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{{Infobox automobile
| image = R7 av.jpg
| name = Renault 7
| manufacturer = [[Renault]]
| production = 1974–1984
| assembly = Spain: [[Valladolid]] ([[FASA-Renault]])
| body_style = 4-door [[sedan (car)|saloon]]
| layout = [[MF layout]]
| class = [[Supermini car|Supermini]]
| engine = 1.0 L (1037 cc) I4, {{convert|50|PS|kW hp|0|abbr=on}} <br/> 1.1 L (1108 cc) I4, {{convert|45|PS|kW hp|0|abbr=on}}
| wheelbase = {{convert|2505|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} (right) <br/> {{convert|2535|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} (left)
| length = {{convert|3890|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}
| width = {{convert|1525|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}
| height = {{convert|1400|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|815|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}
| related = [[Renault 5]]
| predecessor = None
| successor = [[Renault Clio]]/ [[Renault 9]]
| aka = Renault siete
}}

The '''Renault 7''' (or "R7") is a 4-door [[sedan (car)|saloon]] version of the [[Renault 5]] [[supermini car|supermini]], produced and sold in [[Spain]] by [[Renault]]'s subsidiary, [[FASA-Renault]], from 1974 to 1984.<ref>Data according to: ''Automobil Revue'', catalogue edition 1979, p. 484-85.</ref>

It was very similar to the R5 hatchback (which had been launched two years earlier), and identical mechanically, but offered with a smaller range of engines. The R7 had four doors and a saloon-style boot in place of the original car's three (and later five) doors including hatchback. This involved extending the wheelbase by just under {{convert|6|cm|in|frac=5|abbr=on}}<ref name=Autocar197605>{{cite journal| journal = [[Autocar (magazine)|Autocar]]|volume = 144 (nbr 4147) |title =A new force emerging: Barcelona show|pages =  25–26| date = 1 May 1976}}</ref> though it retained the wheelbase difference between left and right sides, characteristic of several Renault models, resulting from the use of full-width torsion bars placed one behind the other, ahead of the rear wheels.

Another difference between the Renault 7 and the 5 was the use, on the 7, of 'conventional' chromed metal bumpers instead of off-body colour plastic ones,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Carlsson |first1=Mårten |title=Femma med skuff |url=https://www.klassiker.nu/reportage/femma-med-skuff |access-date=20 August 2019 |publisher=Klassiker}}</ref> giving the car a more refined appearance. Initially powered by a 1037&nbsp;cc engine, it was mostly sold in Spain. A total 159,533 units were produced; its success outside its home market was limited because Renault offered the larger [[Renault 12]] for a small price premium.

The R7 was introduced two years after the launch of the R5, then restyled in 1979, followed by an engine upgrade to 1108&nbsp;cc in 1980. Its production ended in 1984, after the [[Renault 9 & 11|R9]] entered the worldwide market. A five-door version of the R5 was launched in 1980 using the door pattern of the Spanish R7. In 1984, the R5 had been substantially redesigned (now based on the R9/R11 floorpan) and R7 sales did not justify the investment necessary to develop a new version of the R7.

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File:Renault 7 Siena 1976.jpg|Renault 7
File:R7 ar.jpg|Renault 7 rear
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==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons}}
*[http://www.renaultsiete7club.foroespana.com Renault Siete7 Club] ''(in Spanish)''
*[https://www.renault-5.net/siete.htm Renault 7 site] ''(in French)''
* [https://club4567.mforos.com Club Renault 4 5 6 y 7 de España]
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{{Early Renault vehicles}}
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[[Category:Renault vehicles|7]]
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[[Category:Cars introduced in 1974]]
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[[Category:Cars of Spain]]