Renault Type MG

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Renault Type MG (1924)
Renault Type MG (1924)
Type MG
Sales designation: Renault 18 CV
Renault 18/22 CV
Production period: 1923-1926
Class : upper middle class
Body versions : Touring car , limousine , landaulet
Engines: Gasoline engine :
4.8 liters
Length: 4690-4930 mm
Width: 1700 mm
Height:
Wheelbase : 3560-3753 mm
Empty weight : Chassis: 1600 kg
Previous model Renault Type JY
successor Renault Type PI

The Renault Type MG was a passenger car model of the interwar period of Renault . It was also called 18 CV and from 1924 18/22 CV .

description

The national licensing authority granted its approval on November 8, 1923. The predecessor was the Renault Type JY . The model upgrade in the following year led to the Type MG 1 , which was approved on November 20, 1924. The sport version was the Renault Type LZ . Production ended in 1926. The successor was the Renault Type PI .

The water-cooled six-cylinder engine with 85 mm bore and 140 mm stroke had 4766 cc engine capacity . The engine power was sent to the rear axle via a cardan shaft .

The turning circle was given as 15 to 16 meters. The chassis weighed 1600 kg.

Type MG

The top speed was specified as 65 km / h to 82 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. There was a choice of touring cars and landaulets . The chassis cost 48,000 francs .

Type MG 1

With the same wheelbase as before, the vehicles were now 473.7 cm and 493 cm long. Touring cars and limousines have come down to us . The price for the chassis in December 1925 was either 53,900 francs or 56,900 francs, depending on the length.

literature

  • Gilbert Hatry, Claude Le Maître: Dossiers Chronologiques Renault. Tome 4: 1919-1923 . Editions Lafourcade, Paris 1980, ISBN 2-902667-05-1 , pp. 178-203 (French).
  • Gilbert Hatry, Claude Le Maître: Dossiers Chronologiques Renault. Tome 5: 1924-1933 . Editions Lafourcade, Paris 1981, ISBN 2-902667-06-X , pp. 16-39 (French).
  • René Bellu: Toutes les Renault. Des origines à nos jours . Éditions Jean-Pierre Delville, Paris 1979, ISBN 2-85922-023-2 , pp. 78-83 (French).

Web links

Commons : Renault Type MG  - 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).