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A new thousand - Renault R 8 in the (historic) test

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Created on June 20, 1962

Reading time 7min

Written by:

Heinz Kranz

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Renault R8 (1962) - modernes Auto vor altem Gemäuser

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Renault R8 Major (1964) - fährt direkt ins Käfer-Umfeld - aus dem Artikel 'R8 Major greift an'

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Renault R8 Major (1964) - auf Testfahrt - aus dem Artikel 'R8 Major greift an'

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Renault R8 Major (1964) - Plus- und Minuspunkte - aus dem Artikel 'R8 Major greift an'

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Renault R8 Major (1964) - im Vergleich mit der Konkurrenz - aus dem Artikel 'R8 Major greift an'

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Renault R8 (1962) - Testwagen-Armada

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Renault R8 (1962) - vier weit öffnende Türen

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Renault R8 (1962) - ... da gibt es auch noch was zu sehen, fahren wir hin

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Renault R8 Major (1964) - wirkte moderner als manche seiner Konkurrenten damals

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Renault R8 Major (1964) - der R8 war keine Abweichung von der Normalroute

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Renault R8 Major (1964) - so sieht der Major von hinten aus

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Renault R8 (1962) - nein, diese Koffer müssen nicht stehen bleiben

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Renault R8 (1962) - fertig gespielt, Juan, komm heim, es gibt Abendbrot

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Renault R8 (1962) - Ferien zu Viert - kein Problem mit dem R8

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Renault R8 Major (1965) - klare Gliederung der Form

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Renault R8 (1962) - Heckansicht

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Renault R8 (1963) - als Teil der Renault-Palette von 1963

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Renault R8 (1962) - Werbeillustration

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Renault R8 (1962) - R8 als Stier in der Arena

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Renault R8 (1962) - im Alltag

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Renault R8 (1962) - kantiges Karosserie-Design

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Renault R8 Major (1964) - Armaturenbrett im Stil der Zeit

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Renault R8 Major (1964) - auch der 'Major' gab sich schlicht

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Renault R8 Major (1964) - mehr als ein Hauch von Paris

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Renault R8 (1962) - vor schöner Kulisse

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Renault R8 Major (1965) - war auch auf engeren Strassen zuhause

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Renault R8 (1962) - ein Fahrzeug für die Familie

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Renault R8 (1962) - Blick in den Motorraum

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Renault R8 (1962) - am Meer

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Renault R8 (1962) - Während die Männer die faszinierende Technik begutachten ...

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Renault R8 (1962) - Dank Heckmotor war kein Kühlergrill nötig vorne

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Renault R8 (1962) - im vorne liegenden Kofferraum findet erstaunlich viel Platz

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Renault R8 (1963) - das Modell 1963 lässt sich vom Vorjahresmodell kaum unterscheiden

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Renault R8 (1962) - braucht trotz vieler Pferdestärken nur unwesentlich mehr Platz als ein Reittier

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Renault R8 (1962) - was soll denn diese Pferdeanalogie

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Renault R8 Major (1964) - mit diesem Wagen war man gut 'angezogen'

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Renault R8 (1963) - viel Platz im Fond, nicht nur für kleine Kinder - Fotos aus Verkaufsprospekt

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Renault R8 Major (1964) - was sich wohl besser gehalten hat, der R8 oder die damals moderne Architektur

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Renault R8 Major (1964) - mit praktischen Ablagefächern

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Renault R8 Major (1964) - die Zweckform ist zeitlos

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Renault R8 Major (1964) - Durchsichtszeichnung des heckmotorisierten R8

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Renault R8 (1962) - der geräumige Kofferraum

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Renault R8 (1962) - der Wagen für Reisende

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Renault R8 Major (1964) - der Fotograf und das Modell bewiesen Humor mit dieser Darstellung

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Renault R8 (1962) - die praktischen Kleinigkeiten

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Renault R8 (1962) - alles, was man zum Fahren braucht

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Renault R8 Major (1964) - der Major unterschied sich vor allem unter dem Blech vom Vorgängermodell

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Renault R8 Major (1964) - das originale Interieur des R8

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Renault R8 (1962) - Interieur mit offener Türe

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Summary

From 1962 onwards, the R8 was Renault's central piece to compete in the mid-size class. With a thousand-strong engine, it was intended to put paid to the Simca 1000 or the NSU Prinz 4. This historical test report from the magazine hobby from 1962, illustrated with many pictures from the time, describes what the French car was capable of and where it was less convincing.

This article contains the following chapters

Corvair was the inspiration
Lightweight, but a little lame at the top
Odorless heating, but poor steering
Disc brakes and no swivel windows
A real touring car
Technical profile

Estimated reading time: 7min

Preview (beginning of the article)

R 4 is an excellent driving machine, R 6 is a cigarette. R 8 is a car. Heaven only knows what R 8 means, and perhaps Monsieur Dreyfus, the President of Regie Renault. The 8 has nothing to do with CV, nothing to do with the number of cylinders, nothing to do with the seats. R 8 is more than R 4 and that's that. R 8 is the new Renault 1000, not a "bomb from Paris", but a decent car with mid-range qualities. What does "decent" mean in a car? Well, we men are so used to "looking at our legs" that we do the same with cars before we move on to the rest, and the R 8 legs are well dimensioned: not little crooked things, but sturdy 15-inch legs, as befits utility cars of European design.

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