Renault Type DO

The Renault Type DO was an early passenger car from Renault, also called the 22 CV, and the national authority approved it on 16 January 1913. It replaced the Renault Type CD, its production ended the same year, and the Renault Type EE followed it in 1914. A water cooled six cylinder engine with an 85 millimetre bore and a 150 millimetre stroke displaced 5,107 cubic centimetres and gave 22 PS, sent to the rear axle by a cardan shaft, for a stated top speed of 52 to 78 kilometres per hour depending on the gearing. One source gives two chassis lengths, with wheelbases of 358.4 and 373.5 centimetres, and another gives 364 centimetres. The turning circle was 14 metres, the bare chassis weighed 1,100 kilograms and the complete car 2,100 kilograms. Torpedo, limousine and landaulet bodies were offered, and the chassis cost 14,500 francs.