Renault 6

Renault 6 (1968-1973)

The Renault 6 - R6 short - is a car model of Renault, which was built between autumn 1968 and spring 1980.

History

The Renault 6 was launched in October 1968. It was designed as a slightly larger successor to the Renault 4. The R6 was directed with his more modern for its time design, which was based on the Renault 16, especially for young families. It was built over time in different variants, which differed mainly in optics. So the headlights of the original version were round and had an aluminum frame. The grille was chromed.

In August 1973 square headlights, larger rear lights and grille without chrome elements and a modified plate light were introduced.

In April 1980 ended the production of the Renault 6 in France. His place in the compact class took over the built since May 1976 Renault 14

In South America, the vehicle is a long time was the most popular car models. There, the R6 ran until 1984 on the assembly line. In Spain the Renault 6 of FASA -Renault, the Spanish subsidiary of Renault in Valladolid was built. Production there was only stopped in 1986 after about 328,000 cars built.

Engine variants

Technically speaking, there were three basic variations of the R6:

The Urvariante R6 L was equipped with an engine capacity of 845 cc and reached 25 kW ( 34 hp).

The R6 TL ( factory code R1180 ) was produced from 1969 to 1978 and had a displacement of 1108 cc; the other two variants had 33 kW ( 45 hp ) or 35 kW (47 hp).

The strongest version of GTL R6 ( R1181 ) was with 1397 cc and 60 hp only slightly stronger, but further modernization improved both the performance as well as fuel consumption.

Renault 6 (1973-1980)

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