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. :mad:

[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

[LeonOfTheDead]

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

and the DS too, but the R8 is my favorite of those, pretty essential all aorund

[Knuto]

and the DS too, but the R8 is my favorite of those, pretty essential all aorund

DS? Citroen? For me the A110 and 4CV always ranked high

[MartB]

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

Thanks. Yes, isn´t the record breaking 40CV awesome. Maybe not beautiful, but surely impressive. With its 9 litre straight six it broke the endurance speed record (24 hours) with an average speed of just over 173 kph. The year was 1926 !

[MartB]

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

I really agree with you. Renault has a wonderful racing heritage.

[faksta]

Aahh..thanks for one more photo. Etoile Filante looks great either.

[Matra et Alpine]

A lot of Renault's "heritage" in the 50s, 60s and 70s came from tuners and smaller specialists utilising the engine.
Deutsch
Bonnet
Gordini
Alpine

[MartB]

Aahh..thanks for one more photo. Etoile Filante looks great either.

Alright. A couple of Etoile Filante then...

[Knuto]

Thanks. Yes, isn´t the record breaking 40CV awesome. Maybe not beautiful, but surely impressive. With its 9 litre straight six it broke the endurance speed record (24 hours) with an average speed of just over 173 kph. The year was 1926 !

Those large stroke engines of early days are really fascinating. Like a Mors 20 liter V4! Thanks for sharing these pictures by the way:)

[MartB]

A lot of Renault's "heritage" in the 50s, 60s and 70s came from tuners and smaller specialists utilising the engine.
Deutsch
Bonnet
Gordini
Alpine

Thats true, but I guess they saw the potential in the Renault engines. (Especially the Sierra engine maybe.)

[faksta]

Alright. A couple of Etoile Filante then...

Thanks :)

[willysjeep]

Gee, thanx for the pix, i am a avid rear engined Renault collector and fan and this made my day.:eek::D:D:D:D

[MartB]

I'm glad to see so many people are happy about Renault pictures. :)

[willysjeep]

I'm glad to see so many people are happy about Renault pictures. :)


we wont stop you if you want to post some more ;):D:D:D

[MartB]

It might be interesting to note that the red car in #1 pic 1 is the mexican built Dinalpin. Observe the Renault 4 tail lights.

[willysjeep]

And see the R8 Gordini dash.........

[MartB]

Some of the race cars in the collection.