Renault 10

The Renault 10 is a small family car that Renault built between 1965 and 1972, a four-door saloon with the engine at the rear driving the rear wheels. It was a larger and more upmarket development of the Renault 8, launched in September 1965 as the Renault 10 Major (sold in some markets as the Renault 1100), with a lengthened body, a much larger front luggage compartment and the 1,108 cc engine taken from the Renault Caravelle. About two years after launch it gained rectangular headlights, while the United States and Canada kept round sealed beam units. In October 1970 a 1,289 cc engine from the new Renault 12 produced the Renault 10-1300. French production ended at the end of summer 1971, and the front-wheel-drive Renault 12 replaced it in 1972. The car was also built in Bulgaria and Spain, and in South Africa a tuned version was sold as the Renault Alconi.