Renault Collection

[MartB]

I couldn´t find any previous thread on this so I post some pictures.

Quite recently I got the chance to see the Renault Collection in Flins with more than 600 cars covering most of Renaults long history. The collection is not open to public, just on invitation. First we were shown the workshop where they restore and service the cars followed by the large storage hall. A fantastic experience !

[MartB]

Some more pics...

[MartB]

and a few more.

[cmcpokey]

outstanding stuff here Mart

[fisetdavid26]

Thanks for sharing exclusive stuff with us

[Ferrer]

I'm sure Matra will be happy with that.

Excellent pics, thanks for sharing.

[f6fhellcat13]

How much are the cars driven once they're restored?

[Matra et Alpine]

:whathesaid:

Reanult brought the 1907, the R5 MOnteCarlo and the 443B to Mount Stuart a few years back.
Not only did they start them up and drive them aroudn in the parade, the took them onto the sprint track adn really opened them up Sadly the 443 only did one lap as it was grounding for 80% of the bumpy circuit

[henk4]

Excellent, many of these cars come out for expositions like Retromobile, or for the Historic 24 Hours. Interesting also that the Alpine brand has been officially incorporated in the Renault history

[Matra et Alpine]

"Interesting" ? DISAPPOINTING

Wonder what that leaves at the Dieppe site ?

[MartB]

Excellent, many of these cars come out for expositions like Retromobile, or for the Historic 24 Hours. Interesting also that the Alpine brand has been officially incorporated in the Renault history

I´m not sure that it necessarily means it's officially incorporated just because it's in the collection. They had a lot of Renault specials there, even a Lotus Europa, so... However, I think they also talk a lot about Alpine on the historic pages at the Renault homepage, so in that sense I guess it may be officially incorporated.

Our guide told us that Renault decided several years ago to bring their classics to the people, instead of having a museum. Therefor they bring several cars to several events every year.

At World series by Renault there are always several interesting Renault classics.

[rallyswift75]

I envy you.

[LeonOfTheDead]

nice thread, thanks

[faksta]

#2 picture 3 and #3 picture 1 - OMG!! Do you have more of them?
Great collection. And great photos. Thank you for sharing!

[Knuto]

Excellent collection. Renault has surely made some marvelous racecars. The rally Dauphine, R8 Gordini, the 4CV, R5 turbo, 422, turbo F1... such beautiful machines