60hp sounds a lot for that car that time.
It was 21hp for 747cc engine

Simplicity and practicality at its best.

Renault gave new meaning to the word “simplicity.”   🎉 👍 🚙

I owned a 4CV for a year and a half while I was a European student in the late 1970s. I paid about $80 in 1970s dollars. I rebuilt the engine while it was parked on the street in front of the apartment building where I lived in the attic (on what was essentially a starving student budget). The mechanics were alarmingly simple and bullet proof. I drove it to Italy over the St. Goddard Pass in the Alps in the snow all the way to Italy (growing up in Buffalo, I appreciate a car that is 'good in snow') (it spun a wheel bearing -that I replaced on the roadside costing about $12 - no other mechanical faults for the rest of the vacation). It has the simplicity of a Model A Ford and the constitution of a WW2 Jeep. When British schoolboys asked me if it was a kit car while I was camping near an Aegean beach, I responded politely that it was the real deal, a 1956 Renault. I absolutely adored that car. Eventually the police towed it away as I couldn't really afford a car of any kind at the time. I still show my classics, but that little Renault will always be one of the best built cars I ever owned. I don't think the 60hp figure is right, I recall about 32hp from some advertising, with my worn out example a bit less, but the car was never uncomfortably slow.  Driving was about like a contemporary (1970s) volkswagon beetle, but in my estimation, a much better car. The only car I owned that topped the mpg was my brand new 1982 Honda civic FE at 56mpg out of the box. The oil cartels killed that one as my daughter's civic doesn't get anywhere near that. Anyway, most car collectors don't know this car very well. Too bad for them.

The 4CV was initially powered by a 760 cc rear-mounted four-cylinder engine coupled to a three-speed manual transmission.[16] In 1950, the 760 cc unit was replaced by a narrower-bore, 747 cc version[16] of the "Billancourt" engine producing 17 PS (12.5 kW). This marginally smaller variant was developed so as to stay beneath the significant 750 cc tax threshold in many markets.

I owned a Renault 750 for many years & it only 21 bhp. It is a wet Liner motor that thrived on being thrashed without any complaints, it was probably the first reliable car in it's class but rust was a real problem, wish I had one now.

The 1961 Renault 4CV, the final year for the model, typically had a power output of around 19 to 28 bhp

I was a Volkswagen qualified mechanic,I used to work on these ,like the video shows easy to work on ,I even bought one  this started me on the Renault owning road ,on my 9th Renault now ,up to having owned over 120 cars in my lifetime now in my 80s just got a stop buying cars!
The itch is very hard not to scratch!

Think what engineers could do today if they were allowed.

So good,  droge like F1 and could make pirouette, my cousin said, GOD have his soul❤😂😢

I love the look of this car

La 4CV (pronounced Quatre Chevaux)came out in 1946 (if my memory doesn't fool me, maybe 1947?) It was the first car my father bought in 1952. He needed it : he was an architect and had to move around a lot. He had a motorcycle before that, it looked more like a moped that a real motorcycle. At full speed down hill he didn't go faster than 40km/h!!!
During winter near the German border where his first assignment was, this motorcycle was the best way to solid freeze the rider !
A car was definitely the first costly expense that was a necessity.
My first memory in riding a car !… I was " to 4 years old.

Im owned a 65 Renault Dauphene and drove it around the world

60 HP !! What are you talking about???
The last version of that car (1961 ) had only 26 HP !!!
Get your facts right before posting

Hell I’d buy one today  but I believe the horse power might be over stated lol

I learned to drive in a 1960-something Renault Dauphine, the successor to this car. The narrator of this video goes on and on ad nuseaum about how clever the French engineers were and how today's cars struggle to accomplish the same. The Dauphine's braking distance, and the 4CV braking distance, was analagous to a freight train, measured in miles not yards. I know this from personal experience. What was really exciting was braking one of these cars from any reasonable speed with all four passenger seats filled. Those ridiculously tiny drum brakes were akin to the wooden brakes on a horse-drawn carriage, and with luggage in addition to the passengers the braking was pretty much non-existent. The Dauphine and the 4CV rubber seals around doors and windows leaked two months after dealer delivery. Seat vinyl cracked within the first year, necessitating auto parts store cloth seat covers held on with rubber bands. Rust proofing for salt envronments was non-existent. They burned (GASP!) leaded gas. Oil leaks were nearly as common as British sports cars. The life span of a muffler was approximately 18 months before it rusted and fell off the car. Cold weather starting in the American north was an exercise in futility without external heat applied overnight. Cheap shitty bias-ply tires handled like, well, cheap shitty bias-ply tires. The list goes on and on and on. Yes, the 4CV was the right answer at the right time for a short period of time post-war. Beyond that, they were unreliable death traps compared to today's economy cars that are far more safe, reliable, comfortable, and environmentally-friendly than the 4CV could ever hope to be. Give the cars their due as clever solutions for the day, but please, 1940's French tech was not better than today's cars like the VW UP and Honda Fit. Not even close.

Thankyou. I often ponder what modern car would be best for me. My mother bought a red bambina in the 1960s. Great little car

Had a 1959 4CV  in 1968. It was fun to drive. The distributor bearing was lose so a friend fixed it after that it ran smoothly. The radiator was filled from outside and the fuel went in right next to the engine. The gear shift felt like it was in neutral in all the gears. The key was replaced by 2  toggle switches. It was a fun goofy little car would like to have another one. Gave it to the Marion Hobby Shop Bill Rugg had a 24 hour race and the winners got the car. They raced it at Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids Iowa. 😊

Nostalgiaa!  Suomessa näitä kutsuttiin Ryppypeppu Relluiksi.

Looks like a cross of beatle rear and Morris Minor front.