Although research into new cars was strictly forbidden during the occupation during World War II, French engineers were already exchanging ideas from 1940 onwards about what the new Renault should look like after the war. It was to be a small, fuel-efficient car, inspired by the Volkswagen Beetle. The design, like the Beetle, featured a rear-mounted engine.

After the liberation, and under the auspices of the new director of the Régie Nationale des Usines Renault, the project gained new momentum. Stylist Berthaud designed the four-door body, and by the end of 1946, the first post-war Renault rolled off the production line. It immediately became the most popular French car of the immediate post-war period. The car became a symbol of the French industrial revival and a new joie de vivre. Between 1947 and 1961, over a million units were produced...

I found this example in the shed of an abandoned house. The house itself had already been completely ransacked and had nothing of interest left to offer. The car has since been removed.