Renault Estafette Highroof

Plastic kit to build a Renault Estafette Highroof

• 1:24 scale
• Dimensions LxW (built): 160 x 74 mm
• 159 parts
• 3 marking options
• unbuilt/unpainted
• Paint and glue not included

It is often believed 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 commercial vehicle from 1959.
The French competitors at that time were the Peugeot D3A/D4B and the Citroën Type H (Ref. Heller 80768). In Germany, VW offered the bus with a rear engine. Ford had the Taunus-Transit with an aesthetic very similar to the Estafette, front-engined and rear-wheel drive. The Estafette was based on the Citroën's front-wheel drive system, which thus offered a large, flat loading area, four independent wheel suspensions, a sliding side door and a three-leaf rear door. It was initially produced as a delivery van with a payload of 800 kg, from 1965 with 1000 kg, with a flat or high roof and a short or long wheelbase. Produced in more than 500,000 copies by 1980, the Estafette became a symbol of its time.