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Renault ABx
The Renault ABx is a range of medium-duty forward control trucks produced by Renault between 1934 and 1937. The range was made of the ABF and the ABG. Renault also developed a bus/coach called the ZP using the same cabin. History By 1934, the French government established various restrictions on commercial vehicles, among them a decree that imposed limits on design, including: the overall width of a road vehicle should not exceed 2 metres 35 centimetres and the overall length 10 metres. The overall length of a tractor-trailer unit should not exceed 12 metres. The gross combined weight of any laden vehicle should not exceed 15 tonnes, and the load on any axle 10 tonnes. The average weight per metre of length of any vehicle should not exceed 4 tonnes in the case of vehicles with two axles. As a result of these restrictions, Renault began to introduce forward control designs, replacing the normal control (conventional cabin) it had been using in the early 1930s. In September 1934, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renault
Groupe Renault ( , , , also known as the Renault Group in English; legally Renault S.A.) is a French multinational automobile manufacturer established in 1899. The company produces a range of cars and vans, and in the past has manufactured trucks, tractors, tanks, buses/coaches, aircraft and aircraft engines, and autorail vehicles. According to the Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d'Automobiles, in 2016 Renault was the ninth biggest automaker in the world by production volume. By 2017, the Renault–Nissan–Mitsubishi Alliance had become the world's biggest seller of light vehicles. Headquartered in Boulogne-Billancourt, near Paris, the Renault group is made up of the namesake Renault marque and subsidiaries, Alpine, Renault Sport (Gordini), Automobile Dacia from Romania, and Renault Samsung Motors from South Korea. Renault has a 43.4% stake with several votes in Nissan of Japan, and used to have a 1.55% stake in Daimler AG of Germany, it was sold off in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
