Renault Type ES

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Type ES
Sales designation: Renault 40 CV
Production period: 1914-1916
Class : Upper class
Body versions : Touring cars , sedans , landaulets , roadsters
Engines: Otto engine :
7.5 liters (31 kW)
Length: 5035 mm
Width: 1760 mm
Height:
Wheelbase : 3743 mm
Empty weight : Chassis: 1450 kg
Previous model Renault Type DT
successor Renault Type FI

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

description

The national licensing authority granted its approval on February 21, 1914. The predecessor was the Renault Type DT . The successor Renault Type FI followed in 1916 .

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.

With a wheelbase of 374.3 cm and a track width of 150 cm, the vehicle was 503.5 cm long and 176 cm wide. The turning circle was given as 15 meters. The chassis weighed 1450 kg.

The price for a chassis was 22,500 francs . Body manufacturers made the bodies. A torpedo body cost around 3500 francs and a sedan or landaulet body around 5500 francs. A roadster has also been handed down.

literature

  • Gilbert Hatry, Claude Le Maître: Dossiers Chronologiques Renault. Tome 3: 1911-1918 . Editions Lafourcade, Paris 1979, ISBN 2-902667-04-3 , pp. 126-169 (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

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).