Renault Taxi de la Marne

Renault Taxi de la Marne
Overview
Manufacturer	Renault
Also called	Renault Type AG Renault Type AG-1 Renault Marne Taxi
Production	1905-1910
Designer	Louis Renault
Body and chassis
Class	2-door taxi cab
Body style	4-door sedan
Layout	FR layout
Related	Renault Taxi
Powertrain
Engine	I2, 1205 cc, 8 CV
Transmission	Manual

The Renault Taxi de la Marne (Marne Taxi) is an automobile manufactured between 1905 and 1910 by Renault and used as a taxicab. The name Taxi de la Marne was not used until the outbreak of World War I, when the fleet of Paris taxis was requisitioned by the French Army to transport troops from Paris to the First Battle of the Marne in early September 1914.

It was the first car produced after Marcel Renault's death in 1903, along with another four models.

A car-rental company in Paris ordered 1,500 cars in 1905 as a result of a new invention that automatically calculated how much the passenger had to pay. It was called a taximeter and had been invented in 1891. Soon the Taxi de la Marne was popular for the rest of the decade in Paris and also in London from 1907.