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Renault 6
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1968 - 1971 |
Country: |
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Engine: |
4 cyl. |
Capacity: |
747 cc |
Power: |
24 bhp |
Transmission: |
3 spd. man |
Top Speed: |
120 km/h |
Number Built: |
n/a |
Collectability: |
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The Renault 6 was designed to supercede
the Renault 4, and part of its design brief was that
it should be larger, better looking and more luxurious
- and thus more expensive.
Initially introduced on the Salon d'Automobile in Paris
in 1968, the R6 was technically the same as the R4, with
a changed front wheel suspension, which was also changed
for the R4 from that date, but the bodywork was much like
a small R16.
It had the 845 cm�, which was the same engine as found
in the R4 and Dauphine and originated in the 4CV engine.
At the Paris Motorshow of 1970 a new version of the
R6 was introduced, which featured a larger capacity
1108 cm� Sierra or Cl�on engine, from the R8 Major,
an engine originally introduced in the R8 in 1962.
The car had a new gearbox, with a different shifting pattern,
it had front disc brakes, and a different cooling system,
with an electrically driven fan with thermoswitch. The
radiator was placed directly behind the grille, and not
immediately ahead of the engine. |