Renault Type Y

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Renault Type Y (a) double phaeton (1905)
Renault Type Y (a) double phaeton (1905)
Type Y
Sales designation: Renault 10 CV
Production period: 1905-1906
Class : Lower middle class
Body versions : Touring car , limousine
Engines:
Petrol engines : 1.9-2.0 liters
(7.4 kW)
Length: 3400-3600 mm
Width: 1550 mm
Height:
Wheelbase : 2460-2620 mm
Empty weight : 1100-1200 kg
Previous model Renault Type U (a)
successor Renault Type AH
Rear view

The Renault Type Y was an early passenger car model from Renault . It was also called 10 CV .

description

The national licensing authority granted the license on January 14, 1905. The predecessor was the Renault Type U (a) . The Type Y (a) existed in 1905 and the Type Y (b) from 1905 to 1906. The commercial vehicle variant Renault Type AJ from 1906 to 1909 was based on this model. The successor to both versions was the Renault Type AH .

A water-cooled two - cylinder engine with a 100 mm bore and 120 mm stroke produced 10 hp from a displacement of 1885 cm³ . One source gives a 100 mm bore, 120 to 130 mm stroke and 1885 to 2042 cm³ displacement. The engine power was sent to the rear axle via a cardan shaft . The maximum speed was specified as 42 km / h to 51 km / h, depending on the gear ratio.

Renault Type Y (a)

This was the short run. With a wheelbase of 246 cm and a track width of 126 cm, the vehicle was 340 cm long and 155 cm wide. The chassis weighed 750 kg, the complete vehicle 1100 kg. The price was 7500 francs or 8600 francs for a double phaeton .

On February 5, 2011, the Bonhams auction house auctioned a Type Y (a) for 40,250 euros .

Renault Type Y (b)

This was the long run. The wheelbase measured 262 cm and the vehicle 360 ​​cm. The width was identical. The vehicle weighed 1200 kg. The price was 7800 francs. A sedan of this model was also available.

literature

  • Gilbert Hatry, Claude Le Maître: Dossiers Chronologiques Renault. Voitures Particulières. Tome 1: 1899-1905. Editions Lafourcade, Paris 1977, pp. 144-197.
  • René Bellu: Toutes les Renault. Des origines à nos jours . Éditions Jean-Pierre Delville, Paris 1979, ISBN 2-85922-023-2 , pp. 23-27 (French).

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c 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).
  3. ↑ Auction (English, accessed on August 16, 2014)