Does Scotty have a knack for the unusual, or what? world was still looking for really modern-looking cars, the Dauphine was soon a tire was carried on its side under the front of the car, hidden behind a They devoted a considerable amount of energy to figuring out what could break, tuning the long-travel suspension on Sardinias haphazardly-paved roads, sending a couple of prototypes to hang out with Paul Bunyan and Lucy in freezing Minnesota, and letting a few test cars loose in the Sahara to torture the cooling system. than sturdy rims with five mounting lugs to match up with the hubs, the space There was more to come. Dreyfus goal was to increase sales, and he knew achieving it wouldnt be possible without replacing the 4CV, which could not linger around indefinitely. Since then, two more generations have arrived on the market. fourth-place car having survived a tumble into a ravine along the way. The range was expanded in 1977 with the arrival of a 110 hp 1995 cc petrol engine, and an 85 hp 2068 cc turbocharged Diesel engine in 1979. Less Annual production dropped from 241,644 units in 1980 to 177,660 in 1981, and sales never reached the 200,000-unit threshold again. You can find Renaults on best inexpensive cars as well as worst cars ever. be expected, but there was none of that at the Rgie. Your email address will not be published. wider and slightly lower than its predecessor (which hung around until Also just a few years ago I had a Dalphine pass me going a little over 70 mph toward the Canadian border on I5. Battery electric variant available as the Master E-Tech Electric. Luckily, there was a huge thicket on the outside of the corner AND the roof was round enough for an 80 pound kid to rock the car back over and the car flopped back over on its wheels. I was wondering if you were going to see this one, Howard! We agreed on $5. Renault faced more than a sudden spate of Yank competitors, If its got wheels and runs lets race it! The name Vel Satis is a composite of elements of the words Velocity and Satisfaction. The result was a peoples' car that looked much classier than it New Renault kept its conventional "Ventoux" ohc The history of Renaults family cars started fifty years ago in France during the post-war boom. ( oh boy, 30hp, but some had up to 55hp) Originally for the Dauphine, one could have been installed. Sub-4 meter three-row mini MPV mainly destined for the Indian market. (we only had gravel and dirt) So it was rev up the engine and let go of the shift lever and let the tire spin. In 1871, when a Latvian-born American tailor named Jacob W. Davis invented the modern jeans, he didnt merely alter the course of fashion for decades to come. Yes, I have owned a 4CV. It wasn't long before Paris and other French cities were cooling demand for the Dauphine. As a one-box design without B-pillars, styled by Patrick Le Qument, the Avantime combined the space of an MPV with the style of a 2+2 coup. I would love to drive one again,but not sure that I would want to own one. 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. The seller says that its 100% rust-free and 100% original. Renault did outsell VW for at least several months in 1958/59. magazine advertising when it introduced the R8's successor, the 10, for 1967. . was the same building with the SAME catalog, but sometimes the pricing was slightly different? (some said fragile) construction was sometimes criticized. The construction of this model is based on RENAULT 5 1gen. I own a Renault 4CV Ghia Resort Special (AKA Jolly). Many Renault models get the maximum score of five . Many were not, and they were utterly destroyed in about a week. 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) bodywork. "Our [earlier] cars were not fully prepared to meet the demands of How could such a car be built in a nation devastated by war as recently as 1945? The wheels themselves were really no more French were enthralled. By the mid Sixties, however, time was running out for the 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. The standard 4 offered a similarly basic level of equipment and the bigger engine, while the upper-trim 4L (the name that continues to stick in the 2020s) got third side windows, chrome trim, and an ashtray, among other features. Despite its clearly unconventional looks, Pierre Dreyfus gave the Renault 16 his approval, stating that it would be a car for families attracted by modern consumer society. teeming with these little four-seaters. But it fits the story line. Renault's U.S. sales, which had been in the Well aware of the specifications -- and the potential -- of Germany's "peoples' car," Renault told his engineers in 1940 that he wanted something like it. Whether you buy a classic car to visit shows and events or take a nice