Renault Primaquatre

The Renault Primaquatre is an automobile that Renault produced from 1931 to 1941, the last car built before Louis Renault died in 1944. It was first shown on 29 December 1930 as the Type KZ6, a development of the KZ series, with a 2,120 cc four-cylinder engine rated at 35 horsepower and a claimed top speed of 100 km/h, driving the rear wheels through an unsynchronised three-speed gearbox. The first generation grew through the types KZ8, KZ10, KZ11 (a special series of 2,400 taxis for the G7 company), KZ18 and KZ24. In January 1936 the new Primaquatre, type ACL1, arrived with a 2,383 cc engine of 48 PS, followed by types ACL2, BDF1, BDF2 and BDS1. The last was the Primaquatre Sport, type BDS2, with 56 PS. Lockheed hydraulic brakes replaced cable brakes in 1940, and the German invasion ended most French car production that summer.