Renault Type D
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Renault Type D Phaeton with jump seat (1901)
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Production period: | 1901 |
Class : | Small car |
Body versions : | Tonneau , Phaeton |
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Gasoline engines : 0.45 liters (3.3-4.6 kW) |
Length: | 2600 mm |
Width: | 1250 mm |
Height: | 1350 mm |
Wheelbase : | 1650 mm |
Empty weight : | 500 kg |
Previous model | Renault Type C |
successor | Renault Type G |
The Renault Type D was the fourth passenger car model of Renault . The designer was Louis Renault .
description
It was originally released as a successor to the Renault Type C . The national licensing authority granted the license on February 2, 1901. Production ended in the same year. The successor was the Renault Type G , which appeared at the end of 1901.
A single cylinder engine from De Dion-Bouton with a bore of 80 mm and a stroke of 90 mm produced 4.5 hp from a displacement of 452 cm³ . A source deviates from 80 to 90 mm bore, 80 to 110 mm stroke, but uniformly 450 cm³ displacement and engine outputs of 4.5 HP and 6.25 HP. The side-mounted water cooler had seven to eight cooling elements. The engine power was sent to the rear axle via a cardan shaft . The maximum speed was given as 25 km / h to 40 km / h.
Alternatively, a stand built-in motor of Aster available.
With a wheelbase of 165 cm, the vehicle was 260 cm long, 125 cm wide and 135 cm high. The empty weight was 500 kg. There was a choice of two-seater Phaeton with or without a rear jump seat and tonneau .
The original price was 4500 francs .
This model differed from its predecessor in that it had a slightly inclined steering column with a steering wheel instead of a vertical steering lever.
The sportier Renault Type E was based on this model.
literature
- Gilbert Hatry, Claude Le Maître: Dossiers Chronologiques Renault. Voitures Particulières. Tome 1: 1899-1905. Editions Lafourcade, Paris 1977, pp. 41-51.
- René Bellu: Toutes les Renault. Des origines à nos jours . Éditions Jean-Pierre Delville, Paris 1979, ISBN 2-85922-023-2 , pp. 14-15 (French).
- Author collective: Renault. 100 years of motoring progress.
Web links
- Histomobile (accessed August 8, 2014)
- voitures.renault.free.fr (French, accessed August 30, 2014)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c d e Gilbert Hatry, Claude Le Maître: Dossiers Chronologiques Renault. Voitures Particulières. Tome 1: 1899-1905. Editions Lafourcade, Paris 1977.
- ^ A b René Bellu: Toutes les Renault. Des origines à nos jours . Éditions Jean-Pierre Delville, Paris 1979, ISBN 2-85922-023-2 (French).
- ^ A b Author collective: Renault. 100 years of motoring progress.