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Louis Renault’s Amazing Type A – Reviewed

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Review by Pete Vack

In a colorful, imaginative and creative manner, author and historian Graeme Cocks brings to life the story of Renault’s Type A – the first car to feature a direct drive with the engine, clutch, transmission and differential in line. (read Two Old Renaults). It all began in that perhaps not so humble woodshed in the Renault family’s back yard, as you probably ‘heard tell about’ many times. (Renault’s family owned a button-making factory and were well-off.) [Read more…] about Louis Renault’s Amazing Type A – Reviewed

Renault’s Racing Heritage Part 1

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Three generations of Renault record breakers on the concrete oval of Montlhéry. From left to right: the 1956 Etoile Filante turbine car, the 1934 Nervasport a and the 1926, 40 CV Spéciale Type NM . (photo Renault Communication).

Three generations of Renault record breakers on the concrete oval of Montlhéry. From left to right: the 1956 Etoile Filante turbine car, the 1934 Nervasport a and the 1926, 40 CV Spéciale Type NM .
(photo Renault Communication).

By Gijsbert Paul Berk

Recently Renault invited a number of automotive journalists to the famous Montlhéry race track south of Paris for a demonstration of a number of their classic competition cars. Officially it was to commemorate that the French company has been over 115 years actively involved in motor racing, record breaking and rallying. But it also proved to be an unique opportunity to see and hear these wonderful machines in action. [Read more…] about Renault’s Racing Heritage Part 1

Review:Alpine & Renault: The Sports Prototypes V1 and 2

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Alpine & Renault – The Sports Prototypes Volumes 1 and 2
by Roy Smith, Veloce Publishing, 2010


Volume 1: 1963–1969
208 pages,
300 color & b/w illustrations
$69.95/£34.99
ISBN-13: 978-1-84584-191-1
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Volume 2: 1973–1978
224 pages, 359 color & b/w illustrations
$69.95/£34.99
ISBN-13: 978-1-84584-226-0
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Review by Sabu Advani www.Speedreaders.info

Following his previous book Alpine & Renault: The Development of the Revolutionary Turbo F1 Car 1968–1979, Smith takes a look at a very different animal by the same maker/s in this two-volume set: the Sports Prototypes from 1963–1978. Good-looking, reliable, beloved by the French, successful even, but compared to other cars of the time not a great deal has been written about these Alpines, certainly not in book form and most certainly not in English. [Read more…] about Review:Alpine & Renault: The Sports Prototypes V1 and 2

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