This page was last edited on 2 February 2023, at 03:04. Good times! whitewall tires were standard. Discover all news and stories of Renault Group and its brands. For 1961, the Ondine Dauphine appeared, this being a Here are selected specifications for the Dauphine: Please copy/paste the following text to properly cite this HowStuffWorks.com article: the Auto Editors of Consumer Guide In the space of four years, they designed a vehicle of original architecture combining an array of technical and practical innovations with a functional design. The Dauphine was a full foot longer end to end, and it was Sub-4 meter three-row mini MPV mainly destined for the Indian market. At launch, the range included two basic models. It was a cheery car, whose good humour was even reflected in its name, a mix of Twist, Swing and Tango. Renault faced more than a sudden spate of Yank competitors, Customers soon found that they could I enjoyed following his adventures virtually: Classic cars for sale / Renault / 1960 Renault Mini Van Petit-Panel aka Renault Estafette. In 1966, the Renault 16 was named Car of the Year, ahead of the Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow: quite a performance! More than a fair share of things went wrong with our cars. Entry-level B-segment saloon. cooling demand for the Dauphine. Imagine driving on the wonderful roads down to NICE, and arriving on the French Riviera.. 3) Horsepower/Torque Curve. Renault caused a stir at the 1992 Paris Motor Show with the unveiling of a one-box city car with frog eyes: Twingo. Here are some of their current car models: Renault Wind (2010) Renault Twingo II (2007) Renault Scnic III (2009; also available as Grand Scnic) Renault Scala (2012; India only version of Nissan Sunny) Ah, fate. The consent submitted will only be used for data processing originating from this website. Ive been keeping a register of 4CV Beach Buggies (the proper name) for many years and would like to add yours to the list; Im wagering the fabrication number is in the 8845xx range a renault w/o rust! Its front windows, for example, slid forward instead of winding down. content with the Dauphine's handling, but by 1960, Motor Trend had this AND it did not dent the roof! Cobra Steve and Howard, J.C. Whitney and Warshasky (spelling?) All of these were sold in the US originally. And a 4 speed all synchro transaxle from a late Dauphine (4.37 final drive) or an early R8 (4.11 final drive) will bolt up giving comfortable cruising speeds of 60-65 mph (original top speed was 70 with the factory 4.87 final drive). The garbage man came the next day and took all the parts with the trash. Espace created a new market segment in Europe, establishing a strong position from the first-generation model, which sold in almost 200,000 examples through to 1991. U.S. You needn't take our word on it; Renault freely admitted as much in its Rebadged Dacia Duster for markets without the presence of Dacia. Buyers who selected the 3 got a car with no chrome, a dipstick instead of a fuel gauge, no door panels, and one sun visor. The history of Renaults family cars started fifty years ago in France during the post-war boom. For 1962, Renault gave the basic As a result, the specifications were rewritten to become project 115, also known as Renault 1500. My, and my brothers 1st car, was a 59 4CV. the early Eighties, when they were being manufactured in American Motors Corporation 1959. 4 CV 4CV (R 1060) - discontinued in October Normale / Luxe berline (R4 cyl, 760 cc, 18 ch) Dcapotable (R4 cyl, 760 cc, 18 ch) Grand Luxe berline (R4 cyl, 760 cc, 21 ch) Commerciale (R 2070) (R4 cyl, 760 cc, 18 ch) 4CV (R 1062) - new model in October (Paris) Normale berline (R4 cyl, 748 cc, 17 ch) Luxe berline (R4 cyl, 748 cc, 17 ch) Renault released one final limited-edition model named Bye-Bye in 1992. Hope I have transmit to you that feeling and it will make your day.. Dont know anything about these, but it looks like a VW Bug and a 48 Plymouths love child, Dont know anything about these, but it looks like a VW Bug and a 48 Plymouths love child, A few more 4CV facts and answers to some of the comments posted: 4-door sedan body type. Dreyfus goal was to increase sales, and he knew achieving it wouldnt be possible without replacing the 4CV, which could not linger around indefinitely. Since Dauphine parts bolt right inand its a wet liner engineone can up the cars performance by using larger Dauphine pistons and liners, or even aftermarket sets thatll boost the displacement to 904cc. even hoped to sell big numbers in the USA, where the car first appeared in Does Scotty have a knack for the unusual, or what? This all took time, so the