Mr. Robert Opron - the father of R9/11 design.

The drawings...

... and first effects...

Four years later...

... The Renault 9 and Renault 11 appeared respectively in 1981 and 1982. They were in production until 1989. The beginning of the 1980's was a time of big downfall for Renault - French national car manufacturer. The introduction of phase 1 R9 (4-door sedan) and R11 (3 and 5-door hatch-back) was the Renault's response to growing demands of the C-class cars market worldwide.

Phase 1 R11 TS

Phase 1 R9 TC

R9/R11 immediately became a success with their modern desgin, sophisticated electronics and good-performance, durable engines.

At the beginning R9/R11 were offered with C1E, C1J, F2N and F8M engines. The phase 2 (Model Year 1987) appeared with C1G, C2J, F2N, F8M and the MY88 with C1G, C3J, F3N and F8Q - see technical specs. section for details.

Phase 2 R11 TL

Phase 2 R9 TSE Cheverny

The trims offered were TC/TL/TD/TS/TX/GTC/GTL/GTD/GTS/GTX/GTE/TCE/TLE(R9 only)/TDE/TSE/TSE Electronic/TXE/TXE Electronic/Turbo/Automatic. Additionally some special variations of R9/11 were offered, like: Broadway, Spring, Spring 2, Cheverny, 90 GT, Zender. With such a wide variety of engines (from 48 to 115PS) and interior equipment trims the R9/11 were an accurate choice for everyday urban traffic (TL/GTL), long range comfortable travels (GTX/TSE/TXE) and for the racing purposes, as well (Turbo/GTE).

1989 was the last year of French R9/R11. Their successors - R19 and R19 Chamade appeared respectively in 1989 and 1990.

The Renault 11 used to be (up to 1996) and Renault 9 still is produced in Turkey, by OYAK-RENAULT Factories in the city of Bursa. Models offered:

R9 Spring (1400ccm/62PS, from 1994 1400ccm/68PS), R9 GTL (1400ccm/68PS), R9 GTE Broadway (1400ccm/72PS), R9 GTD (1595ccm/55PS), R9 Fairway (1600 ccm/80PS), R11 GTE Broadway (1400ccm/72PS), R11 Rainbow (1600ccm/80PS), R11 TXE Flash (1721ccm/92PS).

Some R11's are also produced by Renault Argentina, where the 1600ccm engine was invented.