The Renault 14 was an automobile produced by Renault of France between 1976 and 1983. A small variety of cars, the most popular kind of automobile. ... Renault S.A. is a French vehicle manufacturer producing small to upper-midsize cars, vans, buses and trucks. ... The French Republic or France (French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1983 is an integer and composite number that represents a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Featuring front wheel drive, the R14 was developed as a competitor to the small hatchback class which had been opened up by the VW Golf. For much of its life, only one engine option was offered - a 1.3L overhead valve unit. Front wheel drive is the most common form of engine/transmission layout used in modern automobiles, where the engine drives the front wheels. ... A hatchback is a type of automobile design, consisting of a passenger cabin which includes an integrated cargo space, accessed from behind by a hatch or flip-up window. ... VW Golf Mk. ...

However, things would get off to a bad start when a disastrous launch advertising campaign which compared the car to the shape of a pear, and combined with a reputation for premature body corrosion saw the 14 being dubbed as the "rotting pear" by the motoring press. A preview at Paris' Pompidou Centre as a bare bodyshell also did little to win it customers. Renault attempted to relaunch the 14 in 1978 with enhanced equipment levels, but the damage was done and the production run ended in late 1983 with less than a million units sold over a seven year period. Species Pyrus calleryana P. pyrifolia et al Pears are trees of the genus Pyrus and the edible fruit of that tree. ... The Pompidou Centres famous external skeleton of service pipes. ... Events January January 1 - The Copyright Act of 1976 takes effect, making sweeping changes to United States copyright law. ...

Its joint successors, the 9 & 11 appeared in 1982 and early '83, respectively. The Renault 9 and Renault 11 are compact automobiles, launched in the early 1980s, by the French car manufacturer Renault. ... 1982 is a number and represents a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar Events January-February January 6 - William Bonin is convicted of being the freeway killer. January 8 - AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions January 11 - Mark Thatcher, son of the British...