Renault Rambler Story.

(I am still working on this)

 The information I have states that these cars were assembled in a special plant built just for this purpose in Halle/Vilvoorde near Brussels, from 1962 through 1967. They were sold in the following countries: Algeria, Austria, Belgium, France, Holland and Luxembourg, no others. They may have been imported to other European countries by individuals or specialty dealers. Because of there size many where used as taxis. All were US Classic models with six cylinder engines but upgraded with Ambassador trim as standard equipment. The only options available were auto trans, overdrive, power brakes and power steering. The cars were sent from Kenosha in knock down kit form to be assembled in Belgium, not manufactured there. Typically these kits were sent without tires, batteries or other items available from local sources. European vinyl was used for seats and door trim with the front doors receiving map pockets. All windows were made in Belgium as well. Another difference were the side blinkers mounted by Renault since they were mandatory in France. The mounting holes in the front fenders were provided by AMC in the production process of the fenders. All cars were built as expensive top of the line models to compete with the Mercedeses of that era.

Another difference where the coil springs: Rambler Renault and Rambler Classic had different springs in Europe. This is probably because the AMC importers ordered all the cars with the heavy duty springs and since the Belgium-built Ramblers were export-kits they had the 'softest' springs (also cheapest). This is why Renault Ramblers had a softer ride than regular US-built ones. It's just another way of telling apart the Belgium-built Classics