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Renault 16, the Glossary

The Renault 16 (R16) is a D-segment family hatchback manufactured and marketed over a single generation by French automaker Renault between 1965 and 1980 in Le Havre, France — and widely noted as the first French winner of the European Car of the Year award.^[1]

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Cars discontinued in 1980
Cars introduced in 1965

Aïn Sebaâ

Aïn Sebaâ (عين السبع) is an arrondissement of eastern Casablanca, in the Aïn Sebaâ - Hay Mohammadi district of the Casablanca-Settat region of Morocco.

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Air conditioning

Air conditioning, often abbreviated as A/C (US) or air con (UK), is the process of removing heat from an enclosed space to achieve a more comfortable interior temperature (sometimes referred to as 'comfort cooling') and in some cases also strictly controlling the humidity of internal air.

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Alec Issigonis

Sir Alexander Arnold Constantine Issigonis (Greek: σερ Άλεκ, Αλέξανδρος Αρνόλδος Κωνσταντίνος Ισηγόνης) (18 November 1906 – 2 October 1988) was a British-Greek automotive designer.

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Austin Maxi

The Austin Maxi is a medium-sized, 5-door hatchback family car that was produced by Austin and later British Leyland between 1969 and 1981. Renault 16 and Austin Maxi are 1970s cars, 1980s cars, front-wheel-drive vehicles and hatchbacks.

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Auto Motor und Sport

Auto Motor und Sport, (stylized in all lowercase) and abbreviated AMS or AMuS, is a German automobile magazine.

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Autocar (magazine)

Autocar (stylized in all caps) is a weekly British automobile magazine published by Haymarket Media Group.

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Automatic transmission

An automatic transmission (sometimes abbreviated AT) is a multi-speed transmission used in motor vehicles that does not require any input from the driver to change forward gears under normal driving conditions.

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Automobile Museum Reims-Champagne

Musée Automobile Reims-Champagne, (Reims Automobile Museum), is a motor museum located in Reims.

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Choke valve

In internal combustion engines with carburetors, a choke valve or choke modifies the air pressure in the intake manifold, thereby altering the air–fuel ratio entering the engine.

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Chrysler Europe

Chrysler Europe was the American automotive company Chrysler's operations in Europe from 1967 through 1978.

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Citroën Traction Avant

The Citroën Traction Avant is the world's first monocoque-bodied, front-wheel drive, mass-production car. Renault 16 and Citroën Traction Avant are front-wheel-drive vehicles and hatchbacks.

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D-segment

The D-segment is the 4th category of the European segments for passenger cars, and is described as "large cars".

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European Car of the Year

The European Car of the Year (ECOTY) award is an international Car of the Year award established in 1964 by a collective of automobile magazines from different countries in Europe.

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Family car

A family car is a car classification used in Europe to describe normally-sized cars.

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Fiat 127

The Fiat 127 is a supermini car produced by Italian car manufacturer Fiat from 1971 to 1983. Renault 16 and Fiat 127 are 1970s cars, 1980s cars, front-wheel-drive vehicles and hatchbacks.

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Flins Renault Factory

The Flins Renault Factory (also known internally as the Pierre Lefaucheux Factory in memory of Pierre Lefaucheux, Renault's first CEO following nationalisation) is a car factory in France, straddling the towns of Flins and Aubergenville in Yvelines, approximately 40 km from Paris.

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France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.

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French Riviera

The French Riviera, known in French as the i (Còsta d'Azur), is the Mediterranean coastline of the southeast corner of France.

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Front-engine, front-wheel-drive layout

In automotive design, a front-engine, front-wheel-drive (FWD) layout, or FF layout, places both the internal combustion engine and driven roadwheels at the front of the vehicle.

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Front-mid-engine, front-wheel-drive layout

In automotive design, a front-mid-engine, front-wheel-drive layout (also called more simply "mid-engine, front-wheel-drive layout", and abbreviated MF or FMF) is one in which the front road wheels are driven by an internal-combustion engine placed just behind them, in front of the passenger compartment.

