Renault Type AM

Renault
Renault Type AM (1909)
Type AM
Sales designation:	Renault 10 CV Renault 10/14 CV
Production period:	1907-1909
Class :	Lower middle class
Body versions :	Phaeton , touring car , limousine
Engines:	Petrol engines : 2.1 liters (7.4-10.3 kW)
Length:	3810 mm
Width:	1610 mm
Height:
Wheelbase :	2720 ​​mm
Empty weight :	Chassis: 750 kg
Previous model	Renault Type AH
successor	Renault Type BK

The Renault Type AM was an early passenger car model from Renault . It was also called 10 CV and from 1909 10/14 CV .

description

The national approval authority approved the successor to the Renault Type AH on March 1, 1907. The successor was the Renault Type BK .

A water-cooled four - cylinder engine with a 75 mm bore and 120 mm stroke produced 10 to 14 hp from a displacement of 2121 cm³ . The engine power was sent to the rear axle via a cardan shaft . The maximum speed was specified as 37 km / h to 57 km / h, depending on the gear ratio.

With a wheelbase of 272 cm and a track width of 134 cm, the vehicle was 381 cm long and 161 cm wide. The chassis weighed 750 kg. There was a choice of Phaeton , Double Phaeton and Limousine . The chassis initially cost 9500 francs and from 1909 only 9000 francs.

literature

• Gilbert Hatry, Claude Le Maître: Dossiers Chronologiques Renault. Tome 2: 1906-1910 . Editions Lafourcade, Paris 1978, ISBN 2-902667-02-7 , pp. 50-87 (French).
• René Bellu: Toutes les Renault. Des origines à nos jours . Éditions Jean-Pierre Delville, Paris 1979, ISBN 2-85922-023-2 , pp. 28-35 (French).

Web links

Commons : Renault Type AM  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Histomobile (English)
• voitures.renault.free.fr (French)

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} René Bellu: Toutes les Renault. Des origines à nos jours . Éditions Jean-Pierre Delville, Paris 1979, ISBN 2-85922-023-2 (French).
2. ^ ^{A b} Gilbert Hatry, Claude Le Maître: Dossiers Chronologiques Renault. Tome 2: 1906-1910 . Editions Lafourcade, Paris 1978, ISBN 2-902667-02-7 (French).