Hachette 1:43 1937 Renault AGP85 Saharien Passenger Bus: Hoggar Line

The Renault AGP is a forward control light truck with a payload between 2.5 and 3 tonnes.[4] It has a wheelbase between 2,550 millimetres (100 in) and 3,080 millimetres (121 in) and a width of 2,350 millimetres (93 in). The engines are a 4-litre inline-four petrol unit and a 4.7-litre inline-four diesel, the AGPs using the latter are known as AGPD. The power output of both engines is 65 metric horsepower (48 kW). The truck has a 4-speed manual gearbox.

In 1937, the Société des Transports Africains Tropicaux (SATT) commissioned a new AGP-based coach for its trans-Saharan passenger service to replace the heavier Renaults AKGD it was using before. It had a van-like streamlined steel bodywork[with a length of 7,060 millimetres (278 in). It used an 85 metric horsepower (63 kW) petrol engine and included 7 seats for passengers. The truck only had a limited military use. AGPD units were commissioned by the Chinese military.

The Hoggar Mountains are a highland region in the central Sahara, southern Algeria, along the Tropic of Cancer. The mountains cover an area of approximately 550,000 square km (212,000 square miles).