The Renault 4, also known as the 4L (pronounced "Quatrelle"), is a hatchback economy car produced by the French automaker Renault between 1961 and 1992. It was the first front-wheel drive family car produced by Renault.
The car featured many new ideas including a flat rear floor and hatchback configuration. La Regie Renault was so convinced that the new model was a winner that the hatched a plan to get the sceptical man on the street of Paris behind the wheel. " Prenez le Volant" offered 200 special cars to the general public to drive at their will and leave for the next person to have a turn - such was the success that by March 1963 sales were strong and 50,000 examples were produced.
With a thirty one year production run the R4 was and still is Frances most prolific car ever and was the 5th biggest selling car of all time with a total of 8,135,424 units produced. A rough calculation as to the any of any vehicle can be made by looking at the radiator grill. Three different front grills were produced: A loaf shaped aluminium grill, an rectangular shaped aluminium grill and an oblong shaped plastic grill.
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