round trip, at ERclassics we have something for everyone. They have typically French engineeringwhich isnt necessaryily bad, just different. On top is a removable filter (lifts straight up) which kept dust and debris from entering the box and ultimately the passenger compartment. I enjoyed following his adventures virtually: -- the package Having learned a thing or two about rear-engine cars from the little 4CV it put on the market right after World War II, Renault was ready for something bigger and better by the mid Fifties. B-segment SUV based on the Clio platform. Although the Dauphine was soon outshone by the new At the same time the fierce . While the 3 was a dud, the 4 was an instant superstar. Renault entered the 4CV (quatres chevaux) in the LE MANS race in 51, the little car was a real racing beast. There was also growing disenchantment with its service support in the that the engine is stowed in the rear but push up to some high-speed the alarming tendency for body panels to rust away. of the 4CV. Could that be true. RULES: No profanity, politics, or personal attacks. Lets call it the engine cover until the angry comments roll in and Ill make a mental note of it for next time. 56 with a sunroof in a similar color. The Renault Vel Satis was an executive car produced by the French manufacturer Renault, launched at the 2001 Geneva Motorshow to replace the already-discontinued Safrane. Because almost all of those cars stayed at home, export enthusiasts missed out Thatll give the same power-to-weight ratio as an early Sprite/Midget. Classic Renault models. In 2013 I learned that one project on the table was a modern-day version of the 4, which has never been shown to the public. even hoped to sell big numbers in the USA, where the car first appeared in Many were built on a tight budget and ended up in the local wrecking yards after something failed. Espace arrived in 1984. control of an oversteer condition that presents itself. Have any of you owned a 4CV? Mar 8, 2014 - Explore Jean-Marc's board "Renault 1950-1980", followed by 546 people on Pinterest. The rear wheels were driven Actually, the 4CV owed its existence quite directly to Porsche's little sedan. Not sure how that works here. The garbage man came the next day and took all the parts with the trash. And EMPI made its Camber Compensatorbeloved of swing axle VW ownersfor Dauphines and 4CVsthus nicely taming those scary-to-the-uninitiated swing axles. It is best to stick with the manuals, which by the early 1960s were fully synchronized. They were reproduced in several countries under different names, and away from the US, probably the most recognized car for police and taxis. Without the Beetle, maybe, there might not have been a Chevrolet Corvair, a Renault 4CV -- or the Dauphine. The Longer than the Renault 16, it kept the tailgate and 96 hp 1647cc engine fitted on the TX version. I still own three: the aforementioned 56 Convertible, an all original 48, and the 59 I bought in 1963. It became the best-selling car in France in 1962 (233,000 units were sold in 1963) and Renault built the millionth example in February 1966. The centre was undergoing extensive modernization at the time, and the Renault 20 therefore became its first vehicle to be designed on a computer, using CAD techniques. The Renault 8 ceased production and sales in France in 1973. platform, albeit with a more powerful engine. The Renault Dauphine models of the Sixties started off with a bang. in the middle being pure fresh air! This rust-free all-original 1960 Renault 4CV has been off the road for 38 years and it looks like it has been saved from the ravages of decades of normal wear and tear, and also the blazing Arizona sun. Renault quickly expanded the lineup. New safety norms vilified its dashboard-mounted shifter as a hazard, and laws mandating all new cars sold in Europe starting in January 1993 use a catalytic converter drove the final nail in its coffin. 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. While in French custody in 1946, the authorities sent him to look over the drawings of the impending 4CV model. I do remember Warshawsky had the adjacent street address. Renault Le Car is constructionally closely . Led by the Dauphine, Renault sold 91,073 cars in the States in In the end, about 2 million of the little sedans were built, which made this a Just 1.78m long, the cabin boasted record-breaking space. Join millions of people using Oodle to find unique used cars for sale, certified pre-owned car listings, and new car classifieds. For the 1960 model year, Renault astonished everyone by About 90 minutes away, we made many trips there. If theres a simpler interior I cant think of it offhand. coil-spring/wishbone layout, with an antiroll bar, all neatly packaged with likely to last for decades. Irony of ironies, Porsche himself even played a hand in the new small Renault. The idea was to design a sort of family nest. in which to be seen in Paris, or in French seaside resorts. With a hatch and a folding rear bench, the 4 was at the same time extremely innovative and unabashedly basic. 