Renault Type DT

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Type DT
Sales designation: Renault 40 CV
Production period: 1913-1914
Class : Upper class
Body versions : Touring cars , roadsters
Engines: Otto engine :
7.5 liters (22.8 kW)
Length: 5050-5210 mm
Width: 1780 mm
Height:
Wheelbase : 3750-3920 mm
Empty weight : 2350 kg
Previous model Renault Type CG
successor Renault Type ES

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

description

The national licensing authority granted its approval on July 25, 1913. The predecessor was the Renault Type CG . The successor Renault Type ES followed in 1914 .

A water-cooled six - cylinder engine with a 100 mm bore and 160 mm stroke produced 31 hp from a displacement of 7540 cm³ . The engine power was sent to the rear axle via a cardan shaft . The top speed was specified as 67 km / h to 86 km / h, depending on the gear ratio.

One source states that the vehicle was 521 cm long and 178 cm wide with a wheelbase of 392 cm and a track width of 147 cm. Another source mentions a wheelbase of 375 cm and a vehicle length of 505 cm. The turning circle was given as 15 meters. The chassis weighed 1450 kg, the complete vehicle 2350 kg. There was a choice of double phaeton and roadster . 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. 73-123 (French).
  • René Bellu: Toutes les Renault. Des origines à nos jours . Éditions Jean-Pierre Delville, Paris 1979, ISBN 2-85922-023-2 , pp. 48-53 (French).

Web links

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. Tome 3: 1911-1918 . Editions Lafourcade, Paris 1979, ISBN 2-902667-04-3 (French).