15 Facts About Renault 12

Renault 12 is a mid-size family car introduced by French automaker Renault at the Paris Motor Show in October 1969 and produced in France until 1980.

Commercially the Renault 12 was a successful car, selling 2.

At the time of its launch in October 1969 at the Paris Motor Show, the Renault 12 was only available as a 4-door saloon, in L and TL specifications.

However Renault 12 had successfully built European market share since 1945 by competing aggressively on price.

New version of the five-bearing engine initially fitted on the Renault 12 retained the removable cylinder liners that Renault had long favoured.

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Renault 12 stopped production of the Gordini in 1974 after 5188 had been sold .

Dacia acquired the tooling and basic designs of the Renault 12 and manufactured it in various body styles in Romania, as the Dacia 1300, between 1969 and 1979.

Renault 12-based car was made in Turkey by Oyak-Renault between 1971 and 2000.

Renault 12 won Australia's Wheels magazine's Car of the Year award in 1970.

Renault 12 was assembled from CKD kits at importer Campbell group's own assembly plant in Thames, New Zealand, which later became a Toyota NZ factory and is used to recondition used cars imported from Japan.

In Canada, the Renault 12 was briefly assembled locally by S oMA in Quebec, but this ended in the summer of 1973.

The Renault 12 was introduced late in the 1971 model year, with sales continuing through 1977.

Renault 12 was popular in Argentina and Colombia, during the 1970s and 1980s.

Argentine Renault 12 saw competition success in South America, with a celebrated class win in the 1978 South American Marathon with Argentinian driver Jorge Recalde and co-driver Jorge Baruscotti.

Renault 12 was not interested in volume production, though, and only 493 units were made between 1977 and 1980 .