to post a photo, but kept getting error message! The Dauphene had a push button automatic transmission. It was produced in two generations 1972-1985 and 1984-1996. His engine was stuck and he managed to get it free and running. Strengthened by its alliance with Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors, and its unique expertise in electrification, Renault Group comprises 4 complementary brands Renault, Dacia, Alpine and Mobilize offering sustainable and innovative mobility solutions to its customers. No mention of transmission either. A contemporary take on family cars, R-Space was a sensual MPV concept grouping features that were long considered incompatible: family use, functionality, sportiness and sensuality. conventional body under which a pair of perimeter-shaped longitudinal box To me there is an elegance in the simplicity of design as Europe was trying to get back on their feet following WWIIsmall & economical were needed. But how could such a pretty and appealing little car as the Renault Dauphine come from a company that had lain in ruins only 10 years earlier? Irony of ironies, Porsche himself even played a hand in the new small Renault. Pierre Dreyfus asked his team to design the 4 for urban and rural buyers alike, but its in the countryside that most went to retire. The vast 410 dm3 boot could be accessed either via the tailgate or the rear window. Oh, well, I love where I am now and thats as good as it gets! Customers soon found that they could in which to be seen in Paris, or in French seaside resorts. Industrial designer as well as an aerodynamics engineer, Juchet was asked by CEO Pierre Dreyfus to lead the design studies for the Renault 16. I have always loved the style of thesecheck out videos of the Mille Millia and youll see these in it! By the mid Sixties, however, time was running out for the Named European Car of the Year in 1997, the Scnic was restyled in 1999 and separated from the other vehicles in the Mgane range. IMHO once they started down the improved/modern program, their service and parts availability went way down hill. The list is long In the space of fifty years, Renault has made its mark on automotive history and established its vision of cars tailored to the lifestyles of their occupants. What blast! RULES: No profanity, politics, or personal attacks. bhp in the standard Dauphine and 40 bhp in the Gordini (the latter now picking So they gave it to my father who had owned a couple of Dauphenes in the past. Some of our partners may process your data as a part of their legitimate business interest without asking for consent. (I think that started when they went for BK reorganization) It used to be, you could depend on them to have anything you needed in a couple of different quality scales. him, and set him to improve the Dauphine's performance. Keep me in the conversation via email. whole of the pressed engine/transaxle/suspension mounting member was detachable I would love to drive one again,but not sure that I would want to own one. I also wouldnt pay what the bid has reached. With its factories in ruins and its boss, Louis Renault, in prison as an alleged collaborator with the Germans and soon to die, France's largest carmaker was in a parlous state. This Renault vehicle model list includes photos of Renault vehicles, along with release dates, body types, and other manufacturing information. An example of data being processed may be a unique identifier stored in a cookie. rack-and-pinion steering, on a detachable front cross member. It was previously revealed in 1998 as a concept-car, although the following production model does not have very much in common with it. A range of heavy duty trucks for construction. The Renault Avantime is a coup multi-purpose vehicle marketed by the French manufacturer Renault, designed and manufactured by Matra, between 2001 and 2003. Not even a weird combination of recommended tire Just 1.78m long, the cabin boasted record-breaking space. teeming with these little four-seaters. pivoting panel below the center section of the bumper. As a bonus, the front-drive layout was seen as safer option that forgives a drivers bad behavior, according to period notes. In 1951 the 4CV earned again the class victory in LE MANS. Unveiled at the 1965 Geneva Motor Show, the Renault 16 surprised visitors with its offbeat styling. The R5 was sold in the US as Le Car, from 1976 to 1983. European cars. I still own three: the aforementioned 56 Convertible, an all original 48, and the 59 I bought in 1963. Each one wore a metal plaque, numbered from 1000 to 1, on the dashboard, below the clock. in the extreme tail with cooling outlet vents in the engine lid -- I nearly Gordini was good for 0-60 times of around 20 seconds and a top speed of about The qualities of this industrial venture were also recognized by the automotive industry. More than a fair share of things went wrong with our cars. One of the options on these cars was an electric clutch. Classics. Led by the Dauphine, Renault sold 91,073 cars in the States in Back in Paris, product planners ordered a last-minute name change: instead of Domino or Safari (depending on the version), the car would be named after its government-assigned taxable horsepower rating, much like the 4CV and the 2CV. It was a busy place. were