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The Renault 4CV was an automobile produced by the French manufacturer Renault from 1946 to 1961. An economical "people's car" inspired by the Volkswagen Beetle, it was the first French car to sell over a million. Renault S.A. is a French vehicle manufacturer producing small to upper-midsize cars, vans, buses and trucks. ...
1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...
1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
In Automobile design, an RR, or Rear-engine, Rear wheel drive, layout places both the engine and drive wheels at the rear of the vehicle. ...
Rambler American Compact car is a largely North American term denoting an automobile smaller than a midsize car, but larger than a subcompact car. ...
A Ford Taurus, a typical 1990s sedan. ...
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The Volkswagen Beetle or Bug or Käfer is a small family car, the best known car of Volkswagen, of Germany, and almost certainly the world. ...
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 Volkswagen Beetle or Bug or Käfer is a small family car, the best known car of Volkswagen, of Germany, and almost certainly the world. ...
The 4CV was originally conceived and designed covertly by Renault engineers during the German occupation of France during World War II, when the manufacturer was under strict orders to design and produce only commercial and military vehicles; a design team led by Fernand Picard, Charles-Edmond Serre and Jean-Auguste Riolfo envisioned a small, economical car (similar to the Volkswagen Beetle) suitable for the economically difficult years which would inevitably follow the war. The first prototype was completed in 1942 and two more prototypes were produced in the following three years, with the 4CV ultimately presented to the public and media at the 1946 Paris Motor Show. France, along with the United Kingdom, was one of the first participants in World War II after declaring war on Nazi Germany following its invasion of Poland in 1939. ...
World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons like the atom bomb. ...
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1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...
The Mondial de lAutomobile (Paris Motor Show in English) is an annual auto show in Paris. ...
On the 4CV's launch it was nicknamed "La motte de beurre" (the lump of butter) due to the combination of its shape and the fact that many early models were painted with sand yellow-colored German army surplus paint intended for the Afrika Korps. The 4CV was powered by a 748cc engine producing 17 hp, which was coupled to a three-speed gearbox. Despite an initial period of uncertainty and poor sales due to the ravaged state of the French economy, the 4CV had sold 37,000 by mid-1949 and was the most popular car in France. The car remained in production for more than a decade afterwards; it was intended to be replaced by the Renault Dauphine, launched in 1956, but the 4CV in fact remained in production till 1961, only a year earlier than the Dauphine was discontinued. 1,105,547 cars were produced; the 4CV became the first French car to sell over a million. Balls of butter on a plate Butter is a dairy product made by churning fresh cream. ...
The Deutsches Afrikakorps (often just Afrika Korps or DAK) was the corps_level headquarters controlling the German Panzer divisions in Libya and Egypts Western Desert during the North African Campaign of World War II. Since there was little turnover in the units attached to the corps the term is commonly...
A gearbox is an assembly of gears allowing the rotational speed of an input shaft to be changed to a different speed. ...
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1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The 4CV was easily modified and was used extensively as a racing car, winning both the Le Mans 24 Hours and the Mille Miglia. The first collaboration between the Alpine company and Renault, a partnership which would go on to win the World Rally Championship with the legendary Alpine A-110 in later years, was the Alpine A-106 which was based on the 4CV platform. Auto racing (also known as automobile racing or autosport) is a sport involving racing automobiles. ...
24 hours of Le Mans (24 heures du Mans) is a famous sports car endurance race held at Circuit de la Sarthe near Le Mans, France, near river La Sarthe. ...
The Mille Miglia (Thousand miles) was an open-road endurance race which took place in Italy twenty-four times from 1927 to 1957. ...
Alpine was a French manufacturer of racing and sports cars which used rear mounted Renault engines. ...
The World Rally Championship (WRC) is a series of automobile rally races across the world, culminating with a champion driver and manufacturer. ...
The Alpine A-110 was a Sports car that was designed and built by the French company Alpine and was powered by engines from Renault. ...
The 4CV was manufactured in Japan under licence by Hino Motors, Ltd.
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