The F-Type (Fonte, meaning cast iron in French, and refers to the engine block material) is a straight-four automobile engine from Renault. Launched in 1981 as the successor to the A family, Introduced on the Renault 9, Renault 11 & Renault Trafic, the engine is still in production today, with a few minor technical evolutions on the F4R, F5R & F9Q.
It has been the mainstay of Renault's engine lineup through the early 2000s in a succession of increasingly powerful petrol and Diesel variants in overhead camshaft configurations. It was also Renault's first production four-valve design (F7P). The 1,721 cc "FxN" iteration was also offered in various compact Volvos, called the "B172" by Volvo.
It is gradually being replaced by the M-type engine but will remain in production and will continue to be OEM fitted on vehicles for at least several years.
Nowadays the engine's are produced in the engine manufacturing facility at Cléon, near to Rouen in Normandy.
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“Industrial man—a sentient reciprocating engine having a fluctuating output, coupled to an iron wheel revolving with uniform velocity. And then we wonder why this should be the golden age of revolution and mental derangement.”
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