Renault Type BX

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Type BX
Sales designation: Renault 14 CV
Production period: 1909-1910
Class : Middle class
Body versions : Touring car , limousine , Phaeton
Engines: Gasoline engines :
3.1 liters
(10.3-11.8 kW)
Length: 4345 mm
Width: 1660 mm
Height:
Wheelbase : 3080 mm
Empty weight : 1550 kg
Previous model Renault Type X
successor Renault Type CC

The Renault Type BX was an early passenger car model from Renault . It was also called 14 CV .

description

The national licensing authority granted its approval on December 3, 1909. Predecessor was the Renault Type X . Production ended in 1910. In 1911 the Renault Type CC became the successor.

A water-cooled four - cylinder engine with a 90 mm bore and 120 mm stroke produced 14 to 16 hp from a displacement of 3054 cm³ . The engine power was sent to the rear axle via a cardan shaft . The maximum speed was specified as 46 km / h to 64 km / h, depending on the gear ratio.

With a wheelbase of 308 cm and a track width of 136 cm, the vehicle was 434.5 cm long and 166 cm wide. The turning circle was given as 14.5 meters. The chassis weighed 900 kg, the complete vehicle 1550 kg. There was a choice of double phaeton , touring cars , sedans and phaeton . The chassis cost 11,800 francs .

On December 1, 2008, the Bonhams auction house auctioned a sedan from 1909 with a body by Henry Binder and expected a price of 63,000 to 76,000 euros .

literature

  • Gilbert Hatry, Claude Le Maître: Dossiers Chronologiques Renault. Tome 2: 1906-1910 . Editions Lafourcade, Paris 1978, ISBN 2-902667-02-7 , pp. 136-177 (French).
  • René Bellu: Toutes les Renault. Des origines à nos jours . Éditions Jean-Pierre Delville, Paris 1979, ISBN 2-85922-023-2 , pp. 36-39 (French).

Web links

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).
  3. ↑ Auction (English, accessed September 2, 2014)