Renault · 1968–1986
Renault 6
The Renault 6 or R6 is a C-segment small family car, manufactured and marketed by French automaker Renault from 1968 to 1986. The Renault 6 used the Renault 4's platform, initially including its small 845 cc (51.6 cu in) engine, but its five-door hatchback body was larger and more modern. Visually it resembled the larger D-segment Renault 16. The Renault 6 was launched at the 1968 Paris Motor Show, and was intended as an upmarket alternative to the 20 cm (8 in) shorter R4; and the R6 aimed to compete with the Citroën Ami 6 and the just launched Citroën Dyane (both based on the Citroën 2CV. It used a dashboard-mounted gear-lever with forward, over-the-engine reaching gear-shift linkage, principally the same as those used in both the Renault 4, and in the subcompact Citroëns it competed against. The R6 was produced in France from October 1968 and sold in Europe until 1980, continuing elsewhere until 1986.
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UK vehicles on the road
13 licensed and 11 SORN (24 total) at 2025 Q4.
| Year (latest quarter) | Vehicles |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 30 |
| 2015 | 31 |
| 2016 | 27 |
| 2017 | 25 |
| 2018 | 23 |
| 2019 | 23 |
| 2020 | 23 |
| 2021 | 21 |
| 2022 | 21 |
| 2023 | 21 |
| 2024 | 22 |
| 2025 | 24 |
DfT/DVLA VEH0120 vehicle licensing statistics, source ↗, Open Government Licence v3.0. Small counts are rounded or suppressed at source.
Sources
- Wikidata / Wikipedia profiles — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/cars/Q1338440CC0 / CC BY-SA 4.0
- DfT/DVLA VEH0120 licensing statistics — https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/vehicle-licensing-statistics-data-tablesOpen Government Licence v3.0
- Car Model Index — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/Compiled record. Sources that do not permit reuse are not copied; this index is credited instead.