Bulgarrenault

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Bulgarrenault
legal form
founding 1966
resolution 1971
Seat Plovdiv , Bulgaria
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Bulgarrenault (also: Bugar-Renault ) was a Bulgarian automobile manufacturer in Plovdiv .

history

In 1966, Renault signed a contract with the Bulgarian foreign trade organization Bulet , which provided for the license production of automobiles . The Bulgarian arms manufacturer Metalhim was also involved in the project. The first copies were made in the same year. The vehicles were primarily intended for the Bulgarian market; several hundred cars were also exported to Yugoslavia , Austria and the Middle East . Production ended in 1971.

Models

Bulgarrenault R10

8th

The first model was a license build of the Renault 8 . A four-cylinder engine with 956 cm³ displacement with 29 kW power was mounted in the rear and drove the rear axle. The four-door sedan with a 2270 mm wheelbase was 3995 mm long, 1490 mm wide and 1361 mm high. The top speed was specified with 132 km / h, and the gasoline consumption with 6.8 liters per 100 km.

10

In March 1968, the Renault 10 was built under license .

Production numbers

year number of pieces
1966 50
1967 870
1968 1600
1969 2486
1970 967
1971 567
total 6540

literature

  • Bernard Vermeylen: Cars from the Eastern Bloc. All models since 1945. , Delius Klasing Verlag, Bielefeld 2010, ISBN 978-3-7688-3149-9
  • Michael Dünnebier and Eberhard Kittler: Passenger cars of socialist countries. , Transpress VEB Verlag for Transport, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-344-00382-8

Web links

Commons : Bulgarrenault  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e f Cars from the Eastern Bloc
  2. a b c Passenger cars from socialist countries