Renault 20

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Renault 20 (1975-1984)
Renault 20 (1975-1984)
20th
Production period: 1975-1984
Class : upper middle class
Body versions : Station wagon
Engines:
Otto engines : 1.6–2.2 liters
(66–85 kW)
Diesel engines :
2.1 liters
(47–63 kW)
Length: 4520 mm
Width: 1726 mm
Height: 1350 mm
Wheelbase : 2660-2665 mm
Empty weight : 1250 kg
Previous model Renault 16
successor Renault 25

The Renault 20 - R20 for short - was an upper middle class vehicle from Renault and was manufactured between October 1975 and January 1984. The Renault 30 is identical in construction to this, but powered by six-cylinder engines except for the turbodiesel .

history

Renault's top model at the time, the Renault 16 , had been on the market for ten years in 1975, so a replacement was in preparation. However, the R16 still sold too well to stop production.

Rear view
Renault 20 TS (1980)

In March 1975, was Renault 30 presented the first only with six-cylinder - petrol engines ( PRV engine was offered). In order to close the gap between the R16 and the R30 and to prepare for the replacement of the R16, the R20 was added to the range from November 1975. The body and technology were taken over from the R30 TS and the four-cylinder engine from the R16 TX . The R16 was offered in parallel until the beginning of 1980.

While the R30 was equipped exclusively with six-cylinder V-engines (apart from the turbodiesel model introduced in 1982 ), only four-cylinder in- line engines were used in the R20 .

In November 1975, the Renault 20 was introduced in France as a cheaper alternative, which was also offered in Germany from February 1976. Outwardly, it differed from the Renault 30 by a modified vehicle front with broadband headlights instead of round double headlights.

Vehicles for the Swedish market had double headlights, as the law there required headlight wipers. Otherwise, the R20 and R30 were largely identical to each other except for small technical details such as wheels, fenders, brakes and fuel type, as well as details in the interior.

In September 1977 the R20 TS was presented. Its engine was a newly developed in-line four-cylinder with initially 80 kW. The equipment with power steering, power windows and central locking largely corresponded to that of the R30 TS . For buyers who were willing to do without a V6 engine, it was an alternative to the Renault 30, which is why it never caught on in terms of sales.

The versions R20 L, TL and GTL all had the small 1647 cm³ four-cylinder engine, while the new "2-liter" engine of the R20 TS also formed the basis for two other very successful engines that debuted first in the R20 and later in the entire middle and upper class models from Renault were used. From autumn 1980, again based on the 2.0-liter drive, Renault launched a four-cylinder engine with a displacement of 2165 cm³ in the R20 TX . An output of 115 hp was available here.

The diesel age began at Renault in 1979. On the basis of the 2.0-liter engine, a four-cylinder diesel engine with a displacement of 2068 cm³ and 64 hp was developed, the output of which was increased to 86 hp with the aid of a turbocharger and intercooler and was installed in the R30 TurboD. The R20 TurboD appeared in early 1982, but was not officially offered in Germany.

The diesel or turbo diesel engine described, as well as the 2.0 and 2.2 liter gasoline engines, were also used in the R18 , Fuego , R25 , Espace , R21 and Safrane models until the end of 1996 .

Models

model Type Displacement Max. power Max. Torque Motor type Engine identification 0-100 km / h V max construction time
L, TL, GTL 1271 1647 cc 66 kW (90 PS) at 5750 rpm 134 Nm at 3500 rpm Carburetor A2M-843 13.5 s 165 km / h 10 / 1975-05 / 1977
71 kW (97 PS) at 5750 rpm 133 Nm at 3500 rpm A6M-843 13.0 s 05 / 1977–01 / 1980
TS, LS 1 1272 1995 cc 80 kW (109 PS) at 5500 rpm 169 Nm at 3000 rpm Carburetor J6R-829 12.7 s 170 km / h 08 / 1977-10 / 1980
LS, TS 1277 1995 cc 77 kW (105 PS) at 5000 rpm 163 Nm at 3000 rpm Carburetor J6R-829 12.8 s 168 km / h 10 / 1980-01 / 1984
TX 1279 2165 cc 85 kW (115 PS) at 5600 rpm 178 Nm at 3250 rpm Carburetor J6T-851 11.6 s 179 km / h 10 / 1980-01 / 1984
TD, GTD 1276 2068 cc 47 kW (64 PS) at 4500 rpm 124 Nm at 2250 rpm Suction diesel J8S-852 20.8 s 148 km / h 10 / 1980-01 / 1984
TurboD 2 1270 2068 cc 63 kW (86 PS) at 4250 rpm 181 Nm at 2000 rpm Turbo diesel with
intercooler 		J8S-852-10 17.0 s 160 km / h 01 / 1982-01 / 1984
1 LS from 1979
2 only for France

Rally success at the Paris-Dakar 1982

In 1982 the Marreau brothers won the Paris-Dakar rally in a Renault 20 Turbo 4x4 with starting number 150. There was a second, identical R20 with starting number 151 that reached the finish in Dakar in 17th place.

Production numbers

A total of 638,000 copies of the R20 were produced in just under nine years, of which just under 58,000 made their way to Germany.

The vehicles for the European market were manufactured in Sandouville, France . In Latin America the model was produced together with the R30 from 1977 to 1982 or 1983 by Renault Venezolana in Mariara .

In the spring of 1984, both the R20 and the R30 were replaced by the Renault 25 .

Dacia 2000

In the 1980s, Dacia produced a small number of the Renault 20 as the Dacia 2000 . However, these were intended exclusively for the state apparatus of the communist system.

Web links

Commons : Renault 20  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ A cuatro décadas del revolucionario Renault 30. In: guiamotor.com. Retrieved July 24, 2017 .
  2. ^ Association Renault Histoire: Venezuela: Mariara. Retrieved July 24, 2017 .