Renault 16

1969 Renault 16

Renault 16 Tyres

The Renault 16 & Renault 16 TL will operate best fitted with the 145 HR 14 PIRELLI CINTURATO CA67.
Renault 16 TS & Renault 16 TX would be better suited to the 155 TR 14 Michelin X.
For these tyres Longstone recommends the Michelin 14D innertube.
Our period fitment guides all suggest that the Renault 16 fitted tube-type wheels throughout its production run. Innertubes are required for these wheels, even if the tyres you fit are tubeless radials.
We would suggest inflating Renault 16 tyres to 26psi on the front and 32psi on the rear.

Renault 16 Recommended Tyres

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145 HR 14 PIRELLI CINTURATO CA67
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155 TR 14 Michelin X

Starting at £153.60 £128.00
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Michelin 14D Offset Valve Inner Tube

Starting at £33.60 £28.00

Other Options for Renault 16 Tyres

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Morris Minor Wheel & Tyre
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155 R 14 Nankang

Starting at £80.40 £67.00
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145 TR 14 Bridgestone
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145 SR 14 Camac BN313

Starting at £82.80 £69.00
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Set of 4 off 145 R14 PIRELLI CINTURATO CA67
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Set of 5 off 145 R 14 PIRELLI CINTURATO CA67
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Set of 4 off Morris 1000 wheels and tyres
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Set of 5 off Morris Traveller Wheels and Tyres

History of the Renault 16

The Renault 16 is a family hatchback manufactured by Renault in Le Havre, France, between 1965 and 1980. The Renault 16 was the first successful hatchback body-style automobile in a sector formerly dominated by entry-level executive cars and estates.

Manufacturing began in March 1965 at Renault's newly constructed Sandouville factory, which was located a few kilometres east of Le Havre. The automobile was officially unveiled in March 1965 at the Geneva Motor Show, and it went on sale in France and other left-hand drive nations in June 1965. It was originally imported to the Uk in right-hand drive form late that year, and it immediately established itself as one of the country's most popular imported automobiles. It launched on the UK market at a period when imported models accounted for only a tiny fraction of new vehicle sales, but it was one of a series of automobiles from foreign companies that helped foreign cars expand their market share during the 1970s.

The Renault 16 was well received by the public and professionals alike; "There is no doubt that the Renault 16 is the most intelligently engineered automobile I have ever encountered," racing driver Stirling Moss said in 1970. "I think that each British motorcar manufacturer would do well to purchase one just to see how it is put together."