Looking back at history, the French Renault brand has also achieved quite brilliant results, and it is the "national car" that the French like. Among them, the Renault Dauphine model reached the sales volume of two million vehicles at that time, only because it created the later Renault brand.
Recently, Bonhams, a British-based auction house, released the catalogue of auction items of classic cars to the public. In addition to rare classic luxury cars and super sports cars, there is also this special "national car" Renault Dove.
It all started with 1947, which was the time to rebuild our homeland after the war. At that time, Renault undertook the task of manufacturing family cars that were close to the people and needed durability, comfort and parity. At that time, Renault 4CV was very popular as soon as it went on the market. At that time, it was second only to Mini and Volkswagen Beetle, and became the first car in France with a sales volume of over one million.
Ten years after the release of Renault 4CV, 1956 Renault released the successor model of 4CV: Dauphine, which translates as "Toffee".
At that time, Renault followed the advice of Porsche and adopted rear-wheel drive, but it didn't want to take the route of Porsche 9 1 1 or Volkswagen Beetle, so it was an unconventional and lovely car.
Reynolds Dove? It adopts the same platform as the previous generation product 4CV, and its body size is 3940? *? 1520? *? 1400mm, because of its small size, it can walk leisurely on the narrow roads in France, and the wheelbase of 2270mm also allows it to accommodate five adults.
In terms of power, in-line 4-cylinder water-cooled OHV carburetor engine is adopted. The displacement is only 0.845L, the maximum power is 27 HP, and the maximum torque is 66 N m. It takes 36 seconds to accelerate from standstill to 60 miles (about 96 kilometers).
The transmission system is equipped with a 3-speed manual gearbox, and the top speed is 108km/h/h, 1963. Renault equipped the car with a more convenient automatic gearbox.
At that time, this car obtained more than 50 patents in technology, involving suspension, gearbox, engine and other major components. 1956~ 1967 During the production period of 10, more than 2 million cars rolled off the assembly line. Because of its popularity in the United States, Renault also set up a transportation company to export the Crown Princess to the United States.
The Renault Dove produced by 1957 is actually the most surprising. It has been 62 years now, but the total mileage of this car is only 27439 kilometers.
The valuation of this car is between 8,000-110,000 pounds (about 70,000-87,000 RMB), and I think it is also the cheapest car that ordinary people can buy in Baolong auction house where luxury cars gather.
Renault Dove used a lot of classic design elements from 1950s on its car body. The beige paint is not the original car, but it was repainted during the recent maintenance, but it is still so classic and beautiful.
By the way, there is another reason why this auction attracted many people's attention. It is said that its owner is an unknown French count. ?
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