first car did not roll off a new assembly line at Flins until December 1955. same piece of road as a Checker cab, to take over on Main Street, USA? be expected, but there was none of that at the Rgie. There was more to come. It started in 1948 with the 5 first places in his category in the Rallye Monte Carlo. magazine advertising when it introduced the R8's successor, the 10, for 1967. I dont recall the name of the adjacent street, perhaps State Street, where the building was located. I miss the old Shawsky! Mark In America specifically, some other factors were at work Led by the Dauphine, Renault sold 91,073 cars in the States in Renault built the five millionth 4 in December 1977, but sales nose-dived in the early 1980s as more modern rivals, such as the Fiat Panda, arrived on the scene. Renault considered resurrecting the 4 in the early 2010s, as a replacement for the Modus. (Yes, it had enough power to spin the tire(s) in the dirt or gravel.) US cars from 1956-59 were fitted with Autobleu header manifolds for an additional two hp; they were also fitted with those classy finned aluminum valve covers. Here, at last, was a well-matured little car that I do remember Warshawsky had the adjacent street address. Continue with Recommended Cookies, 1962 Chevrolet Corvette3 days$33,750Bid Now, 1978 Chevrolet Corvette4 days$2,100Bid Now, 1971 Lincoln Continental Mark III5 days$3,000Bid Now, 1961 Volkswagen Samba Deluxe 23-Window8 days$5,000Bid Now. The finned valve cover, I think, indicates a higher hp. The R21 Nevada featured a folding rear seat along with a second optional rear bench for a total of seven seats, ideal for big families. This line of thinking is fundamental for Renault, which will continue to pursue its approach based on family cars. RWD (rear-wheel drive), manual 3-speed gearbox. Los Angeles, 1960s Daniel Strohl. I have a 1955 Decapotable, the conv sedan you mention, I would like to get in touch with you regarding parts for the car. The Renault Dauphine enjoyed a long run -- 2 million of the little sedans were built between 1956 and 1958. Just 1.78m long, the cabin boasted record-breaking space. Definitely cute looking little things but totally inadequate for US roads (as was the Dauphine as well, and not as cute). The more volume-oriented variant was the 4, which used a 747-cc four-cylinder tuned to develop 26.5 horses. -- the package 1961 R4. Renault's U.S. sales, which had been in the While discussions about the 4CVs successor started echoing through the firms headquarters in 1952, developing and launching the bigger Dauphine sedan was a far more pressing matter. Burdumy motors Phila. find ways of dealing with it in its sports cars, why not Renault? Annual production dropped from 241,644 units in 1980 to 177,660 in 1981, and sales never reached the 200,000-unit threshold again. The Renault 5 achieved, like the original Mini, a cult status. In early 1965, the brand unveiled an innovative new vehicle at the Geneva Motor Show: the Renault 16. Lists that rank the best car models, manufacturers, and more. The Dauphine has the same unit. that was 845 ccs, and a bit more hp. The next owner of this car will definitely be the only one at the local car gathering as so few have survived. Renault sold its R4, R8 and R10 models from 1961, replacing them with the popular R12 in 1968. Renault, incidentally, had originally wanted to call its new car "Corvette," but General Motors got there first. Luckily for Renault, when the Dauphine was We paid $25 bucks, motor was stuck, but no rust. The qualities of this industrial venture were also recognized by the automotive industry. a price cut instituted for 1961 couldn't help the Dauphine. Dauphine. cars, particularly in the U.S. (The Dauphine further proved its performance Have I mentioned that before? Way to go Eric! When I married my soon-to-be-Bride, her daily ride was a Dauphine, so that bit of trivia has stuck w/me . With R-Space, Renault set its sights on the future with an approach to mobility that is both dynamic and positive. Pierre Dreyfus asked his team to design the 4 for urban and rural buyers alike, but its in the countryside that most went to retire. Classics. (although the last time was when I was getting my 1972 Chev. This thing is older than I am, believe it or not. With General Electric's DC motor at the rear, the 1960 model year Henney Kilowatt could reach 60 mph, or last for 60 miles on a single charge. Despite its clearly unconventional looks, Pierre Dreyfus gave the Renault 16 his approval, stating that it would be a car for families attracted by modern consumer society. Renault Renault 4 prototype, 1960. Twingo also featured a sliding rear seat, an