Renault Type B

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Renault Type B Coupé (1900)
Renault Type B Coupé (1900)
Type B
Production period: 1900
Class : Microcar
Body versions : Coupe
Engines: Otto engine :
0.45 liters (2 kW)
Length: 1900 mm
Width: 1150 mm
Height: 1800 mm
Wheelbase : 1100 mm
Empty weight : 300-360 kg
Previous model Renault Type A

The Renault Type B was the second passenger car model of Renault . The designer was Louis Renault .

description

The model appeared on the market in 1900. It was the successor to the Renault Type A , although the Type A was still produced and offered in parallel for a short time. In the same year, the larger Renault Type C also appeared . Production also ended in 1900. There was no successor model of comparable size.

A single-cylinder engine from De Dion-Bouton with a bore of 80 mm and a stroke of 90 mm produced 2.75 hp from a displacement of 452 cm³ . This was the last air-cooled engine from an early Renault. The engine power was sent to the rear axle via a cardan shaft . The maximum speed was given as 45 km / h to 50 km / h.

With a wheelbase of 110 cm and a track width of 85 cm (front) and 93 cm (rear), the vehicle was 190 cm long, 115 cm wide and 180 cm high. The empty weight was between 300 kg and 360 kg. The only body version available was a closed coupe of Labourdette .

The original price was 4200 francs .

literature

  • Gilbert Hatry, Claude Le Maître: Dossiers Chronologiques Renault. Voitures Particulières. Tome 1: 1899-1905. Editions Lafourcade, Paris 1977, pp. 26-39.
  • René Bellu: Toutes les Renault. Des origines à nos jours . Éditions Jean-Pierre Delville, Paris 1979, ISBN 2-85922-023-2 , pp. 12-13 (French).
  • Author collective: Renault. 100 years of motoring progress.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c 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 c Gilbert Hatry, Claude Le Maître: Dossiers Chronologiques Renault. Voitures Particulières. Tome 1: 1899-1905. Editions Lafourcade, Paris 1977.
  3. ^ Authors collective: Renault. 100 years of motoring progress.