Renault Type DP

The Renault Type DP was an early passenger car from Renault, also called the 22 CV, and the national authority approved it on 20 January 1913. It replaced the Renault Type CE, and production ended in 1914 without a successor. A water cooled four cylinder engine with a 100 millimetre bore and a 160 millimetre stroke displaced 5,026 cubic centimetres and gave 24 PS, sent to the rear axle by a cardan shaft, for a stated top speed of 55 to 82 kilometres per hour depending on the gearing. On a wheelbase of 362.7 centimetres the car was 491.5 centimetres long and 176 centimetres wide, with a turning circle of 13 to 14 metres. The bare chassis weighed 1,150 kilograms and the complete car 2,000 kilograms. Torpedo, limousine and roadster bodies were offered, and the chassis cost 14,200 francs in 1913, falling to 14,000 francs in 1914.