Renault 17

The Renault 17, R17 for short, was a three-door hatchback coupe that Renault introduced in July 1971. The front-wheel-drive car was based on the Renault 12 and replaced the Renault Caravelle after three years in which Renault had no coupe. The engines of the R17 came from the Renault 16. The sister model Renault 15 came out at the same time, with the simple headlamps of the R12, a plainer side line and a small 1,300 cubic centimetre engine of 44 kW (60 PS). The R17 was made at the Société des Usines Chausson plant in Maubeuge, with final assembly and painting for the first series of 1971 to 1975 at the Renault plant in Sandouville. The Renault 17 TL had an in-line four-cylinder engine of 1,565 cubic centimetres and 66 kW (90 PS), which took the car up to 170 km/h, and besides the coupe there was a version with a large electrically opening folding roof. The top model 17 TS had D-Jetronic fuel injection and 79 kW (108 PS) for 180 km/h. The line ended in August 1979 and the Renault Fuego, shown in spring 1980, succeeded it.