Renault Type DQ

The Renault Type DQ was an early large passenger car from Renault, also called the 45 CV, and the national authority approved it on 16 January 1913. It replaced the Renault Type CF, its production ended the same year, and the Renault Type ET followed it in 1914. A water cooled four cylinder engine with a 130 millimetre bore and a 160 millimetre stroke displaced 8,495 cubic centimetres and gave 40 PS, sent to the rear axle by a cardan shaft, for a stated top speed of 68 to 97 kilometres per hour depending on the gearing. On a wheelbase of 374.3 centimetres the car was 503.5 centimetres long and 176 centimetres wide, and the bare chassis weighed 1,350 kilograms. Double phaeton and torpedo bodies were offered. Christie's sold an open two seater of 1913 in 2006 and the same car again in 2022.