Renault R1090 Ondine 1962 (9954)
Manufacturer: Renault S.A., Boulogne-Billancourt (Paris) France
Type: R1090 Ondine
Engine: 845cc straight-4
Power: 31 bhp / 4.200 rpm
Speed: 112 km/h
Production time: 1956 - 1968
Production outlet: 2,150,738
Curb weight: 668 kg
Special:
- The Dauphine / Ondine was designed by the engineer Fernand Picard, Robert Barthaud and Jacques Ousset with the help of the Italian designer Carrozzeria Ghia SpA, Milan (Boana), starting with "Project 109" already in 1949☺!
- The "1090" was official introduced at the 1956 Salon International de l'Auto in Geneva. But it actually debuted two days earlier on March 6, 1956 at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris with over twenty thousand people having the "première".
- Dauphine stands for the feminine form of the French feudal title of The Dauphin of Viennois (Dauphin de Viennois), a title given to the heir apparent to the throne of France from 1350 to 1791 and 1824 to 1830.
- The "Ondine" (also known as "DeLuxe") is the deluxe version of the "Dauphine".
- Apart from the Ondine, the variants are the Dauphine Gordini, Floride, Caravelle and the 1093 Dauphine (1961, a factory racing model).
- It was technically based on the 4CV (1946) with a Ventoux 845cc four-cylinder overhead valve engine mounted in the back, a Solex carburettor, a three-speed gearbox (later four-speed (1960) or a push button three-speed semi-automatic 1963), rear wheel drive, a 6-Volts electric system, a steel monocoque chassis with independent suspension all around (with an anti-roll bar) and rack and pinion steering.
- The engine has two valves per cylinder and three main bearings, and produces 66 Nm (49 lb·ft/6.7 kgm) at 2000 rpm torque.
- The first few years, the car had still drum brakes, but later models had disc brakes (early '60).
- The luggage and the spare wheel are located under a "flap" on the front.
- It was the first French mass produced car selling more than 2 million units.
- It was the first European car produced in Argentina (Industrias Kaiser Argentina S.A. (IKA), Santa Isabel, Córdoba Province).
- They were also produced in France (Flins, Yvelines), Spain (Valladolid), Mexico (Ciudad Sahagún), Australia (Heidelberg), Algeria (CARAL, Algiers), Belgium (RIB, Haren-Vilvoorde), Brazil (under license by Willys-Overland, São Bernardo do Campo), Israel (Kaiser-Frazer Corporation, Nesher, Haifa), Italy (under license by Alfa Romeo but with a (Magneti-Marelli) 12-Volts electric system, special lights, and the logo "Dauphine Alfa Romeo" or "Ondine Alfa Romeo", built in Portello, Milan), New Zealand (under contract to W. R. Smallbone Ltd by Todd Motors' Petone plant, Petone, Thames), Japan (Hino Motors Ltd., Hino-shi, Tokyo), Spain (F.A.S.A.) and the United States (the base vehicle for the Henney Kilowatt, an electric car).
Renault R1090 Ondine 1962 (9954)
Manufacturer: Renault S.A., Boulogne-Billancourt (Paris) France
Type: R1090 Ondine
Engine: 845cc straight-4
Power: 31 bhp / 4.200 rpm
Speed: 112 km/h
Production time: 1956 - 1968
Production outlet: 2,150,738
Curb weight: 668 kg
Special:
- The Dauphine / Ondine was designed by the engineer Fernand Picard, Robert Barthaud and Jacques Ousset with the help of the Italian designer Carrozzeria Ghia SpA, Milan (Boana), starting with "Project 109" already in 1949☺!
- The "1090" was official introduced at the 1956 Salon International de l'Auto in Geneva. But it actually debuted two days earlier on March 6, 1956 at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris with over twenty thousand people having the "première".
- Dauphine stands for the feminine form of the French feudal title of The Dauphin of Viennois (Dauphin de Viennois), a title given to the heir apparent to the throne of France from 1350 to 1791 and 1824 to 1830.
- The "Ondine" (also known as "DeLuxe") is the deluxe version of the "Dauphine".
- Apart from the Ondine, the variants are the Dauphine Gordini, Floride, Caravelle and the 1093 Dauphine (1961, a factory racing model).
- It was technically based on the 4CV (1946) with a Ventoux 845cc four-cylinder overhead valve engine mounted in the back, a Solex carburettor, a three-speed gearbox (later four-speed (1960) or a push button three-speed semi-automatic 1963), rear wheel drive, a 6-Volts electric system, a steel monocoque chassis with independent suspension all around (with an anti-roll bar) and rack and pinion steering.
- The engine has two valves per cylinder and three main bearings, and produces 66 Nm (49 lb·ft/6.7 kgm) at 2000 rpm torque.
- The first few years, the car had still drum brakes, but later models had disc brakes (early '60).
- The luggage and the spare wheel are located under a "flap" on the front.
- It was the first French mass produced car selling more than 2 million units.
- It was the first European car produced in Argentina (Industrias Kaiser Argentina S.A. (IKA), Santa Isabel, Córdoba Province).
- They were also produced in France (Flins, Yvelines), Spain (Valladolid), Mexico (Ciudad Sahagún), Australia (Heidelberg), Algeria (CARAL, Algiers), Belgium (RIB, Haren-Vilvoorde), Brazil (under license by Willys-Overland, São Bernardo do Campo), Israel (Kaiser-Frazer Corporation, Nesher, Haifa), Italy (under license by Alfa Romeo but with a (Magneti-Marelli) 12-Volts electric system, special lights, and the logo "Dauphine Alfa Romeo" or "Ondine Alfa Romeo", built in Portello, Milan), New Zealand (under contract to W. R. Smallbone Ltd by Todd Motors' Petone plant, Petone, Thames), Japan (Hino Motors Ltd., Hino-shi, Tokyo), Spain (F.A.S.A.) and the United States (the base vehicle for the Henney Kilowatt, an electric car).