It is often assumed that the Renault 4 (ref. Heller 80759), launched in 1961, was Renault‘s first front-wheel drive car. This is not the case. It was the Renault Estafette utility vehicle of 1959. The French competitors at that time were the Peugeot D3A/D4B and the Citroën Type H (ref. Heller 80768). The Estafette was based on the Citroën‘s frontwheel drive system, which thus offered a large, flat load floor, four independent wheel suspensions, a sliding side door and a three-wing rear door.
