In the 1901 Paris-Bordeaux Race, Louis Renault led a victorious team of four Renaults, taking first place himself in the voiturette class and completing the epic journey in just 9 hours and 31 minutes, with brother Marcel in second place just eight minutes behind, with Oury and Grus on similar Type E cars following in third and fourth places.

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Louis Renault the winner of Paris - Bordeaux race (voiturette class)
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Renault Frères at the Automobile Salon, Paris, 1901

 

Renault Type D (Bonhams)

It was an updated model type C with enlarged 4½ horsepower De Dion-Bouton engine.

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