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Front-wheel drive

Front-wheel drive (FWD) is a form of engine and transmission layout used in motor vehicles, in which the engine drives the front wheels only.

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Gaston Juchet

Gaston Juchet was a French engineer, known for being the chief designer of Renault between 1963 and 1975 and again between 1984 and 1987.

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Geneva International Motor Show

The Geneva International Motor Show was an annual auto show held in March in the Swiss city of Geneva.

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Gordini

Gordini is a division of Renault Sport Technologies (Renault Sport).

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Hatchback

A hatchback is a car body configuration with a rear door that swings upward to provide access to the main interior of the car as a cargo area rather than just to a separated trunk. Renault 16 and hatchback are hatchbacks.

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Heidelberg West, Victoria

Heidelberg West is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 10 km north-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Banyule local government area.

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Industrija Motornih Vozil

Industrija Motornih Vozil (IMV, 'Motor Vehicle Industry') was a car manufacturer based in Novo Mesto, Slovenia.

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Internal combustion engine

An internal combustion engine (ICE or IC engine) is a heat engine in which the combustion of a fuel occurs with an oxidizer (usually air) in a combustion chamber that is an integral part of the working fluid flow circuit.

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L'Auto-Journal

L'Auto-Journal is a bimonthly magazine created in 1950 by Robert Hersant and editor-in-chief Gilles Guérithault, devoted to automobiles.

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Le Havre

Le Havre (Lé Hâvre) is a major port city in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northern France.

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Manual transmission

A manual transmission (MT), also known as manual gearbox, standard transmission (in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States), or stick shift (in the United States), is a multi-speed motor vehicle transmission system, where gear changes require the driver to manually select the gears by operating a gear stick and clutch (which is usually a foot pedal for cars or a hand lever for motorcycles).

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Montreal

Montreal is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest in Canada, and the tenth-largest in North America.

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Novo Mesto

Novo Mesto (Novo mesto; also known by alternative names) is a city on a bend of the Krka River in the City Municipality of Novo Mesto in southeastern Slovenia, close to the border with Croatia.

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Parabolic aluminized reflector

A parabolic aluminized reflector lamp (PAR lamp or simply PAR) is a type of electric lamp that is widely used in commercial, residential, and transportation illumination.

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Paris Motor Show

The Paris Motor Show (Mondial de l'Automobile) is a biennial auto show in Paris.

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Quebec

QuebecAccording to the Canadian government, Québec (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and Quebec (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.

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Rear-engine design

In automobile design, a rear-engine design layout places the engine at the rear of the vehicle.

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Renault

Groupe Renault (also known as the Renault Group in English; legally Renault S.A.) is a French multinational automobile manufacturer established in 1899.

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Renault 18

The Renault 18 is a large family car produced by French manufacturer Renault between 1978 and 1989, with South American production continuing until 1994. Renault 16 and Renault 18 are 1980s cars, front-wheel-drive vehicles, Mid-size cars and Renault vehicles.

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Renault 20/30

The Renault 20 (R20) and Renault 30 (R30) are two executive cars produced by the French automaker Renault between 1975 and 1984. Renault 16 and Renault 20/30 are 1980s cars, front-wheel-drive vehicles, hatchbacks and Renault vehicles.

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Renault 21

The Renault 21 is a large family car produced by French automaker Renault between 1986 and 1994. Renault 16 and Renault 21 are 1980s cars, front-wheel-drive vehicles, hatchbacks, Mid-size cars and Renault vehicles.

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Renault 4

The Renault 4, or R4 in short (and 4L, pronounced "Quatrelle", in French), is an economy car built by the French company Renault from 1961 to 1994. Renault 16 and Renault 4 are 1970s cars, 1980s cars, front-wheel-drive vehicles, hatchbacks and Renault vehicles.

