Renault 8

The Renault 8, called the Renault R8 until 1964, is a small family car that Renault built in the 1960s and early 1970s. It is a four-door saloon with the engine in the rear driving the rear wheels, based on the Renault Dauphine and sharing its basic architecture and 2,270 mm wheelbase, with boxy styling that followed the first prototype by Philippe Charbonneaux. Released in June 1962, it used an all-new 956 cc Cléon-Fonte engine of 44 PS with a sealed-for-life cooling system, and French-built cars had four-wheel disc brakes, a first for a saloon of this size. It formed the basis for the larger Renault 10, introduced in 1965. Sales in France ended in 1973, production continued in Bulgaria until 1970 and in Spain until 1976, and Romania built a licensed version as the Dacia 1100 from 1968 to 1972, of which 37,546 were made.