Renault Type Z

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Type Z
Sales designation: Renault 8 CV
Production period: 1905
Class : Lower middle class
Body versions : Touring car , limousine
Engines:
Petrol engines : 1.9-2.0 liters
(5.9 kW)
Length: 3400-3600 mm
Width: 1550 mm
Height:
Wheelbase : 2460-2620 mm
Empty weight : 1100-1200 kg
successor Renault Type AG

The Renault Type Z was an early passenger car model from Renault . It was also called 8 CV .

description

The national licensing authority granted the license on January 14, 1905. As a weakly motorized variant of the Renault Type Y , the model had no direct predecessor. There were the variants Type Z (a) and Type Z (b) . The successor to both versions was Renault Type AG .

A water-cooled two - cylinder engine with a 100 mm bore and 120 mm stroke produced 8 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 Z (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 7,500 francs.

Renault Type Z (b)

This was the long run. The wheelbase measured 262 cm and the vehicle 360 ​​cm. The vehicle weighed 1200 kg. The price was 300 francs higher. The sedan body shape has been handed down from this type .

literature

  • Gilbert Hatry, Claude Le Maître: Dossiers Chronologiques Renault. Voitures Particulières. Tome 1: 1899-1905. Editions Lafourcade, Paris 1977, pp. 143-197.
  • René Bellu: Toutes les Renault. Des origines à nos jours . Éditions Jean-Pierre Delville, Paris 1979, ISBN 2-85922-023-2 , pp. 23-25 (French).

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).