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Motor vehicle
Renault 4
1984 Renault 4 GTL
Overview
Manufacturer
Renault
Also called
Renault R4 Renault 4L (Quatrelle) Renault R3
Production
Over eight million units 1961–1992 (until 1994 in Slovenia)
Assembly
Algiers, Algeria (CARAL)
Billancourt, France
Casablanca, Morocco[1]
Ciudad Sahagún, Mexico
Envigado, Colombia
Guarda, Portugal
Heidelberg, Australia[2]
Ljubljana/Novo Mesto, SFR Yugoslavia (today Slovenia)
Los Andes, Chile
Milan, Italy[3]
Montevideo, Uruguay (Renault Mini 4 - local version)
Naas, Ireland
Santa Isabel, Argentina (IKA)
Valladolid, Spain
Vilvoorde, Belgium
Wexford, Ireland
Body and chassis
Class
B-segment, small economy family car
Body style
5-door hatchback 2-door van 2-door pickup truck
Layout
Front mid-engine, front-wheel drive
Related
Renault 5 Renault 6 Renault 7 Renault Rodeo
Powertrain
Engine
603 cc 690 I4 (R3 only)
747 cc 680 I4
782 cc 839 I4
845 cc 800/B1B I4
956 cc C1C I4
1108 cc C1E I4
Transmission
3-speed manual 4-speed manual
Dimensions
Wheelbase
2,440 mm (96.1 in) (right)[4] 2,395 mm (94.3 in) (left)[4]
Length
3,663 mm (144.2 in)
Width
1,485 mm (58.5 in)
Height
1,470 mm (57.9 in)
Kerb weight
600–750 kg (1,323–1,653 lb)
Chronology
Predecessor
Renault 4CV
Successor
Renault Twingo
The Renault 4, or R4 in short (and 4L, pronounced "Quatrelle", in French), is an economy car built by the French company Renault from 1961 to 1994. Although the Renault 4 was first marketed as a short estate or wagon, its minimal rear overhang, and its top-hinged, single-piece tail-gate made it the world's first mass-produced hatchback car, as well as the first time Renault had used a front-wheel-drive layout in a family car.[nb 1] A bare-bones, entry-level Renault 3, or R3 was also offered in 1961/1962.
The car was launched at a time when several decades of economic stagnation were giving way to growing prosperity and surging car ownership in France. The first million cars were produced by 1 February 1966, less than four and a half years after launch;[6] eventually over eight million were built, making the Renault 4 a commercial success because of the timing of its introduction and the merits of its design. Inearly 2020, the 33-year production run of the Renault 4 was counted as the seventeenth most long-lived single generation car in history.[7]
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^Renault 4 celebrating 50th anniversary in 2011, www.caradvice.com.au Retrieved on 11 December 2012
^"Alfa Romeo's small car projects before the birth of the Alfasud". alfasud.alfisti.net. Archived from the original on 23 October 2009. Retrieved 20 April 2009.
^ abCite error: The named reference Automobilia1962 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Remembering the Estafette – Groupe Renault
^"News and Views: 1M Renault 4". Autocar. 124 (2651): 248. 4 February 1966.
^Survivors: The world’s longest-living cars – Autocar
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