Renault Type MC

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Renault Type MC (1924)
Renault Type MC (1924)
Type MC
Sales designation: Renault 40 CV
Production period: 1923-1926
Class : Upper class
Body versions : Touring car , limousine , landaulet
Engines: Otto engine :
9.1 liters
Length: 4930-5120 mm
Width: 1700 mm
Height:
Wheelbase : 3801-3994 mm
Empty weight : Chassis: 1850 kg
Previous model Renault Type IR
successor Renault Type NM

The Renault Type MC , also 40 CV called, was a passenger car model of the interwar period of Renault .

description

The national licensing authority granted its approval on November 8, 1923. The predecessor was the Renault Type IR . In the following year, the model upgrade led to the Type MC 1 , which was approved on November 20, 1924. Production ended in 1926. The successor was the Renault Type NM .

The water-cooled six - cylinder engine with 110 mm bore and 160 mm stroke had a displacement of 9123 cm³ . The engine power was sent to the rear axle via a cardan shaft .

With a wheelbase of either 380.1 cm or 399.4 cm and a track width of 144 cm, the vehicle was 493 cm or 512 cm long and 170 cm wide. The turning circle was given as 16 to 17 meters. The chassis weighed 1850 kg.

Type MC

The maximum speed was specified as 70 km / h to 88 km / h, depending on the gear ratio. The choice was between touring car , limousine and Landaulet . The chassis cost 62,000 francs or 64,000 francs , depending on the length .

Type MC 1

The maximum speed was now given as 79 km / h to 99 km / h. Only touring cars have survived.

literature

  • Gilbert Hatry, Claude Le Maître: Dossiers Chronologiques Renault. Tome 4: 1919-1923 . Editions Lafourcade, Paris 1980, ISBN 2-902667-05-1 , pp. 176-203 (French).
  • Gilbert Hatry, Claude Le Maître: Dossiers Chronologiques Renault. Tome 5: 1924-1933 . Editions Lafourcade, Paris 1981, ISBN 2-902667-06-X , pp. 15-39 (French).
  • René Bellu: Toutes les Renault. Des origines à nos jours . Éditions Jean-Pierre Delville, Paris 1979, ISBN 2-85922-023-2 , pp. 78-81 (French).

Web links

Commons : Renault Type MC  - 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).
  3. ^ Gilbert Hatry, Claude Le Maître: Dossiers Chronologiques Renault. Tome 5: 1924-1933 . Editions Lafourcade, Paris 1981, ISBN 2-902667-06-X (French).