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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.
The Billancourt engine was an automotive engine designed by Renault for the Renault 4CV, used subsequently until 1985. It later received the internal code "B" , for Billancourt . The "sport" version is called Ventoux engine .
The B family (for the Billancourt factory where it was produced, [1] also referred to as the Billancourt engine) was a cast-iron overhead valve three-bearing crankshaft inline-four designed in the mid-1940s for the 4CV and also used in the Renault 4 and Dauphine:
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 ...
Renault 4CV Belgium AA. 208D (1945–1948) R.4080 (1948 ... or Duster platform (Russia). Also known as the Renault Samsung XM3 in South Korea. Austral: 2022 2022 ...
Unlike the 4CV 1063, the 1093 was only delivered fully assembled, and was not available as a kit. [16] [20] The 1093's Autobleu-enhanced engine so impressed Robert LaMaison, the Renault executive in charge of American sales who had a 1093 as his personal car, that he arranged for the Dauphines sold in the American market to receive the same ...
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 ...
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.