Renault Type X

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Renault Type X (b) Sedan (1907)
Renault Type X (b) Sedan (1907)
Type X and Type X-1
Sales designation: Renault 14 CV
Renault 14/20 CV
Production period: 1905-1909
Class : Middle class
Body versions : Touring car , limousine , Phaeton
Engines: Otto engine :
3.1 liters (10.3 kW)
Length: 3500-4420 mm
Width: 1530-1660 mm
Height:
Wheelbase : 2510-3250 mm
Empty weight : 1200-1400 kg
Previous model Renault Type U (b)
successor Renault Type BX
Renault Type X Phaeton (1905)
Renault Type X-1 (1908)

The Renault Type X was an early passenger car model from Renault . There were the versions Type X (a) , Type X (b) , Type X (c) and Type X-1 . They were also called 14 CV and 14/20 CV in 1909. A variant was the Renault Type AB .

description

Renault manufactured this model from 1905 as the successor to the Renault Type U (b) . The national licensing authority granted the license on January 14, 1905. The Renault Type BX followed in 1909 .

A water-cooled four - cylinder engine with a 90 mm bore and 120 mm stroke produced 14 hp from a displacement of 3054 cm³ . The engine power was sent to the rear axle via a cardan shaft . The maximum speed was specified as 49 km / h to 71 km / h, depending on the gear ratio.

Renault Type X (a)

With a wheelbase of 272 cm and a track width of 135 cm, the vehicle was 380 cm long and 160 cm wide. The chassis weighed 900 kg, the complete vehicle 1200 to 1400 kg. The price was 13,000 francs or 14,500 francs for a double phaeton . The replacement followed in 1907.

Renault Type X (b)

The wheelbase was 291 cm and the vehicle length was 400 cm. Track width and width were the same. The price was 13,500 francs. The sedan body shape has been handed down. In 1907 this version was discontinued.

Renault Type X (c)

This variant was only offered in 1905. The wheelbase was shortened to 260 cm or 269 cm. The track width was only 126 cm. The vehicle was 360 cm long and 153 cm wide. The vehicle cost 11,500 francs or 12,600 francs as a double phaeton. At the customer's request, an even shorter chassis with 251 cm was also available, which provided a vehicle length of 350 cm.

Renault Type X-1

This model appeared in May 1907. The national licensing authority granted the license on May 22, 1907. The engine was unchanged. The wheelbase was either 308 cm or 325 cm with a track width of 136 cm. The vehicle was 422 cm or 442 cm long and 166 cm wide, depending on the wheelbase. The chassis weighed 900 kg. The price was initially 13,000 francs and in 1909 12,000 francs. The maximum speed was given as 43 km / h to 55 km / h.

The Bonhams auction house offered the vehicle with the British registration number IO 117 on September 13, 2008 and expected a price of 210,000 to 240,000 euros .

literature

  • Gilbert Hatry, Claude Le Maître: Dossiers Chronologiques Renault. Voitures Particulières. Tome 1: 1899-1905. Editions Lafourcade, Paris 1977, pp. 148-197.
  • Gilbert Hatry, Claude Le Maître: Dossiers Chronologiques Renault. Tome 2: 1906-1910 . Editions Lafourcade, Paris 1978, ISBN 2-902667-02-7 , pp. 7-87 (French).
  • René Bellu: Toutes les Renault. Des origines à nos jours . Éditions Jean-Pierre Delville, Paris 1979, ISBN 2-85922-023-2 , pp. 23-35 (French).

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d 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 d Gilbert Hatry, Claude Le Maître: Dossiers Chronologiques Renault. Voitures Particulières. Tome 1: 1899-1905. Editions Lafourcade, Paris 1977.
  3. ^ A b Gilbert Hatry, Claude Le Maître: Dossiers Chronologiques Renault. Tome 2: 1906-1910 . Editions Lafourcade, Paris 1978, ISBN 2-902667-02-7 (French).
  4. ↑ Auction (English, accessed on August 16, 2014)