innovation based on a historic patent filed by Louis Renault himself and inherited from the Renault16. At the end of its career, the Renault 20 was replaced by the Renault 25, which further established its identity as an executive hatchback while maintaining the tailgate introduced with the Renault 16. Would love to hear from you. mettle by winning the punishing 1958 Monte Carlo Rally.). Could they really have Previous generation was still available in India until last year. Not sure how that works here. Dont underestimate this little Big Car, it was not only a brave quiet little car in the hands on the French driving south with all the familly for the summer holidays.! coachbuilders Brissonneau et Lotz. being launched, the impecunious French race-car builder, Amde Gordini, had For a time, a Floride was the car It was produced in two generations 1972-1985 and 1984-1996. Engine Guides. was, after all, a 27 percent improvement on the standard car -- enough to provide Because almost all of those cars stayed at home, export enthusiasts missed out tail, and most of the front sheetmetal surrounded nothing but fresh air The Clio is sold as the Renault Lutecia in Japan because Honda retains the rights to the name Clio; after the Honda Clio in 1984. Dauphine was very cheap to build, but this certainly wasn't the sort of car platform, albeit with a more powerful engine. 1960 Alpine coup 2+2. Oh, well, I love where I am now and thats as good as it gets! (crickets) The 4CV was first shown at the Paris Motor Show in 1946 and they were on the market from 1947 all the way up to the space age of 1961. Very dependable and fun to drive. During World War II, France had been under Nazi occupation for four years. Coupled with a higher compression ratio and larger carb, you can reach 45-50 hp without a lot of effort. The seller has gone through the entire brake system and the fuel tank, and it also has a fresh oil change, a new battery, new plugs, and wires, but it could use a carb cleaning due to sitting for so long. Makes me feel a bit better about being upside down ($$$) in my Dauphine. The front-hinged trunklid, in which the headlights mere hundreds per year in the early Fifties, shot up in the decade's latter Before French law allowed for a third week of paid leave, Renault already gave its workers this extra break (1955), and later even gave them a fourth week off work (1962). If its factories had not already been sabotaged by French resistance fighters, they were regularly pounded by U.S. Army Air Forces and British Royal Air Force bomber sorties. The qualities of this industrial venture were also recognized by the automotive industry. At least the Dauphine had frugality going for it. 4s were so cheap and disposable that French students started organizing raids in Africa, like the 4L Trophy, whose routes were often better suited to a Land Cruiser than to a front-wheel-drive hatchback. Road-testers put precisely 2,901,253 kilometers (about 1.8 million miles) on the 4 during the development phase. I guess Im one of the few people who would like to have this car, but I dont have the room for it. Yes, I have owned a 4CV. A fourth went to the sands and dusty roads of Africa for tropical development.". The current bid price is $3,250 but the reserve isnt met. existing small cars from Rambler and Studebaker on the market for 1960, all the imports -- even Volkswagen -- suffered to some degree. Track and Motor Trend longed for a fourth gear.). Except for Lets call it the engine cover until the angry comments roll in and Ill make a mental note of it for next time. Its owners gained access to modern consumer society and a new automotive experience. While the 3 and the 4 were fundamentally the same car, major equipment differences ensured they didnt overlap. One of the groundbreaking vehicles that have marked the history of Renault, the R16 brought together two schools of thought that gradually moved apart in the 1980s: a conventional approach to prestige executive vehicles, and the idea of family cars, as embodied by Renault, a brand that draws upon conceptual innovation to support social trends. With three days to go the bidding is up to $6,500! I raise my cold stein of beer (not a wine drinker) to you and propose a toast to the Little Car! Longer than the Renault 16, it kept the tailgate and 96 hp 1647cc engine fitted on the TX version. Yves Georges was responsible for engineering and Gaston Juchet for style. I knew they were Renaults but not the 4CV designation. I gave away the car as it sat, never did fix it. His engine was stuck and he managed to get it free and running. Blue jeans are still everywhere, and sixty years after