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. lights (0-60 mph in about 31 seconds), one that couldn't afford to dispute the AND it did not dent the roof! We offer various Renault models such as the Renault 4CV, 5, 6, Juvaquatre, Alpine and NN. If you havent guessed, Im a big 4CV fan! any sort of head-on crash, that fairly hollow nose would fold up to the Mark 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). The 1960s was a golden era for Ferrari, but one model stands head and shoulders above the rest. Hello Girls & Boys, faster, and more sporting models. The fabrication number is 884536. however. It started in 1948 with the 5 first places in his category in the Rallye Monte Carlo. 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. I only saw one other one in my life, about 20 years ago at an antique store just east of Janesville, Wis. introducing a new Dauphine suspension system, called Aerostable. The Renault Avantime is a coup multi-purpose vehicle marketed by the French manufacturer Renault, designed and manufactured by Matra, between 2001 and 2003. The Renault 16 also marked its time with its modern, avant-garde technical characteristics. A great car for Europe; for the U.S. not so much! I also wouldnt pay what the bid has reached. On the fringes of the project, the team also worked on a coup that was finally dropped owing to insufficient profitability. I grew up not far from Pismo Beach and remember seeing a number of Renault dune buggies. for 1966. being launched, the impecunious French race-car builder, Amde Gordini, had Must have been a long two weeks waiting for that head gasket to arrive from J.C. Whitney. $22,650 1-3 Search Tools Refine Search? Espace was the first vehicle to ship with Renaults celebrated 1980s slogan: les voitures vivreor "There's more to life with Renault". I guess Im one of the few people who would like to have this car, but I dont have the room for it. The R21 Nevada featured a folding rear seat along with a second optional rear bench for a total of seven seats, ideal for big families. With R-Space, Renault set its sights on the future with an approach to mobility that is both dynamic and positive. Luckily for Renault, when the Dauphine was 1961 R4. Youd tell the person what you wanted, and lo and behold, it came down the belt. We lived out in the boonies where at the ripe age of 11. Also have a Fiat 600 Jolly from Catalina Island, and a Fiat 850 Shellette by Michelotti. Development progressed in secrecy during the war, for Renault's Nazi overlords wanted the company to produce military trucks at its Paris plant. 1961 Ondine : 1962 . My average gas mileage for the 130,000-some miles I drove it was 35.2. Unhappily for Renault, at that stage, it knew no more than Dr. sleeves in the tail, and swathed it all in pretty and curvaceous There was also a large mechanically conventional 2-litre 4-cylinder car, the Renault Fregate, from 1951 to 1960. to say: "There is nothing in the handling at normal speeds to indicate Oh, well, I love where I am now and thats as good as it gets! With its front-wheel drive layout, still unusual in this segment at the time, and centre-front engine, it had excellent road manners. The spare It stood proud as the best-selling car brand in France thanks largely to the 4CV economy car, introduced in 1947. Imagine driving on the wonderful roads down to NICE, and arriving on the French Riviera.. Some were turned into trailers; others became chicken coops. expected a 30-bhp machine that took an age to drag itself away from traffic Don't get too They had 3 speed, non-synchro 1st transmissions, and was aimed squarely at the VW. Track and Motor Trend longed for a fourth gear.). same piece of road as a Checker cab, to take over on Main Street, USA? The Renault 16 was styled by Gaston Juchet. The Clio is sold as the Renault Lutecia in Japan because Honda retains the rights to the name Clio; after the Honda Clio in 1984. My memory must have faded. Manage Settings As a result, the specifications were rewritten to become project 115, also known as Renault 1500. Safety plays an important role now, besides quality of course. Don't miss what's happening in your neighborhood. Find Your Car's Value. Then she rolled it while student driving. At least the Dauphine had frugality going for it. It also included a wide range of stowage options: two gloveboxes, an array of cubbies, and flaps in the floor. This line of thinking is fundamental for Renault, which will continue to pursue its approach based on family cars. The car was offered with 3/5-door hatchback body shapes between the years 1977 and 1983. The last of the base-model Dauphines was produced in Instead, the company got in touch with its feminine side. 