Renault Type AQ

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Type AQ
Production period: 1908-1909
Class : race car
Body versions : Phaeton
Engines: Otto engine :
12.1 liters
(66 kW)
Length:
Width:
Height:
Wheelbase :
Empty weight : 1100 kg
Previous model Renault Type AK
successor Renault Type AT

The Renault Type AQ was an early racing car model from Renault . It was only available with a light, two-seater structure.

description

The national licensing authority granted its approval on June 18, 1907. The predecessor was the Renault Type AK and the successor to the Renault Type AT . A total of four vehicles were built.

A water-cooled four - cylinder engine with a 155 mm bore and 160 mm stroke produced 90  hp from a displacement of 12,076 cm³ . The engine power was sent to the rear axle via a cardan shaft . The top speed was specified as 126 to 147 km / h, depending on the gear ratio.

The vehicle weighed 1100 kg.

motor race

Ferenc Szisz , Dimitriévitch and Caillois fielded three vehicles at the French Grand Prix , which took place on July 7, 1908 at the Circuit de Dieppe in Dieppe . Sergey Dimitriévitch finished eighth and Gustave Caillois fifteenth, while Szisz had to retire.

literature

  • Gilbert Hatry, Claude Le Maître: Dossiers Chronologiques Renault. Tome 2: 1906-1910 . Editions Lafourcade, Paris 1978, ISBN 2-902667-02-7 , pp. 91-125 (French).

Web links

  • Photo (accessed August 30, 2014)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Gilbert Hatry, Claude Le Maître: Dossiers Chronologiques Renault. Tome 2: 1906-1910 . Editions Lafourcade, Paris 1978, ISBN 2-902667-02-7 (French).