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Renault 5

The Renault 5 is a five-passenger, three or five-door, front-engine, front-wheel drive hatchback supermini manufactured and marketed by the French automaker Renault over two generations: 1972–1985 (also called R5) and 1984–1996 (also called Super 5 or Supercinq). Renault 16 and Renault 5 are 1980s cars, front-wheel-drive vehicles and Renault vehicles.

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Renault Cléon-Alu engine

The Cléon-Alu engine, also known under the code "A engine" or "A-Type" (A for aluminium) is an automotive gasoline internal combustion engine, developed and produced by Renault in 1960.

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Renault Dauphine

The Renault Dauphine is an economy car manufactured by Renault from 1956 to 1967. Renault 16 and Renault Dauphine are Renault vehicles.

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Renault Frégate

The Renault Frégate is an executive saloon car produced by the French automaker Renault between 1951 and 1960. Renault 16 and Renault Frégate are Renault vehicles.

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Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville

Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada, on the south bank of the Saint Lawrence River just east of Montreal.

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Sandouville Renault Factory

The Sandouville Renault Factory is a car plant belonging to the Renault Group, established in 1964 at Sandouville in the Seine-Maritime department, not far from the port of Le Havre.

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Sedan (automobile)

A sedan or saloon (British English) is a passenger car in a three-box configuration with separate compartments for an engine, passengers, and cargo.

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Simca

Simca (Société Industrielle de Mécanique et Carrosserie Automobile; Mechanical and Automotive Body Manufacturing Company) was a French automaker, founded in November 1934 by Fiat S.p.A. and directed from July 1935 to May 1963 by Italian Henri Pigozzi.

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Simca 1307

The Simca 1307 is a large family car produced by Chrysler Europe and subsequently PSA Peugeot Citroën from 1975 to 1986. Renault 16 and Simca 1307 are 1980s cars.

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Somaca

Somaca (Société marocaine de constructions automobiles) is a Moroccan car manufacturer founded in 1959 by Fiat company Simca and currently owned by the French company Renault.

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Station wagon

A station wagon (US, also wagon) or estate car (UK, also estate) is an automotive body-style variant of a sedan with its roof extended rearward over a shared passenger/cargo volume with access at the back via a third or fifth door (the liftgate, or tailgate), instead of a trunk/boot lid.

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Stirling Moss

Sir Stirling Craufurd Moss (17 September 1929 – 12 April 2020) was a British Formula One driver.

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Straight-four engine

A straight-four engine (also referred to as an inline-four engine) is a four-cylinder piston engine where cylinders are arranged in a line along a common crankshaft.

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The Motor

The Motor (later, just Motor) was a British weekly car magazine founded on 28 January 1903 and published by Temple Press.

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Torsion bar suspension

A torsion bar suspension, also known as a torsion spring suspension, is any vehicle suspension that uses a torsion bar as its main weight-bearing spring.

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Volkswagen Golf

The Volkswagen Golf is a compact car/small family car (C-segment) produced by the German automotive manufacturer Volkswagen since 1974, marketed worldwide across eight generations, in various body configurations and under various nameplates – including as the Volkswagen Rabbit in the United States and Canada (Mk1 and Mk5), and as the Volkswagen Caribe in Mexico (Mk1). Renault 16 and Volkswagen Golf are 1980s cars, front-wheel-drive vehicles and hatchbacks.

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Volkswagen Passat

The Volkswagen Passat is a nameplate of large family cars (D-segment) manufactured and marketed by the German automobile manufacturer Volkswagen since 1973 and alson marketed variously as the Dasher, Santana, Quantum, Magotan, Corsar and Carat — in saloon, estate, and hatchback body styles. Renault 16 and Volkswagen Passat are 1970s cars, 1980s cars, front-wheel-drive vehicles, hatchbacks and Mid-size cars.

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1973 oil crisis

In October 1973, the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) announced that it was implementing a total oil embargo against the countries who had supported Israel at any point during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, which began after Egypt and Syria launched a large-scale surprise attack in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to recover the territories that they had lost to Israel during the 1967 Six-Day War.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_16

Also known as Renault R16.

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Cars discontinued in 1980

Cars introduced in 1965

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