Renault Type ED

Renault
	Renault ED from 1914
Type ED
Sales designation:	Renault 18 CV
Production period:	1913-1914
Class :	upper middle class
Body versions :	Touring car , limousine , landaulet
Engines:	Otto engine : ; 4.5 liters (15.4 kW)
Length:	4845 mm
Width:	1760 mm
Height:
Wheelbase :	3555 mm
Empty weight :	1900 kg

The Renault Type ED was an early passenger car model from Renault . It was also called 18 CV .

description

The national licensing authority granted its approval on December 24, 1913. The model was derived from the Renault Type DX and had no predecessor. In 1914 production ended without a successor.

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 rear wheels were driven by a cardan shaft . The top speed was specified as 63 km / h to 74 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 14 to 15 meters. The chassis weighed 1000 kg, the complete vehicle 1900 kg.

Renault offered the chassis for 13,600 francs . Body manufacturers made the body and charged about 3500 francs for a torpedo and about 5500 francs for a sedan . In addition, a landaulet has survived.

literature

Gilbert Hatry, Claude Le Maître: Dossiers Chronologiques Renault. Tome 3: 1911-1918 . Editions Lafourcade, Paris 1979, ISBN 2-902667-04-3 , pp. 77-123 (French).
René Bellu: Toutes les Renault. Des origines à nos jours . Éditions Jean-Pierre Delville, Paris 1979, ISBN 2-85922-023-2 , pp. 54-58 (French).

Web links

Commons : Renault Type ED - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Histomobile (accessed September 2, 2014) with photos
voitures.renault.free.fr (French, accessed September 1, 2014) with photos

Individual evidence

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

[Toutes-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).

[Dossiers3-2] A ^b Gilbert Hatry, Claude Le Maître: Dossiers Chronologiques Renault. Tome 3: 1911-1918 . Editions Lafourcade, Paris 1979, ISBN 2-902667-04-3 (French).