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Renault Vivastella | |
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Overview | |
Manufacturer | Renault |
Production | 1929–1939 |
Assembly | Île Seguin, Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris |
Designer | Louis Renault |
Body and chassis | |
Class | Executive car (E) |
Body style | 4-door saloon |
Layout | FR layout |
Related | Renault Vivasport Renault Suprastella Renault Primastella |
Powertrain | |
Engine | 1929-1934 (PG4/PG5/PG7) I6, 3180 cc, 52 HP, 65HP (ZA2) I6, 1924-1939 3620 cc, 85 HP (ACR1/ABD) I6, 4085 cc, 100HP |
Dimensions | |
Wheelbase | 3,110–3,260 mm (122.4–128.3 in) |
Length | 4,450–4,930 mm (175.2–194.1 in) |
Width | 1,700–1,800 mm (66.9–70.9 in) |
Chronology | |
Predecessor | Renault Vivasix |
Successor | Renault 20/30 |
First generation | |
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Overview | |
Production | 1929–1934 |
Body and chassis | |
Class | Executive car (E) |
Body style | 4-door saloon |
Related | Renault Vivasix |
Powertrain | |
Engine | I6 3180 cc, 65HP |
Transmission | 3-speed manual |
Second generation | |
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Overview | |
Production | 1935–1939 |
Body and chassis | |
Class | Executive car (E) |
Body style | 4-door saloon |
Powertrain | |
Engine | I6, 4085cc, 100HP |
Transmission | 3-speed manual |
The Renault Vivastella was an executive car introduced by Renault in October 1928 and produced for the model years 1929 - 1939.
The car was modified and changed with unusual frequency even by the standards of Renault in the 1930s, and following its evolution in retrospect is rendered more complicated by the way that the Renault catalogue frequently listed two succeeding generations of the model simultaneously, but the Vivastella always occupied a place in the manufacturer's line-up a little below the slightly longer Renault Reinastella. In Latin, "stella" means "star", and viva means "live long".
The Vivastella was introduced at the 22nd Paris Motor Show in October 1928 as a more luxurious version of the Renault Vivasix. [1]
Model | Project code | Cylinders/ engine capacity | Power HP @ rpm | Top speed (approx) | Production period month/year | Units produced | Price at launch (FF) | Note |
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Vivastella | PG2 | 6/ 3,180 | 60 @3,000 | 110 km/h (68 mph) | 09/1928-09/1929 | - | 60,000 | |
PG3 | 08/1929-09/1930 | 1,091 | 60,000 | |||||
PG4 | 115 km/h (71 mph) | 09/1930-08/1931 | 869 | - | Light-weight chassis | |||
PG5 | 07/1931-11/1932 | 2,223 | 52,000 | |||||
PG7 | 65 @ 3,100 | 120 km/h (75 mph) | 09/1932-05/1933 | 1,440 | - | |||
PG7 SA | 05/1933-10/1933 | 383 | - | |||||
PG9 | 09/1933-04/1934 | 746 | - | First "aerodynamic" bodied version | ||||
PG11 | - | - | - | 11/1933-12/1933 | 6 | - | ||
ZA2 | 6/ 3,620 | 85 @ 3,000 | 125 km/h (78 mph) | 09/1933-10/1934 | 895 | 33,800 | 22 were "Sahara" bodied cars | |
ZA3 | 09/1934-05/1935 | 895 | - | |||||
ACR1 | 6/ 4,085 | 95 @ 3,000 | 130 km/h (81 mph) | 01/1935-08/1935 | 609 | 38,000 | smaller 3,620cc engine available on request | |
ACR2 | 08/1935-01/1936 | 358 | - | |||||
ADB1 | 09/1935-01/1937 | 804 | 38,000 | |||||
ADB2 | 09/1936-06/1937 | 191 | 36,900 | |||||
ADB3 | 06/1937-10/1937 | 192 | - | |||||
BCH1 Sahara | 05/1937-09/1937 | 17 | - | "Colonial" version | ||||
ADB4 | 09/1937-10/1937 | 30 | 49,000 | |||||
ADB5 | 10/1937-07/1938 | 269 | - | Plus 13 of the British market BDN1 version and one of the British market BDN2 version | ||||
BDZ1 | 09/1938-10/1939 | 358 | 56,000 | Plus 2 of the British market BDY1 version | ||||
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