Renault Type KJ

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Renault Type KJ
Renault Type KJ
Type KJ
Sales designation: Renault 6 CV
Production period: 1922-1924
Class : Small car
Body versions : Touring cars , roadsters , sedans , pick-ups , panel vans
Engines: Otto engine :
0.95 liters
Length: 3135-3350 mm
Width: 1310-1370 mm
Height: 1720 mm
Wheelbase : 2450 mm
Empty weight : 860 kg
Previous model Renault Type FD
successor Renault Type MT
Renault Type KJ 1
Renault Type KJ 1

The Renault KJ was a passenger car model of the interwar period of Renault . It was also called 6 CV .

description

The national licensing authority granted its approval on July 7, 1922. The predecessor was the Renault Type FD . Production ended in 1923. In the course of the model upgrade, the type KJ 1 appeared , which was approved on November 28, 1922 and was in the range until 1924. Its successor was the Renault Type MT .

The water-cooled four - cylinder engine with a 58 mm bore and 90 mm stroke had a displacement of 951 cm³ . The engine power was sent to the rear axle via a cardan shaft . The maximum speed was specified as 45 km / h to 60 km / h, depending on the gear ratio.

With a wheelbase of 245 cm and a track width of 115 cm, the vehicle was 313.5 cm long and 131 cm wide. Another source mentions 335 cm in length and 137 cm in width. A website confirms 335 cm in length and 137 cm in width. There, the height is also indicated as 172 cm, but not to which body shape the height refers. The complete vehicle weighed 860 kg.

Type KJ

As usual from Renault, this version had a narrow bonnet. The radiator placed behind the engine was wider and higher. The turning circle was given as 10 meters. The chassis weighed 440 kg. Narrated are roadster and sedan . The roadster cost 11,800 francs in October 1922 .

Type KJ 1

This version had a bonnet that was the same width and height as the radiator. The turning circle was now given as 11 meters. The chassis weighed 450 kg. From March 1924, front brakes were available for an extra charge of 1500 francs. In addition to the versions in the following table, there were pick-ups and box vans .

The following prices (in francs) have been handed down:

execution Prize 1922 Price in October 1923
Roadster with a jump seat 11,800 13,100
Torpedo spider with 3 seats 12,000 13,300
Torpedo luxury spider - 13,800
Tous Temps , two-seater roadster - 15,400
Sedan with 3 seats 13,500 14,900

Sotheby’s put a 1923 vehicle up for auction on July 18, 1993, expecting $ 22,000 to $ 24,000 , but did not sell the vehicle. On June 21, 2009 a three-seater torpedo of the type KJ 1 was auctioned.

literature

  • Gilbert Hatry, Claude Le Maître: Dossiers Chronologiques Renault. Tome 4: 1919-1923 . Editions Lafourcade, Paris 1980, ISBN 2-902667-05-1 , pp. 117-171 (French).
  • René Bellu: Toutes les Renault. Des origines à nos jours . Éditions Jean-Pierre Delville, Paris 1979, ISBN 2-85922-023-2 , pp. 75-79 (French).

Web links

Commons : Renault Type KJ  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e 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 c d Gilbert Hatry, Claude Le Maître: Dossiers Chronologiques Renault. Tome 4: 1919-1923 . Editions Lafourcade, Paris 1980, ISBN 2-902667-05-1 (French).
  3. ↑ Histomobile (English, accessed on September 21, 2014)
  4. ↑ 1993 auction (accessed September 21, 2014)
  5. ↑ Auction 2009 (accessed September 21, 2014)