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. It was 4.64 meters long, 18 centimeters longer than the vehicle on which it was based, enabling it to carry objects of up to 2.10metres in length. The result of this creative thinking was cars like the Renault 4CV. What a blast! Looked just like this. Rebadged Dacia Duster for markets without the presence of Dacia. gasoline (petrol) engine with displacement: 845 cm3 / 51.4 cui, advertised power: 19.8 25 kW / 27 34 hp / 27 34 PS ( DIN SAE ), torque: 57 59 Nm / 42 44 lb-ft, more data: 1960 IKA-Renault Dauphine (man. A range of heavy duty trucks for long-distance. The finned valve cover, I think, indicates a higher hp. Someone down the way from me on Orange Grove Road (west of Chapel Hill/Carrboro by about 5 miles) has 3 or 4 of these parked alongside a couple of 53-54 Fords. from the main body structure. A range of heavy duty trucks for construction. Rolled it on two separate occasions letting off in the middle of a corner with a large berm on the outside. Unveiled at the 1965 Geneva Motor Show, the Renault 16 surprised visitors with its offbeat styling. The 4s last major exterior update came in September 1974, when it received a plastic grille with a Renault emblem in the middle. Actually, I lived in Milwaukee, and JC Whitney was on Archer Ave. in Chicago. How many of these do you have on your list? The owner was home. the first four places in class at the '56 Mille Miglia, the smashed-up Regarding transmission the ones I saw were three speed. 3) Horsepower/Torque Curve. that was 845 ccs, and a bit more hp. Put into perspective, this car was manufactured a mere 15 years following the war! How cars were advertised during the 1960s changed nearly as dramatically during the decade as did American culture. Espace created a new market segment in Europe, establishing a strong position from the first-generation model, which sold in almost 200,000 examples through to 1991. The seats were designed to adapt to all types of use: installation of a child seat, rest position, and even a couchette position for two people. It also includes vehicles badged as Renault Trucks, which are commonly known as Renault. rack-and-pinion steering, on a detachable front cross member. the 1 millionth car being produced in 1960, a bit of midterm complacency might Renault In these images kindly sent by Renault's archives department, we can trace the path the 4 took as it transitioned from a prototype to a production model. European cars. After producing mainly luxury cars in the years between the World Wars, Renault conquered the roads after the Second World War with iconic small cars such as the Renault R4. swing axles, those wheels always had a hard time. a price cut instituted for 1961 couldn't help the Dauphine. The car was also Renault's flagship car, It has since been replaced by the Renault-Samsung built Renault. 1960 Alpine coup 2+2. If its factories had not already been sabotaged by French resistance fighters, they were regularly pounded by U.S. Army Air Forces and British Royal Air Force bomber sorties. OK, maybe the memory is toast, but I heard that in 1959 (or 61), in the U.S., that the Renault Dauphine out sold the VW Beetle?? characteristics. Although somewhat vague, these simple directives shaped the 4. It was produced in two generations 1972-1985 and 1984-1996. It was a cranky little thing. might have been even more appealing. Many gave their chassis to a trailer, and a handful donated their engine to pumps used to water crops. called it a "trunklid," though that was at the front -- and neat air intakes than a fair share of our dealers were equipped to deal with what went It joined the range of Renault MPVs in 1996, slotting in between Twingo and Espace. negative camber and more grip when cornering. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for 1960's Renault Cars Advertising stick Pin Badge Aluminium 21 x 13 mm at the best online prices at eBay! (I tried in vain to post a photo, but kept getting error message! Entry-level B-segment hatchback sold in emerging markets. air conditioning and a three-speed automatic transmission with pushbutton He said the car needed to be less ugly than the 2CV but less elegant than the Dauphine, to lure buyers into showrooms without creating internal competition. Ha! The suicide area of this car is the space between the front and rear bumpers! was, after all, a 27 percent improvement on the standard car -- enough to provide While finding one in France is easy, youll need to set aside at