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For newer members – a few facts about the evolution of the 4CV
The Renault 4CV began as factory project 106 in the early 1940s during the German occupation of France. Some senior people recognised that after the war there would be a shortage of both money and materials, so a small family car was their best chance of rebuilding...
A French Flirt – The Renault Floride
By Dennis Harrison, Malvern, South Australia (courtesy of renaultcaravelle.com) From the liberating, self-assured sixties comes the Renault Floride. Pretty, flirty, fast, but only in the speedy sense, never running wild and certainly not flashy. She stood out in the...
To Protect & Serve
One of 75 4CVs built by Renault for Paris police, this is one of the first 15 cars built, with cut-down windows to enable guns to be fired at fleeing criminals. The auctioneer Bonhams sold this 1955 car in 2017, for €39,100 (about AU$62,000) at the time. Article...