Renault Type NM

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Renault Type NM (1925)
Renault Type NM (1925)
Type NM
Sales designation: Renault 40 CV
Production period: 1925-1928
Class : Upper class
Body versions : Touring car , convertible , landaulet ,
Pullman limousine
Engines: Otto engine :
9.1 liters
Length: 4930-5120 mm
Width: 1700 mm
Height:
Wheelbase : 3801-3994 mm
Empty weight : 2700 kg
Previous model Renault Type MC
successor Renault Reinastella
Landaulet
Limousine with an open driver's compartment
Touring car (1927)
Record vehicle

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

description

The national licensing authority granted its approval on January 28, 1925. The predecessor was the Renault Type MC . In 1928 the Renault Reinastella followed with an eight-cylinder engine .

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 . The top speed was specified as 84 km / h to 103 km / h, depending on the gear ratio.

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 501 cm long and 170 cm wide. A wheelbase of 387.1 cm has also been handed down for 1926. The turning circle was given as 16 to 17 meters. The chassis weighed 1700 kg, the complete vehicle 2700 kg. There was a choice of touring cars , convertibles , landaulets and Pullman sedans , the latter with both a fixed body and a Weymann body .

The prices for a chassis rose from 80,000 to 85,000 francs in December 1925 over 95,000 francs the following year to 105,000 francs in October 1927. At that time, a seven-seater touring car cost 125,000 francs and a Pullman limousine 132,000 francs.

Rally and record drives

François Repusseau won the Monte Carlo Rally in 1925 with a Type NM .

On May 11, 1925, drivers Ellery Garfield and Robert Plessier set records over 3 hours, 6 hours, 500 kilometers and 500 miles with a Type NM in a four-seater touring car body at the Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry . From June 3 to 4, 1925, the duo drove the same vehicle the world record distance of 3384.749 km in 24 hours , which corresponded to an average of 141.031 km / h. From July 9th to 10th, 1926 Garfield, Plessier and Paul Guillon drove a single-seater type NM body in 24 hours the world record distance of 4167.578 km, which corresponded to an average of 173.649 km / h. During this trip the records for 1000 and 2000 miles as well as 2000, 3000 and 4000 kilometers fell.

Movies

Vehicles of this type are featured in the 1928 films The Cardboard Lover , 1929 Desert Nights, and The Devil to Pay! seen from 1930.

Auctions

On August 12, 2012, RM Auctions auctioned a red Coupé de Ville from 1925 from the Aalholm Automobile Collection for 1,680,000 Danish kroner (around 225,000 euros ).

RM Auctions auctioned a red 1925 touring car for $ 264,000 on August 18, 2012 .

On February 7, 2013, Bonhams auctioned a gray touring car from 1927 with the British registration number SV 7171 for 166,750 euros.

RM Auctions auctioned a 1925 white touring car for $ 264,000 on July 26, 2014. The American classic car dealer Hyman Ltd. then offered this vehicle for $ 375,000, but incorrectly called it the Type JP .

A yellow landaulet is also on display in the Cité de l'Automobile - Musée National - Collection Schlumpf in Mulhouse .

literature

  • Gilbert Hatry, Claude Le Maître: Dossiers Chronologiques Renault. Tome 5: 1924-1933 . Editions Lafourcade, Paris 1981, ISBN 2-902667-06-X , pp. 43-89 (French).
  • René Bellu: Toutes les Renault. Des origines à nos jours . Éditions Jean-Pierre Delville, Paris 1979, ISBN 2-85922-023-2 , pp. 80-89 (French).

Web links

Commons : Renault Type NM  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f 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 Gilbert Hatry, Claude Le Maître: Dossiers Chronologiques Renault. Tome 5: 1924-1933 . Editions Lafourcade, Paris 1981, ISBN 2-902667-06-X (French).
  3. ^ Vehicles in films (French, accessed on September 21, 2014)
  4. ↑ Auction on August 12, 2012 (accessed September 21, 2014)
  5. ↑ Auction on August 18, 2012 (accessed September 21, 2014)
  6. ↑ Auction of February 7, 2013 (French, accessed September 21, 2014)
  7. ↑ Auction of July 26, 2014 (English, accessed September 21, 2014)
  8. ↑ Offer from September 2014 (English, accessed on September 21, 2014)