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The Renault 2087 4x4 is made as an ambulance.
It very good in sand, very bad for grass...
It is a good van for transforming into a camper;
an original is at left.
| These pictures
were taken in Spain |
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| of a R2087 in company with a 2CV |
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| LOA | 4.615 m |
| Width | 1.93 m |
| H | 2.60 m |
| Weight | 2,000 kgs |
| PMax | 3,500 kgs |
| Engine | Type 668-5 668-9 1,996 cm3. Type 671-04 "etendard" 2,141 cm3 Gasoline and 2,500 cm3 Diesel |
| Wheels | 9.00 R 16 or 10 R 20 |
| Gearbox | 4-speed x 2-speed transfer case |
| Speed max | 88 km/h |
| Consumption | 19 l/100 km |
Designed in 1953 in Flins, Renault Laboratory. First model in 1960. A lot of R2087 were used in the Algerian desert war of 1963. The French army used a lot of this car as ambulances. Some R2087 can still be found in Africa and known as "taxi-brousse".
End of fabrication: 1970.
Exit from French army: 1990.
No more R2087 in French army: 2000.
- Timothee Allaguillaume
[alt']
12/'96
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