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Check the Beetle - Renault R8 Major attacks

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Created on March 1, 1964

Reading time 7min

Written by:

Heinz Kranz

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Renault R8 (1964) - äusserlich unverändert, aber nun mit 50 PS - Genfer Automobilsalon 1964

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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) - im Vergleich mit der Konkurrenz - 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) - praktische Details - aus dem Artikel 'R8 Major greift an'

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Renault R8 Major (1964) - wie ein Mannequin auf dem Laufsteg - Genfer Automobilsalon 1964

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Renault R8 Major (1964) - mit respektablem Kofferraum - Genfer Automobilsalon 1964

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Renault R8 (1970) - das Modell 1970 posiert hier um die Wette

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Summary

The Renault R8 Major appeared in 1964 as an improved version of the normal R8 and proved to be on a par with the VW Beetle. In the Hobby test, the small Renault impressed in almost all characteristics.

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With all the prerequisites to beat the opponents
Very good driving performance
Almost mid-range?
High driving safety
Well equipped
Summary
Technical data

Estimated reading time: 7min

Preview (beginning of the article)

It was probably not without ulterior motives that the Renault people had positioned their new R 8 Major against the optimistic backdrop of the Sanguine Islands in the north of the Bay of Ajaccio. They wanted to say, through the flower, that the R 8 was now equipped to take on and survive the battle with its great and legendary opponent, the Beetle from Wolfsburg. Admittedly: The Major has all the technical requirements to out-score his opponent. But there is something crucial that it does not, or not yet, have: the nimbus that surrounds the VW all over the world. Although the Major has two doors and 10 hp more than the VW, all this is still not enough to inflict decisive blows on the 'hereditary enemy', even on the slightly VW-weary European market - with the exception of France, of course.

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