Renault Type U (b)

The Renault Type U (b), also called the 14 CV, was an early passenger car presented at the Paris motor show in December 1903 as the successor to the Type S, approved by the national authority on 9 February 1904 and marketed from spring 1904. It was Renault's first model with the water radiator behind the engine, a layout typical of Renault for more than twenty years, and the Type X replaced it. A four-cylinder engine with a 90 mm bore and 100 mm stroke displaced 3,054 cc and produced 14 PS, driving the rear axle by shaft, and the quoted top speed ranged from 52 to 85 km/h depending on gearing. The chassis weighed 750 kg and the complete car 900 to 1,200 kg. The nearly identical Type U (c) differed by a transverse rear spring, and the later Type U (d) had a longer chassis with a landaulet body by Kellner Frères.