Seen here on the left is a Renault Pairie pickup version, somewhere on the Bretagne coast. The Colorale was produced from 1950 to 1957. According to wikipedia, "Lurking under the Colorale's bonnet/hood was the old four cylinder ’85 series’ sidevalve engine first seen in 1936 in the Primaquatre. The engine was robust, but with the compression ratios achievable using the low octane fuels available in Europe in the 1940s, the 2,383 cc engine, although it attracted a high (14CV) level of car tax, only managed a claimed power output of 48 hp (36 kW). With a weight of 1,640 kg (3,616 lb), the Colorale consumed petrol at an alarming rate and achieved its claimed top speed of 100 km/h (62 mph) only with difficulty."
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