![]() Development of R1135 launched pretty soon, logically as the factory as well as the privateers started to experiment with overboring the block close to the 1300cc class limit. Unfortunately to Renault, BMC launched 1275cc Cooper S soon after the R1134. In Racing R1134 was proven successful beating the original Cooper S with 1071cc engine, as it was planned. Renault 8 S had same four headlight body as R1135 and was faster version of late R8 Major 1100, offering 60hp in street tune. Later on 1108cc engine returned to production, most likely due competition that Simca Rallye was causing. body got stronger and included two additional headlights, engine upgraded to a 1255cc, got additional second fuel tank and 5 speed stronger gearbox. ![]() In late 1965 R1134 was replaced with the R8 Gordini model R1135. The Gordini was originally available only in blue, with two stick-on white stripes. A still more powerful version, the 8 model R1134 Gordini, was also released that year, with a tuned engine of the same capacity but developing 90PS. A distinctive innovation on the French produced cars was the fitting of four-wheel disc brakes, a first for a saloon/sedan car of this size.Ī more powerful model, the 8 Major (model R1132), was released in 1964, featuring an 1108 cc engine developing 50PS. The R8's engine followed the pioneering example of the recently introduced Renault 4 by incorporating a sealed for life cooling system. ![]() The style, closely following that of the first prototype produced, at unusually short notice, by Philippe Charbonneaux, was fashionably boxy, however while the Renault 8 was actually 30mm narrower than the Dauphine, the manufacturer was able to install thick cushioned front seats that were actually each 60mm wider. The R8 (model R1130) was released in June 1962 and was based on the Renault Dauphine with which it shared its basic architecture and its 2,270mm wheelbase.
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