Renault Type P

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Type P
Production period: 1903
Class : Sports car
Body versions : Phaeton
Engines: Otto engine :
1.9 liters (8.8 kW)
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Width:
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Wheelbase :
Empty weight : Chassis: 400 kg
Previous model Renault Type I.

The Renault Type P was an early passenger car model from Renault . The sports car was only available as a two-seater Phaeton .

description

The model replaced the Renault Type I from. The national licensing authority granted its approval on May 18, 1903. There was no successor.

A water-cooled four - cylinder engine with a 100 mm bore and 120 mm stroke produced 12 hp from a displacement of 1885 cm³ . The engine power was sent to the rear axle via a cardan shaft . The top speed was specified as 71 km / h to 85 km / h, depending on the gear ratio.

The chassis weighed 400 kg.

motor race

One of these vehicles was used in the 1903 car race from Paris to Madrid .

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).

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).