least 2000 euros (about $2400) for an example that runs, drives, but needs some work. A very cool car IMHO ( but there again I own a Thing, had a Moke and love Citroens too!). My college friend had one. Shortly after its debut in 1956, the Dauphine transformed Renault into a true global player; it was remarkably popular in America until quality-related problems torpedoed its career, and it was even built and sold by Alfa Romeo in Italy. in each rear passenger door to give away the game. He was appointed CEO in 1955 after his predecessor, Pierre Lefaucheux, rolled his Frgate in icy weather and was killed when his briefcase in the rear seat became a deadly projectile. The engine, like the gearbox and cylinder head, were of aluminium and produced using a pressure-die casting process, a European first. made sure that film stars like Brigitte Bardot were photographed in a Dauphine. We and our partners use cookies to Store and/or access information on a device. body-corrosion problems that came on with age were now well known, and the light Snub-nosed and Beetle-tailed, it had marginal performance and poor roadholding -- but it was cheap, it was reliable, and it was available. plants and sold by AMC dealers. The Renault Clio is a supermini car, produced by the French automobile manufacturer Renault. Up front, there was a conventional In 1951 the 4CV earned again the class victory in LE MANS. Note he first cars with an average 105,9 kn/hour over 1597km all over Italy with mainly mountain roads. Usually ended up push starting it. 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. Longevity? Then, at the through a three-speed transaxle mounted ahead of it. When I married my soon-to-be-Bride, her daily ride was a Dauphine, so that bit of trivia has stuck w/me . 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 .. which not only had a different cylinder head and a 38-bhp engine, but a Dont underestimate this little Big Car, it was not only a brave quiet little car in the hands on the French driving south with all the familly for the summer holidays.! It made hundreds of tweaks to the car in the 1960s, but the first major update came in 1967, when the 4 gained a wider grille with an offset Renault emblem and a four-speed manual transmission. . Another little tidbit of triviawas this the first car with a cabin air filter? Mike 4cv-guy From the start, the Renault16 was designed as a family car, fundamentally different from the competition. RWD (rear-wheel drive), manual 3-speed gearbox. Warshawskys was just like that. Radiator is right in front of the engine, to the rear of the back seat. And later, that same friends first car: a 58 4 CV! Dr. Ferdinand Porsche has a lot to answer for. Cars were equipped with range of engines of 1289 - 1397 cc (78.4 - 85.1 cui) displacement, delivering 38 - 44.7 kW (52 - 61 PS, 51 - 60 hp) of power. coil-spring/telescopic dampers sitting atop the swing tubes (Renault called The different layouts tested during the 1950s included a transversely-mounted, water-cooled four-cylinder engine borrowed from the 4CV and an air-cooled, two-stroke two-cylinder. if(typeof ez_ad_units != 'undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[250,250],'barnfinds_com-large-leaderboard-2','ezslot_13',148,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-barnfinds_com-large-leaderboard-2-0'); The engine should be Renaults 747 CC inline-four with 21 horsepower, give or take. Funny what youll remember. 1985 Renault R5 Turbo II . Porsche did about controlling tail-heavy swing-axle handling The electric clutch disengages 2 ways. http://www.weinberg.lu/. Renaults would briefly sell in great numbers in the USA again, but not until With its rich, generous array of features, the Renault 16 was a prestige vehicle. Unveiled at the 1965 Geneva Motor Show, the Renault 16 surprised visitors with its offbeat styling. At the same time, weight and cost requirements meant making the 4CVs successor into a truck wasnt viable. It was the 1st French car to sell 1 million cars.. More than once, I bet, a gas station jockey mistook the radiator cap ( outside above hood) for the gas filler, that was under the hood. Then reality set in. Said Renault of the process, "Arctic conditions were sampled in the North Cape area [of Europe] by one car, another car was sent to work in the Swiss mountains, and a third to the United States. If I remember correctly they were pretty crummy cars and didnt last very long. Renault, incidentally, had originally wanted to call its new car "Corvette," but General Motors got there first. Suicide doors? The series, which entered production in 1961 and would be produced for over 30 years, was a successor to the Renault 4CV which had been produced .
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