Renault 20/30

The Renault 20 (R20) and Renault 30 (R30) were two executive cars that the French automaker Renault produced between 1975 and 1983, the most upmarket and expensive Renaults of their time. They were almost identical in sheet metal and mechanicals, the R30 having the larger engine and higher specification, and were easily told apart by their headlights, with two single rectangular lights on the 20 and four round ones on the 30. The Renault 30 TS, launched at the Geneva Motor Show in March 1975, was Renault's flagship and one of the first cars to use the new 2664 cc PRV V6 engine developed jointly by Peugeot, Renault and Volvo; the cheaper Renault 20 followed at the Paris Salon in November 1975 with a 1647 cc four-cylinder engine and received Renault's first diesel automobile engine in 1979. Both used a hatchback body derived from the Renault 16 and were advanced in safety, with front and rear crumple zones and side impact protection. Over 622,000 R20s and 145,000 R30s were produced at Sandouville near Le Havre, the 20 won the 1978 Car of the Year award from What Car magazine, and the Renault 25 replaced both after production ceased on 16 October 1983.