This car has a 3 door hatchback body style with a front positioned engine supplying power to the front wheels.
The 4 cylinder, single overhead camshaft naturally aspirated engine has 2 valves per cylinder and a displacement of 1.7 litres. For this model it provides power and torque figures of 74 bhp (75 PS/55 kW) at 5000 rpm and 129 Nm (95 lbft/13.2 kgm) at 2750 rpm respectively.
The engine transmits power to the wheels through a 3 speed automatic transmission.
Claimed weight at the kerb is 985 kg.
The Renault 19 1.7 is claimed to attain a top speed of 167 km/h or 104 mph, officially stated fuel consumption is 6.5/7.9/10.0 l/100km 90 km/h / 120 km/h /city.
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