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The Renault 4CV (French: quatre chevaux, pronounced as if spelled quat'chevaux) [5] is a car produced by the French company Renault from August 1947 through July 1961. [2] It is a four-door economy car with its engine mounted in the rear and driving the rear wheels.
Traditionally the best-selling Renault model. Also known as the Lutecia in Japan. Kwid / City K-ZE / Climber: 2015 2015 2019 Entry-level crossover-styled city car sold predominantly in India, Brunei, and Latin America. The electric version called the City K-ZE is sold in China. Kardian: 2023 2023 -
The Renault 4, or R4 in short (and 4L, pronounced "Quatrelle", in French), is an economy car built by the French company Renault from 1961 to 1994. Although the Renault 4 was first marketed as a short estate or wagon, its minimal rear overhang, and its top-hinged, single-piece tail-gate made it the world's first mass-produced hatchback car, as well as the first time Renault had used a front ...
It also equipped the Renault 4 from 1964 and the Renault 6 base model; in these front-engined, front-wheel drive applications the engine was codenamed 800. The bore was increased to 58 mm (2.28 in). The power ranged between 30 and 38 hp (22 and 28 kW) SAE for standard (non-Gordini) engines.
More direct inspiration came from the "Allemano", another Renault 4CV based coupé prototype, and modified by Chappe et Gessalin, the firm that would assemble the early "glass fibre" [3] bodied A106s for Alpine. Under the skin, the A106 closely resembled the 4CV. The more sporting 43 hp (32 kW) "A106 Mille Miles" would derive from a competition ...
Alpine was founded by Jean Rédélé, a Frenchman based in Dieppe, who was an enthusiastic participant in rallying during the post-WWII era.Rédélé used Renault 4CVs and modified them for improved performance, including replacing the original three-speed gearbox with a five-speed manual transmission—a significant upgrade at the time.
The Renault Juvaquatre (French:) is a small family car / compact car produced by the French manufacturer Renault between 1937 and 1960, although production stopped or slowed to a trickle during the war years. The Juvaquatre was produced as a sedan/saloon until 1948 when the plant switched its full attention to the new Renault 4CV. During the ...
The French government allocated the economy car market, US Marshall Plan aid, US production equipment and supplies of steel, to newly nationalised Renault to produce its Renault 4CV. [39] The "Plan Pons" came to an end in 1949. [40] Postwar French roads were very different from pre-war ones. Horse-drawn vehicles had re-appeared in large numbers ...