its launch, the 4 endures in its own way. the next few years, it never again produced anything that looked quite as cute. This approach was pursued by the Renault 20 and definitively established by the 21 Nevada. Renault kept the final Bye-Bye, but its not the last-ever 4. limited-edition Dauphine R1093 (R for "Rally") made its appearance. Looked just like this. GTL models stood out with their bumperettes, plastic cladding on the sides, and an extra vent below the grille (requiring the front license plate be moved to the bumper). The list is long The 8 was released in july 1962 and was based on the outgoing Renault Dauphine. On the bright side, enthusiasts who wanted a 4 (either as a project car or as a daily driver) had plenty to choose from, and many were even given away for free. for 1966. Modular by design, the 4 spawned countless factory and aftermarket off-shoots, including the Plein Air, the Rodeo, and the JP4. After producing mainly luxury cars in the years between the World Wars, Renault conquered the roads after the Second World War with iconic small cars such as the Renault R4. I grew up not far from Pismo Beach and remember seeing a number of Renault dune buggies. The Renault 8 ceased production and sales in France in 1973. One was my daily driver for 14 years, and carried me from Florida to North Carolina, then Texas (with a side trip to Mexico City), Colorado , upstate New York and finally Ohio, courtesy of the Air Force. The Clio is one of only two cars, the other being the Volkswagen Golf, to have been voted European Car of the Year twice, in 1991 and 2006. We are working on four major areas of innovation in order to develop the mobility of the future. History has been kind to the company, and you can see how Renaults have changed over the decades. Combining functional qualities with elegant looks and no fewer than six windows, the Renault 16 adapted the principle behind the success of the city-going Renault 4 to upmarket family vehicles. . By the mid Sixties, however, time was running out for the While the 3 was a dud, the 4 was an instant superstar. . We lived out in the boonies where at the ripe age of 11. Their factory would produce and assemble models from the R8, R10, R12, R16, sporty R15, R17 coupes to the R18 and R20; the company would close in 1981. . It also included central locking and inertia reel seatbelts, innovative features that contributed to quality of life for Renault 16 owners. The factory quit installing the manifolds after the 59 model year, but all US-bound cars got the nice valve covers through the end of 61 production. plants and sold by AMC dealers. They have typically French engineeringwhich isnt necessaryily bad, just different. Found it on a bicycle ride in 1973 or 74, inside an open garage in NE Portland, Oregon. I didnt start paying for my 4s until about 2017, which is when values began to rise. At 89 inches, its wheelbase was 6.3 inches longer than that The 1956-1958 Renault Dauphine certainly was bigger and -- arguably -- better enough to make it a success. The wheels themselves were really no more My son and I were driving past the other day and he asked what they were. Rebadged Dacia Sandero. Ok, some of you guys (and gals) may have heard this story before. faster, and more sporting models. It wasn't long before Paris and other French cities were It's the 250 GTO, one of the most desirable and expensive cars on the planet. Keep me in the conversation via email. (across the street for the Chicago PD) I have been there many times in the past. Instead, the company got in touch with its feminine side. Dr. Ferdinand Porsche has a lot to answer for. Lock this reject back up! There are 12 1960 Renault for sale right now - Follow the Market and get notified with new listings and sale prices. (I tried in vain to post a photo, but kept getting error message! We had a blast with it for years! Its name is an acronym for Safety Concept Embodied in a New Innovative Car. Renault EV Conversions, Bed in the Front, Flathead-Powered Camaro, Year of the Rabbit The idea was to design a sort of family nest. The car looks like its in fantastic condition, doesnt it? mph. I used to love cruising around all those yards as a kid, marveling at all the crazy contraptions dropped off after someones dream buggy died. Have you ever asked the question, "Which cars are made by Renault?" Both engines were water-cooled and they spun the front wheels via a three-speed manual transmission. The seats were cheap hard plastic bucket style chairs from a discount drug store. The seats were designed to adapt to all types of use: installation of a child seat, rest position, and even a couchette position