mounted, flipped up to reveal a seven-cubic-foot cargo hold. They have typically French engineeringwhich isnt necessaryily bad, just different. Before French law allowed for a third week of paid leave, Renault already gave its workers this extra break (1955), and later even gave them a fourth week off work (1962). Renault Renault 4 prototype, 1960. Cars must no longer be just four seats and a boot. At launch, the range included two basic models. We can remenber the class win in the 1954 MILLE MIGLIA, and the 5 first places in the category tourism cars. Although Renault Beach Wagon 1960 to 1961 CMB $75,472 1 For sale For Sale 1 Avg $28,194 Sales Count 19 Dollar Volume $535,683 Lowest Sale $2,050 Top Sale $106,400 Most Recent $34,826 Loading Market Chart data. Note he first cars with an average 105,9 kn/hour over 1597km all over Italy with mainly mountain roads. It started in 1948 with the 5 first places in his category in the Rallye Monte Carlo. While discussions about the 4CVs successor started echoing through the firms headquarters in 1952, developing and launching the bigger Dauphine sedan was a far more pressing matter. for 1966. A brand new Renault, the 760cc 4CV, went on sale in 1947. The family cars approach was subsequently embodied by the Renault 21 Nevada as well as by a completely new automotive concept called Espace. Buyers who selected the 3 got a car with no chrome, a dipstick instead of a fuel gauge, no door panels, and one sun visor. Renault's "princess" -- the 1956 Renault Dauphine -- made her public debut in March 1956, and the Youd tell the person what you wanted, and lo and behold, it came down the belt. CLASSIC.COM is a trademark of CLASSIC.COM Inc. CLASSIC.COM is an independently owned and operated business and is not affiliated with Artcurial, Barrett-Jackson Auction Company LLC, Bonhams, Bring a Trailer, Car And Classic Ltd., Cars & Bids, Clasiq Auctions, Classic Car Auctions Limited (CCA), Collecting Cars, Gooding & Company Inc, Greensboro Auto Auction Inc, Guys With Rides, Hemmings, Henderson Auctions, Historics Auctioneers, Mecum Auction Inc, Motorious, Okotoks Collector Car Auction, PCARMARKET Inc, Porsche Digital Inc, Rad For Sale, Racing Edge Projects Ltd, Ritchie Bros Auctioneers, RM Auctions Inc, RM Sothebys, Silverstone Auctions Limited, The Collector Car Network, or Worldwide Auctioneers. Front seatbelts became standard in April 1970, September 1970 brought a 12-volt electrical system, and a bigger 782-cc engine arrived in September 1971. With its rich, generous array of features, the Renault 16 was a prestige vehicle. Early guidelines sketched the outline of a car with four seats, close to the 4CV in terms of performance and fuel economy, and with a base price of 300,000 francs (a figure later increased to 350,000). them "trumpet casings") themselves. air conditioning and a three-speed automatic transmission with pushbutton A range of heavy duty trucks for long-distance. On the fringes of the project, the team also worked on a coup that was finally dropped owing to insufficient profitability. windshield in no time at all), and it wasn't long before customers discovered The Renault Caravelle is a sports car manufactured and marketed by Renault for model years 1958-1968 in a single generation as a rear-engine, rear-drive open two/four-seater designed by Pietro Frua of Carrozzeria Ghia, using the floorpan and engine of the Renault Dauphine.. Outside of North America and Britain it was, until 1962, marketed under the nameplate Renault Floride. Except for Rebault built 8,134,424 units of the 4 from 1961 to 1994, a staggering volume that made it the best-selling French car until the Peugeot 206 eclipsed the mark in 2010. Same engine and transaxle as this car, I believe. at the right time, when France's economy was picking up well, and when the With R-Space, Renault set its sights on the future with an approach to mobility that is both dynamic and positive. Renault Le Car is constructionally closely . One technical oddity was the Find Your Car's Value. front-wheel-drive R4, and from above by the more spacious, more capable, R8. Nearly 5.5 million were built. Renault Group is at the forefront of a mobility that is reinventing itself. My best childhood friends mom owned a 57 and later a 61 4 CV. sleeves in the tail, and swathed it all in pretty and curvaceous As the slogan said, it was up to the user to invent a lifestyle to go with it! How cars were advertised during the 1960s changed nearly as dramatically during the decade as did American culture. The project was ambitions but Pierre Dreyfus felt that it was lacking the features that could set it apart from the competition: We have to do things differently. Everyone has his or her reason for buying a Renault classic car. . called it a "trunklid," though that was at the front -- and neat air intakes Love the motor hop-up tips. The Dauphine has the same unit. In America specifically, some other factors were at work cars, particularly in the U.S. (The Dauphine further proved its performance Warshawskys was just like that. up the Caravelle's engine rather than its own special castings). was, could swallow an impressive payload of people and luggage, and The first prototype ran as early as July 1952, and a further batch clocked more than 2 million miles of testing.