Renault Type JY

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Type JY
Sales designation: Renault 18 CV
Production period: 1922-1924
Class : upper middle class
Body versions : Touring car , limousine
Engines:
Petrol engines : 4.2–4.8 liters
Length: 4690-4885 mm
Width: 1700 mm
Height:
Wheelbase : 3560-3753 mm
Empty weight : 1900 kg
successor Renault Type MG

The Renault Type JY was a passenger car model of the interwar period of Renault . It was also called 18 CV .

description

The national licensing authority granted its approval on June 1, 1922. As a sports variant of the Renault Type JS , it had no predecessor. The facelift led to the Type JY 1 , which was approved on November 28, 1922. Production ended in 1924. The successor was the Renault Type MG .

The water-cooled six-cylinder engine with 85 mm bore and 140 mm stroke had 4766 cc engine capacity . Another source gives 80 mm bore and 4222 cc displacement. The engine power was sent to the rear axle via a cardan shaft . The top speed was specified as 52 km / h to 73 km / h, depending on the gear ratio.

With a wheelbase of either 356 cm or 375.3 cm and a track width of 144 cm, the vehicle was 469 cm or 488.5 cm long and 170 cm wide. The complete vehicle weighed 1900 kg. The choices were torpedo and limousine .

In contrast to the JS type , this model had front brakes as standard.

Type JY

The hood was narrower than the radiator placed behind the engine. The chassis weighed 1350 kg. The turning circle was specified as 14 to 15 meters.

Type JY 1

The bonnet and radiator were the same width and height. The chassis weighed 1600 kg. The turning circle was now given as 15 to 16 meters. The chassis cost 39,000 francs , a torpedo with six seats 51,000 francs and a coupé sedan 56,000 francs.

literature

  • Gilbert Hatry, Claude Le Maître: Dossiers Chronologiques Renault. Tome 4: 1919-1923 . Editions Lafourcade, Paris 1980, ISBN 2-902667-05-1 , pp. 122-169 (French).
  • René Bellu: Toutes les Renault. Des origines à nos jours . Éditions Jean-Pierre Delville, Paris 1979, ISBN 2-85922-023-2 , pp. 75-77 (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 4: 1919-1923 . Editions Lafourcade, Paris 1980, ISBN 2-902667-05-1 (French).