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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 .
Renault 4CV Belgium AA. 208D (1945–1948) R.4080 (1948–1950) 4CV (1947–1961) Galion (1947–1965) Super Galion (1965–1982) Voltigeur (1947–1965) Goélette (1949–1965) Super Goélette (1965–1982) Colorale, including Prairie and Savane versions (1950–1956) Fainéant (1950–1967) Frégate (1951–1960) MTP (1956–1959) JL (1956 ...
Lefaucheux instead saw Renault's survival in automobiles and achieved considerable success with the 4CV, with over 500,000 produced by 1954. The Dauphine was born during a conversation with Lefaucheux and engineer Fernand Picard .
Commercialized in 1947 with the Renault 4CV, the first version of the "engine Billancourt" was a 0.8 L (760 cc) of 17 hp (13 kW) SAE. In 1950, a 21 hp (15 kW) SAE version was fitted to the Renault 4CV Grand Luxe, produced only in 1950.
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 ...
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.
A completely assembled Atla Type 750 used the 747 cc (46 cu in) version from the Renault 4CV that produced 16 kW (21 hp), and came with a 3-speed manual transaxle. The Atla Type 850 used the 845 cc (52 cu in) engine from the Renault Dauphine that developed 22 kW (30 hp), and also had a 3-speed manual transaxle. The 750 model weighed just 495 kg ...
A couple of years later, during 1958 and 1959 the small automobile factory was transformed into a substantial production facility when the company received a contract from Renault to assemble the manufacturer's stylish new Floride model. The Floride, later rebadged as the Renault Caravelle, would continue to be produced at the factory until 1968.