Renault Type CG

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Type CG
Sales designation: Renault 40 CV
Production period: 1911-1913
Class : Upper class
Body versions : Touring car , limousine
Engines: Petrol engines :
7.5 liters
(22.1–29.4 kW)
Length: 5210-5300 mm
Width: 1750-1780 mm
Height:
Wheelbase : 3920-4030 mm
Empty weight : 2500 kg
Previous model Renault Type BH
successor Renault Type DT

The Renault Type CG was an early passenger car model from Renault . It was also called 40 CV .

description

The national licensing authority granted its approval on January 19, 1911. The previous Renault Type BH was shorter. Production ended in 1913 when the successor Renault Type DT appeared.

A water-cooled six - cylinder engine with a 100 mm bore and 160 mm stroke produced 30 to 40 hp from a displacement of 7540 cm³ . The engine power was sent to the rear axle via a cardan shaft . The maximum speed was specified as 68 km / h to 97 km / h, depending on the gear ratio.

With a wheelbase of 402.6 cm or 403 cm and a track width of 145 cm, the vehicle was 530 cm long and 175 cm or 176 cm wide. In 1913 a chassis with a 392 cm wheelbase and 147 cm track width was also available, which resulted in a vehicle length of 521 cm and a vehicle width of 178 cm. The turning circle was given as 15 meters. The chassis weighed 1450 kg, the complete vehicle 2500 kg. The choices were torpedo and limousine . The chassis cost 21,000 francs .

literature

  • Gilbert Hatry, Claude Le Maître: Dossiers Chronologiques Renault. Tome 3: 1911-1918 . Editions Lafourcade, Paris 1979, ISBN 2-902667-04-3 , pp. 14-39 (French).
  • René Bellu: Toutes les Renault. Des origines à nos jours . Éditions Jean-Pierre Delville, Paris 1979, ISBN 2-85922-023-2 , pp. 40-47 (French).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d 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 d Gilbert Hatry, Claude Le Maître: Dossiers Chronologiques Renault. Tome 3: 1911-1918 . Editions Lafourcade, Paris 1979, ISBN 2-902667-04-3 (French).