- Renault 6
Infobox Automobile
name = Renault 6
manufacturer =Renault
production = 1968–1980
layout =FF layout
class =Small family car , Compact
assembly =Billancourt ,France Valladolid ,Spain Envigado ,Colombia Santa Isabel ,Argentina
body_style = 5-doorhatchback
length = Auto mm|3860|1
width = Auto mm|1500|1
height = Auto mm|1480|1
Wheelbase = Auto mm|2450|1
Engines = 845 cc
1100 cc Cléon
predecessor = None
successor =Renault 14
similar =Citroën Ami The Renault 6 is a
small family car produced by the French automakerRenault between 1968 and 1980.The Renault 6 was launched at the 1968
Paris Motor Show , and was intended to be an upmarket alternative to theRenault 4 that would compete with the Citroën Ami 6 and the recently launchedCitroën Dyane . It used a similar dashboard-mounted gear-lever and over-the-engine linkage to that used in the Renault 4 and the small Citroëns with which it competed. The R6 used the R4 platform as well as its 845 cc engine and was technically near-identical, but itshatchback body was larger and more modern. Visually it resembled theRenault 16 .Development
In its first two years of production, the R6 was criticised by the press for the R4-derived engine's lack of power in the heavier R6.
1970
However, a new version of the R6 using the 1.1 litre Cléon engine (an engine used in the
Renault 8 since 1962) was unveiled at the 1970Paris Motor Show and was widely regarded as a big improvement.Fact|date=May 2008The new car also had higher equipment levels as well a new
gearbox , cooling system and frontdisc brakes . For the Spanish market the R6 was made available with a 956 cc engine, due to vehicles over 1040 cc beingtax able under Spanish regulations.1974
In 1974 the R6 was revamped with square
headlights , new rear lights, a black plastic grille, and new bumpers. The front indicator lights also moved from between the bumper and the headlights to the bumper itself.International production
Production and sales in France and most of
Europe ended in 1980, but inSpain andArgentina the car was still produced and sold until 1986.In
Colombia the car was discontinued in 1984, when the Renault 9 started production.
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