Renault Type KH

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Type KH
Sales designation: Renault 12 CV
Production period: 1922-1923
Class : Middle class
Body versions : Touring car , limousine
Engines: Petrol engine :
2.8 liters
Length: 4190-4383 mm
Width: 1655 mm
Height:
Wheelbase : 3195-3388 mm
Empty weight : Chassis: 1150 kg
Previous model Renault Type JM

The Renault Type KH was a passenger car model of the interwar period of Renault . It was also called 12 CV .

description

The national licensing authority granted its approval on November 28, 1922. The model replaced the Renault Type JM . In 1923 production ended without a successor. The following Renault Type LS had a larger engine.

The water-cooled four - cylinder engine with 80 mm bore and 140 mm stroke had a displacement of 2815 cm³ . The engine power was sent to the rear axle via a cardan shaft . The maximum speed was specified as 44 km / h to 60 km / h, depending on the gear ratio.

With a wheelbase of either 319.5 cm or 338.8 cm and a track width of 144 cm, the vehicle was either 419 cm or 438.3 cm long and 165.5 cm wide. The turning circle was given as 13 meters. The chassis weighed 1150 kg. The choice was between touring car and sedan .

Both chassis cost 27,000 francs without front brakes. The following base prices of the individual bodies have been handed down: With the short chassis, 33,000 francs for a touring car with six seats, 39,000 francs for a coupé sedan with six seats and 40,000 francs for a sedan with four seats. With the long chassis, the six-seat touring car cost 35,000 francs and the six-seat coupé-sedan cost 40,000 francs. The surcharge for front brakes was generally 2000 francs.

The illustrations show the vehicles with a bonnet that is just as wide and high as the radiator behind it.

literature

  • Gilbert Hatry, Claude Le Maître: Dossiers Chronologiques Renault. Tome 4: 1919-1923 . Editions Lafourcade, Paris 1980, ISBN 2-902667-05-1 , pp. 125-169 (French).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Gilbert Hatry, Claude Le Maître: Dossiers Chronologiques Renault. Tome 4: 1919-1923 . Editions Lafourcade, Paris 1980, ISBN 2-902667-05-1 (French).