With the 4L Trophy which has just started - and you qu'Autonews forwards all week withhis exclusive videos - the perfect opportunity to recall that it was in 1961 that launched his Renault 4L. The Diamond had no idea he had just given birth to her bestseller,whose career will last until 1994.
In 1948, Citroën makes a masterstroke with the 2CV, which surpasses in every respect the 4CV Renault launched two years ago. The market for small cars popular and versatile just changed hands. It was not until 1961 that the last response Billancourt withthe Renault 4, ie the 4L.
The newcomer is an important milestone in the history of Diamond. First pull of the mark (except in the patrol car commercial), with a hatch, it has nothing to envy to the Citroen.His ambition does not limit itself to offer four wheels under an umbrella. Broad, flexible,rustic but extremely robust, providing a modern ride, the 4L immediately asserts itself asa hard-working self.
Originally designed to use semi-rural and utility, it gradually attracted all walks of life. The special series "Parisienne" metamorphosis even in urban chic, with great sweeps ofblack lacquer and cannages trompe-l'oeil. Until the end of his career-ending ending in ...1992 after more than eight million copies produced), the R4 would see manyderivatives, starting with a van whose flag "baby giraffe" will school, but also the Rodeo(the equivalent of a Citroen Mehari) or the pretty SOVAM berlinetta, which was brieflythe 4L that the first Alpine were to 4HP.
In 1948, Citroën makes a masterstroke with the 2CV, which surpasses in every respect the 4CV Renault launched two years ago. The market for small cars popular and versatile just changed hands. It was not until 1961 that the last response Billancourt withthe Renault 4, ie the 4L.
The newcomer is an important milestone in the history of Diamond. First pull of the mark (except in the patrol car commercial), with a hatch, it has nothing to envy to the Citroen.His ambition does not limit itself to offer four wheels under an umbrella. Broad, flexible,rustic but extremely robust, providing a modern ride, the 4L immediately asserts itself asa hard-working self.
Originally designed to use semi-rural and utility, it gradually attracted all walks of life. The special series "Parisienne" metamorphosis even in urban chic, with great sweeps ofblack lacquer and cannages trompe-l'oeil. Until the end of his career-ending ending in ...1992 after more than eight million copies produced), the R4 would see manyderivatives, starting with a van whose flag "baby giraffe" will school, but also the Rodeo(the equivalent of a Citroen Mehari) or the pretty SOVAM berlinetta, which was brieflythe 4L that the first Alpine were to 4HP.
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