Renault Type O

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Renault Type O (1903)
Renault Type O (1903)
Type O
Production period: 1903
Class : race car
Body versions : Phaeton
Engines: Otto engine :
6.3 liters (29.4 kW)
Length:
Width:
Height:
Wheelbase :
Empty weight : Chassis: 600 kg
Previous model Renault Type K
successor Renault Type O (b)

The Renault Type O was an early racing car model from Renault . It was only available with a light, two-seater structure.

description

The model replaced the Renault Type K off. The national licensing authority granted its approval on May 18, 1903. The successor was the Renault Type O (b) .

A water-cooled four - cylinder engine with a 124 mm bore and 130 mm stroke produced 40  hp from a displacement of 6279 cm³ . The engine power was sent to the rear axle via a cardan shaft . The top speed was specified as 98 to 112 km / h, depending on the gear ratio.

The chassis weighed 600 kg.

motor race

Marcel Renault used one of these vehicles in a car race from Paris to Madrid in 1903 and had a fatal accident.

literature

  • Gilbert Hatry, Claude Le Maître: Dossiers Chronologiques Renault. Voitures Particulières. Tome 1: 1899-1905. Editions Lafourcade, Paris 1977, pp. 82-107.
  • René Bellu: Toutes les Renault. Des origines à nos jours . Éditions Jean-Pierre Delville, Paris 1979, ISBN 2-85922-023-2 , pp. 18 (French).

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Gilbert Hatry, Claude Le Maître: Dossiers Chronologiques Renault. Voitures Particulières. Tome 1: 1899-1905. Editions Lafourcade, Paris 1977.
  2. ^ René Bellu: Toutes les Renault. Des origines à nos jours . Éditions Jean-Pierre Delville, Paris 1979, ISBN 2-85922-023-2 (French).