page_title: Renault 4
section_title: Around the world
hierarchical_section_title: Renault 4 / Around the world
caption_attribution_description: English: A 1982 Renault R4 GTL built in Wexford, Ireland. This car was photographed in the Irish Agricultural Museum near Wexford.
context_page_description: The Renault 4, also known as the 4L, is a small economy car produced by the French automaker Renault between 1961 and 1994. It was the first front-wheel drive family car produced by Renault.
  The car was launched at a time when several decades of economic stagnation were giving way to growing prosperity and surging car ownership in France. The first million cars were produced by 1 February 1966, less than four and a half years after launch; eventually over eight million were built, making the Renault 4 a commercial success because of the timing of its introduction and the merits of its design.
context_section_description: In Colombia, the Renault 4 was one of the highest selling vehicles. Many Colombians nicknamed it "Amigo fiel" (Faithful friend) due to its popularity. The vehicle was manufactured at the SOFASA plant in Envigado (Medellín) from 1970 to 1992. Two of the most popular versions included the Master (1,022 cc) and the Líder (Leader), which had a more powerful 1,300 cc engine. The first Renault 4 was actually called "Azul Pastrana", named after President Misael Pastrana inaugurated the Renault plant in Envigado, Colombia.
  In Argentina and Chile the 4 van (Fourgonette) is known as "Renoleta", following the nickname given to the Citroën 2CV van, "Citroneta". Due to heavy taxation on passenger vehicles in the late 1950s, the first 2CVs were imported unfinished, only up to the front doors and completed with an Argentine-made pickup truck bed. The Spanish word for pickup truck is "camioneta", hence "Renoleta".
  In Italy the 4 was produced by the Alfa Romeo factory in Milan under license from 1962 to 1964. 41,809 R4s were built there
  In Australia the car was produced between 1962 and 1966 in Heidelberg, Victoria but ceased production to make way for other models
  In Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia  the car was known as Mali div (Little giant) or "četvorka"
  In Finland, the car was known as Tipparellu (Drop-Rellu) from the marketing slogan No grease, no water, just a drop of fuel and as it had excellent fuel economy. Rellu is the common nickname for Renault cars in Finland.
  In Mexico, the Renault 4 was produced in Ciudad Sahagún, an industrial city created by DINA and Renault in the fifties. Renault production ceased in 1976.
  In Ireland the car was produced in a plant established in 1962 in Naas, and one established in Wexford in 1972, production running until 1984.
  In Slovenia (formerly part of Yugoslavia) the Renault 4, nicknamed "Katrca" or "štirica" (from French quatre, four), was produced in the Industrija motornih vozil (IMV) plant from 1973 to 1992. 575,960 R4s were built there. In 1989 the plant was sold to Group Renault and renamed REVOZ d.d.
  In Portugal it had an CKD assembly line in Guarda from 1964 to 1989 where more than 190,000 units were assembled. It was known as "Quatro L" (four L) .
  In Spain the Renault 4L is known as "Cuatro latas" (four tins).
  In East Africa it became known as the "Roho".  In Swahili Roho means spirit, soul or character perhaps reflecting the affection the vehicle gained.
  On September 7, 2013 Pope Francis accepted a white 1984 4L which had done 300,000 km, offered to him by father Renzo Zocca from Verona.
caption: 1982 Renault R4 GTL built in Wexford, Ireland
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