| Renault Juvaquatre | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | Renault |
| Also called | Renault Dauphinoise Renault Juva 4 |
| Production | 1937–1960 |
| Assembly |  France: Île Seguin, Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris Belgium: Haren-Vilvoorde (RIB) |
| Designer | Louis Renault |
| Body and chassis | |
| Class | Compact car / Small family car (C) |
| Body style | 2-door coupe 2-door van 2-door sedan 2-door station wagon 4-door sedan |
| Layout | FR layout |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine | 1003 cc 6CV straight-4 747 cc 4CV straight-4 845 cc 5CV straight-4 |
| Transmission | 3-speed manual[1] |
| Dimensions | |
| Wheelbase | 2,350 mm (93 in) |
| Length | 3,720 mm (146 in) |
| Chronology | |
| Predecessor | Renault Celtaquatre |
| Successor | Renault 4CV (passenger version) Renault 4 (commercial) |
The Renault Juvaquatre (French: [ʒyvakatʁ]) is a small family car / compact car produced by the French manufacturer Renault between 1937 and 1960, although production stopped or slowed to a trickle during the war years. The Juvaquatre was produced as a sedan/saloon until 1948 when the plant switched its full attention to the new Renault 4CV. During the second half of 1952 the plant restarted production of the Juvaquatre sedans/saloons for a period of approximately five months.
In 1950 a van based station wagon body joined the range; later models of the station wagon (from 1956 on) were known as the Renault Dauphinoise (French: [dofinwaz]). The sedan/saloon found itself overshadowed and was soon withdrawn from production after the appearance in 1946 of the Renault 4CV (which was France's top selling car in the post-Second World War years). However, there was no estate version of the rear engined 4CV or Dauphine, and the Juvaquatre "Dauphinoise" station wagon remained in production until replaced by the Renault 4 in 1960.
- ^ Gloor, Roger (2007). Alle Autos der 50er Jahre 1945 - 1960 (in German) (1. Auflage ed.). Stuttgart: Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 978-3-613-02808-1.