Some cars leave a paper trail; the Renault PN left a name, a year — 1926 — and a place in Renault's list. What follows is what can be said with a source behind it.
Where it came from
The Renault PN is a bus produced from 1926 until 1930 by the French manufacturer Renault for the Paris service. A variant for suburban transport was called Renault PY.
Under the skin
The record carries the layout — and the layout: a front engine drives the rear wheels, the classic proportion — long bonnet, cabin set back — that most people picture when they picture a sports saloon or a grand tourer. The engine, output and weight have not yet reached the open record, and MotorJury does not guess at them.
In context
Its family tree is legible: it took over from the Renault KX Express; its successor was the Renault TN; assembly was at Boulogne-Billancourt, France. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Mercedes-Benz W02, the Tatra 12, the Fiat 507 — show what else the money bought that year. Nearby in the Renault catalogue sit the Renault 10 and the Renault 10CV.
What it costs now
MotorJury scores cars on the United States complaint and recall record, and the Renault PN has none: too old, too rare, or never sold there. Its value today is a collector's question, decided by provenance and condition rather than by a class average.