Competing directly with the pig-nosed Chausson APH-47 model, the Renault made R4192 with a 120 hp engine at the rear, was built during the years 1952-1957. 

The fight between the two bus manufacturers was so fierce, that they saw competition for nearly half a decade. 

Etablissements Gonthier & Nouhaud, a bus operator based in the city of Périgueux, owned a fleet of these Renault made R 4192 bus model.