Renault Type FE

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Type FE
Sales designation: Renault 18 CV
Production period: 1917-1918
Class : upper middle class
Body versions : Touring car
Engines: Otto engine :
4.5 liters (16.2 kW)
Length: 4845 mm
Width: 1760 mm
Height:
Wheelbase : 3555 mm
Empty weight : Chassis: 1000 kg
Previous model Renault Type DX
successor Renault Type FS

The Renault Type FE or 18 CV was an early passenger car model from Renault .

description

The national licensing authority granted its approval on September 8, 1917. The predecessor was the Renault Type DX , which was manufactured until 1914. Production ended in 1918. The successor was the Renault Type FS .

A water-cooled four - cylinder engine with a 95 mm bore and 160 mm stroke produced 22 hp from a displacement of 4536 cm³ . The rear wheels were driven by a cardan shaft . The top speed was between 64 km / h and 75 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. Only a touring car for the military 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. 178-201 (French).
  • René Bellu: Toutes les Renault. Des origines à nos jours . Éditions Jean-Pierre Delville, Paris 1979, ISBN 2-85922-023-2 , pp. 59-61 (French).

Web links

  • Photo (accessed September 19, 2014)

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).