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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 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:
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.
Renault 4CV: Renault 760cc S4 171 25 S 1.1 48 L. Pons (private entrant) Jacques Lecat Louis Pons Renault 4CV: Renault 760cc S4 170 26 S 750 55 A. Lachaize (private entrant) Auguste Lachaize Albert Debille Panhard Dyna X84 Sport Panhard 611cc Flat-2 168 27 S 1.1 45 J.-E. Vernet (private entrant) Just-Emile Vernet Roger Eckerlein Renault 4CV ...
This is a list of vehicles badged as Renault. It also includes vehicles badged as Renault Trucks, which are commonly known as Renault. This list does not include vehicles marketed under Alpine or Mobilize marques, or Dacia.
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 ...
The Renault Dauphine (pronounced) [10] is a rear-engine, rear-wheel-drive four-door economy sedan with three-box styling, manufactured and marketed by Renault from 1956 to 1967 across a single generation.
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.