The Renault Towncar is an automobile

Automobile

An automobile, autocar, motor car or car is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transporting passengers, which also carries its own engine or motor...

 manufactured between 1912 and 1933 by Renault

Renault

Renault S.A. is a French automaker producing cars, vans, and in the past, autorail vehicles, trucks, tractors, vans and also buses/coaches. Its alliance with Nissan makes it the world's third largest automaker...

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In 1912, William Carter bought one and was planning to transport it from Southampton

Southampton

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, England

England

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 to New York City

New York City

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 on the RMS Titanic. Carter was saved but the car sunk in the Atlantic. A replica was requested by James Cameron

James Cameron

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 and 20th Century Fox

20th Century Fox

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 for their motion picture Titanic

Titanic (1997 film)

Titanic is a 1997 American epic romance and disaster film directed, written, co-produced, and co-edited by James Cameron. A fictionalized account of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, it stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Jack Dawson, Kate Winslet as Rose DeWitt Bukater and Billy Zane as Rose's fiancé, Cal...

. They looked for Carter's original documents for the vehicle and the car was recreated almost exactly.

The car was very popular among wealthy Americans

United States

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