Renault 6

The Renault 6, or R6, is a small family car that Renault made from 1968 to 1986. It was built on the platform of the Renault 4, including the 845 cc engine at first, but it wore a larger and more modern five-door hatchback body that resembled the bigger Renault 16, and it was meant as an upmarket alternative to the R4 and a rival to the Citroën Ami 6 and Dyane. The press criticised the early engine as underpowered, and a 1.1 litre Cléon-Fonte engine arrived at the 1970 Paris Motor Show with power raised from 34 to 45 PS. It was revamped in 1973 with square headlights. Production in France began in October 1968 and sales in Europe ended in 1980, while Spain and Argentina kept building it until 1986, Spain making 328,000 and Argentina 80,869. In 1973 Teilhol and ACL added the open plastic-bodied 6 Rodéo.