Renault Type KR

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Renault Type KR
Renault Type KR
Type KR
Sales designation: Renault 12/15 CV
Production period: 1923-1924
Class : upper middle class
Body versions : Touring car , limousine
Engines: Gasoline engine :
3.2 liters
Length: 4190-4400 mm
Width: 1655 mm
Height:
Wheelbase : 3200-3380 mm
Empty weight : 1700-1900 kg
successor Renault Type ME
Front view

The Renault Type KR was a passenger car model of the interwar period of Renault . It was also called 12/15 CV .

description

The national licensing authority granted its approval on September 12, 1923. The model had no direct predecessor because the Renault Type KH had a smaller engine. The successor Renault Type ME followed in 1923 .

The water-cooled four-cylinder engine with 85 mm bore and 140 mm stroke had 3178 cc engine capacity . The engine power was sent to the rear axle via a cardan shaft . The maximum speed was specified as 50 km / h to 60 km / h, depending on the gear ratio.

With a wheelbase of 320 cm to 338 cm and a track width of 144 cm, the vehicle was between 419 cm and 440 cm long and 165.5 cm wide. The turning circle was given as 11 meters. The chassis weighed 1150 kg, the complete vehicle between 1700 kg and 1900 kg.

The chassis cost 33,000 francs , a touring car, depending on the length, 41,000 or 44,000 francs, a coupé sedan 46,000 or 48,000 francs and a sedan 47,000 or 50,000 francs.

literature

  • Gilbert Hatry, Claude Le Maître: Dossiers Chronologiques Renault. Tome 4: 1919-1923 . Editions Lafourcade, Paris 1980, ISBN 2-902667-05-1 , pp. 175-203 (French).
  • René Bellu: Toutes les Renault. Des origines à nos jours . Éditions Jean-Pierre Delville, Paris 1979, ISBN 2-85922-023-2 , pp. 78-79 (French).

Web links

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

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).