Renault 4CV

The Renault 4CV is an economy car produced by the French manufacturer Renault from August 1947-July 1961. The first French car to sell over a million units, the 4CV was superseded by the Dauphine.

The 4CV was a four-door sedan of monocoque construction,[1] 3.6 m (11 ft 10 in) in length with front suicide doors[3] and using Renault's Ventoux engine in a rear-engine, rear-wheel drive layout.

The car's name, 4CV, refers to the French abbreviation, CV, for the French equivalent to "horsepower" as a unit of power, translating from cheval vapeur." At the time, a vehicle's horsepower was used as its tax classification, which in the case of the 4CV was four taxable horsepower.