for two people. Espace arrived in 1984. He also indirectly spawned one of Frances most popular cars: the Renault 4. Selecting front-wheel-drivea solution already in the works for the Estafette vancleared up valuable space in the cabin. Immediately adopted by families, the car was such a success that its name was quickly changed from Mgane Scnic to just Scnic. for carrying luggage, the resulting weight distribution was bound to It all started with a set of open-ended guidelines, given to the team in charge of developing a successor to the 4CV. Italy: In Italy Alfa Romeo built the Dauphine Alfa Romeo under license between 1959 and 1964 in Portello, Milan. And no matter how hard Renault tried in rear, there was a high-pivot swing axle of the simplest nature, with concentric in the extreme tail with cooling outlet vents in the engine lid -- I nearly Renault Beach Wagon 1960 to 1961 CMB $75,472 1 For sale For Sale 1 Avg $28,194 Sales Count 19 Dollar Volume $535,683 Lowest Sale $2,050 Top Sale $106,400 Most Recent $34,826 Loading Market Chart data. Could that be true. Based on this little gem the Renault 4CV will give birth to the mythical ALPINE Required fields are marked *. Another little tidbit of triviawas this the first car with a cabin air filter? up the Caravelle's engine rather than its own special castings). With its rich, generous array of features, the Renault 16 was a prestige vehicle. The only reason I would like to have it is that my friend had one in the early sixties and it brings back fun memories. The Scnic concept car paved the way in 1996 for Mgane Scnic, the first ever compact MPV. That was in the 60s and the son of the designer still has one, and I got to drive it several years ago. Before long, 700 Renault Dauphines were being built every day, the From 1968 with the TS version, for Tourisme Sportif or sport tourer, a range of innovative new features became standard, including a defrosting rear window, additional quartz halogen headlights, two-speed windscreen wipers with four-jet washers and an interior rearview mirror with day/night settings. The Renault Dauphine models of the Sixties started off with a bang. this one should be stored in a vacuum flask. Some were turned into trailers; others became chicken coops. . How many of these do you have on your list? (we only had gravel and dirt) So it was rev up the engine and let go of the shift lever and let the tire spin. So, if one wants exclusivity, this car is for you! Beetle), the Dauphine averaged as much as 39.1 mixed-use mpg in magazine tests. The spare Known internally as the Captur Global Access. Regulations compounded the 4s problems. Could they have been serious? 20 August 2007. Coup SUV based on the Clio/Captur platform (Europe and others) or Duster platform (Russia). Nationalized after World War II, Renault enjoyed a tremendous amount of success in its home market during the late 1940s and the early 1950s. The suspension, let's now be honest about this, was a fourth-place car having survived a tumble into a ravine along the way. Everyone has his or her reason for buying a Renault classic car. The car was offered with 3/5-door hatchback body shapes between the years 1977 and 1983. The series, which entered production in 1961 and would be produced for over 30 years, was a successor to the Renault 4CV which had been produced . manufactured by IKA-Renault in Argentina. As a one-box design without B-pillars, styled by Patrick Le Qument, the Avantime combined the space of an MPV with the style of a 2+2 coup. Oh well, Im not a car flipper, just another kindred spirit like yall, and the fun Ive had making a silk purse from a sows ear has been an interesting journey. Hi Mike. Everything you have In a nod to its forerunner, the Renault 16, the preliminary project for Twingo was the last one supervised by Gaston Juchet. Renault, never likely to miss too many publicity tricks, We bent the contact tab over in the clutch regulator (the contact for generator engagement) so that the clutch would only operate with the shift lever. "Our [earlier] cars were not fully prepared to meet the demands of Sort By Sorting Order Results Per Page It was a busy place. excited, though; this was not a replacement for the agricultural swing-axle wrong," the company confessed as it begged erstwhile customers to consider My stepfather was furious but the car was such an oddball he did not know where to get parts so he sent it to the junkyard. 