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The Renault 16 is a large family hatchback produced by French automaker Renault between 1965 and 1980 in Le Havre, France. ==Market Placement== In the early 1960s Renault was building a series of small cars, like the hatchback Renault 4 and rear engine Renault Dauphine 〔http://www.renault16.com/historie_en.htm〕 and aimed to replace its larger family car, the Renault Frégate model (1951–1960) which had managed a modest production total of 163,383 units. The R16 was a great success, with 1,845,959 R16s produced during a production run of 15 years. The car sold well in most of Europe, winning praise for its spacious and comfortable interior. It was marketed in the United States, but was not successful and only a few were sold.〔Murilee Martin,Possibly the Only 1969 Renault 16 in America, Jalopnik, http://jalopnik.com/357733/possibly-the-only-1969-renault-16-in-america (retrieved 7 August 2015)〕 Interestingly, Citroën was designing an extremely similar car in the early 1960s (''Projet F''), to bridge their own enormous market gap between the tiny 2CV and luxury DS models. When Citroën realized that Renault was introducing the R16, they took the unusual step of canceling ''Projet F.''〔http://www.citroenet.org.uk/prototypes/projet-f/projet-f.html〕 Due to the similarity of construction, rumours of Renault conducting industrial espionage abounded, but were never proven. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Renault 16」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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