Renault Type DX

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Type DX
Sales designation: Renault 20 CV
Production period: 1913-1914
Class : upper middle class
Body versions : Touring car
Engines: Otto engine :
4.5 liters (15.4 kW)
Length: 4845 mm
Width: 1760 mm
Height:
Wheelbase : 3555 mm
Empty weight : Chassis: 1000 kg
successor Renault Type FE

The Renault Type DX was an early passenger car model from Renault . It was also called 20 CV .

description

The national licensing authority granted its approval on June 28, 1913. Renault did not have a model of this size and performance in its range before. Production ended in 1914. The successor was the Renault Type FE .

A water-cooled four - cylinder engine with a 95 mm bore and 160 mm stroke produced 21 hp from a displacement of 4536 cm³ . The engine power was sent to the rear axle via a cardan shaft . The maximum speed was specified as 70 km / h to 80 km / h depending on the gear ratio.

With a wheelbase of 355.5 cm and a track width of 145 cm, the vehicle was 484.5 cm long and 176 cm wide. The turning circle was specified as 14 to 15 meters. The chassis weighed 1000 kg. The body shape Torpedo has been handed down.

Variants of this model were Renault Type ED , Renault Type EI and Renault Type EJ .

literature

  • Gilbert Hatry, Claude Le Maître: Dossiers Chronologiques Renault. Tome 3: 1911-1918 . Editions Lafourcade, Paris 1979, ISBN 2-902667-04-3 , pp. 72-123 (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).

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