56 with a sunroof in a similar color. Realistically, the closest thing to the 4 in the modern-day Renault range is the Kangoo. The production version is very similar to the concept car of the same name, which was presented at the 2004 Geneva Motor Show. The Longest Lasting Cars That Go the Distance. While in French custody in 1946, the authorities sent him to look over the drawings of the impending 4CV model. might have been even more appealing. They devoted a considerable amount of energy to figuring out what could break, tuning the long-travel suspension on Sardinias haphazardly-paved roads, sending a couple of prototypes to hang out with Paul Bunyan and Lucy in freezing Minnesota, and letting a few test cars loose in the Sahara to torture the cooling system. It was 1970, I didnt have my license yet, my brother did, and Im not sure how we found it, but was in the back row of the now defunct Milrace Motors, in Thiensville, Wis. the alarming tendency for body panels to rust away. (Privately, some executives pointed out the Dauphine spent entirely too much time on its roof.). Front seatbelts became standard in April 1970, September 1970 brought a 12-volt electrical system, and a bigger 782-cc engine arrived in September 1971. These cars were developed during WW2, hidden from the invaders. The construction of this model is based on RENAULT 5 1gen. Long may it live. He said the car needed to be less ugly than the 2CV but less elegant than the Dauphine, to lure buyers into showrooms without creating internal competition. fashionable Floride models -- called Caravelles in the USA -- with styling by Frua, and bodyshell manufacture by specialist No mention of transmission either. Early road tests in U.S. publications were quite The range was expanded in 1977 with the arrival of a 110 hp 1995 cc petrol engine, and an 85 hp 2068 cc turbocharged Diesel engine in 1979. Welcome to our full list of 1960s cars. Mar 21, 2022 - Explore 's board "Renault Across the Years", followed by 2,594 people on Pinterest. Rode many places with them in them. I have a 4CV Resort Special. Somehow, though, the state nationalized it, rescued it, and chief executive Pierre Lefaucheux got things up and running. The extra peak power doesn't sound like much, but it I had a Dinky of this car in red. The vast 410 dm3 boot could be accessed either via the tailgate or the rear window. Not benji, the car! Cheerful and practical, Twingo shipped in a range of bright colours, reflecting the personality of its customers, even in its interior. The Arizona car offered here is a 1960, as you can see the cast iron manifold, and lack of C pillar turn signals (dropped after 1958 for the US). The Renault Clio is a supermini car, produced by the French automobile manufacturer Renault. Suprastella (1938-1939) Monaquatre (1932-1936) Vivasport (1933-1935) Viva Grand Sport (1935-1939) ABx (1934-1937) Celtaquatre (1934-1938) Celtastandard (1935-1937) ACx/ADx (1935-1940) Juvaquatre (1937-1957) (Was facelifted as the Renault Dauphinoise in 1957) Novaquatre (1938-1940) World War II (1939-1945) [ edit] AHx (1941-1947) 845cc engine, essentially the 4CV powerplant with larger cylinder bores, lived however. Yes. B-segment SUV based on the Clio platform. Its in this context that Pierre Dreyfus (19071994) took the reins at Renault. in each rear passenger door to give away the game. Assembled alongside the R30and R16 at Sandouville between 1976 and 1984, the R20 was sold in more than 600,000 examples. The Renault 5 is a supermini produced by French automaker Renault. Named European Car of the Year in 1997, the Scnic was restyled in 1999 and separated from the other vehicles in the Mgane range. But it fits the story line. (some said fragile) construction was sometimes criticized. For the sporty driver, the main advantage was that when only Luckily, there was a huge thicket on the outside of the corner AND the roof was round enough for an 80 pound kid to rock the car back over and the car flopped back over on its wheels. because the cars of Renault must be clearly recognizable within the never-ending stream of similar cars. bodywork. Did you used to drive one of the old Renault cars on this list? no separate clutch pedal. As a bonus, the front-drive layout was seen as safer option that forgives a drivers bad behavior, according to period notes. Thanks to Scotty for the memories, including, that 2 way horn,,,meeep, BEEEEP,,. Id love to see pics of your Convertible-. Renault Scnic was the first compact MPV in automotive history. Auction update: this 4CV sold for $6,500. Ha! two people were being carried, the rear wheels now had a small degree of The R5 was sold in the US as Le Car, from 1976 to 1983. While finding one in France is easy, youll need to set aside at least 2000 euros (about $2400) for an example that runs, drives, but needs some work.



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