The Renault Reinastella is an automobile created by the French car maker Renault . The original Reinastella was a luxury-class car manufactured between 1929 and 1933. The original creator of the car, and for who it is named, was Gianni Reina (1908-2001), a prominent Milanese industrialist and engineer. Reina designed the car after successful early business ventures in his twenties and commissioned its production from Louis Renault.
23-470: The car was unveiled at the 1928 Paris Motor Show as the Renault Renahuit . The original Reinastella was the first of Renault's Stella series, high-end luxury automobiles intended to compete with contemporary marques such as Hispano-Suiza , Rolls-Royce , Daimler , Lincoln , Packard , and Cadillac . The Stellas, or Grand Renaults, were marked with a star riveted to the radiator grille above
46-524: A steam-powered car and used it to win the world's first auto race , but his vehicle was adjudged to be against the rules. He was a co-founder of De Dion-Bouton , the world's largest automobile manufacturer for a time, as well as the French sports newspaper L'Équipe . Dion was the heir of a leading French noble family, in 1901 succeeding his father Louis Albert William Joseph de Dion de Wandonne as Count and later Marquis. A "notorious duellist", he also had
69-507: A 7.1 liter, 8- cylinder engine , delivering a top speed of 140 km/h (87 mph). It was also the first Renault to have its radiator placed ahead of the engine, leading the way for all future Renaults. The hood of the Reinastella was longer than that of the later Nervastella and Vivastella , but like those later models the Reinastella was available in different trims: a closed sedan , berline , and town car . Coachbuilding
92-486: A partnership which became the De Dion-Bouton automobile company, the world's largest automobile manufacturer for a time. They tried marine steam engines, but progressed to a steam car which used belts to drive the front wheels whilst steering with the rear. This was destroyed by fire during trials. In 1884, they built another, "La Marquise" , with steerable front wheels and drive to the rear wheels. As of 2011, it
115-456: A passion for mechanics. He had already built a model steam engine when, in 1881, he saw one in a store window and asked about building another. The engineers, Georges Bouton and his brother-in-law, Charles Trépardoux, had a shop in Léon where they made scientific toys. Needing money for Trépardoux's long-time dream of a steam car , they acceded to De Dion's request. During 1883, they formed
138-401: A result, de Dion withdrew all his advertising from the paper, and in 1900, he led a group of wealthy "anti-Dreyfusard" manufacturers, including Édouard Michelin and Adolphe Clément , to start a rival daily sports paper, L'Auto-Vélo , and compete directly with Le Vélo . De Dion and Michelin were also concerned with Le Vélo – which reported more than cycling – because its financial backer
161-581: Is a biennial auto show in Paris. Held during October, it is one of the most important auto shows, often with many new production automobile and concept car debuts. The show presently takes place in Paris expo Porte de Versailles . The Mondial is scheduled by the Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d'Automobiles , which considers it a major international auto show. In 2016,
184-444: Is the world's oldest running car, and is capable of carrying four people at up to 38 miles per hour (61 km/h). Comte de Dion entered one in an 1887 trial, "Europe's first motoring competition", the brainchild of M. Paul Faussier of cycling magazine Le Vélocipède Illustré . Evidently, the promotion was insufficient, for the de Dion was the sole entrant, but it completed the course. The de Dion tube (or 'dead axle')
207-472: The COVID-19 pandemic 48°49′51″N 2°17′12″E / 48.8308°N 2.2867°E / 48.8308; 2.2867 Jules-Albert de Dion Marquis Jules Félix Philippe Albert de Dion de Wandonne ( French pronunciation: [ʒyl feliks filip albɛʁ də djɔ̃ də wɑ̃dɔn] ; 9 March 1856 – 19 August 1946) was a French pioneer of the automobile industry . He invented
230-544: The First World War motor shows were suspended, meaning that the show of October 1919 was only the 15th "Salon". There was again no Paris Motor Show in 1925, the venue having been booked instead for an Exhibition of Decorative Arts . In October 1926, the Motor Show returned, this being the 26th Paris Salon de l'Automobile . The outbreak of war again intervened in 1939 when the 33rd Salon de l'Automobile
253-581: The Pas-de-Calais . Motor racing was started in France as a direct result of the enthusiasm with which the French public embraced the motor car. Manufacturers were enthusiastic due to the possibility of using motor racing as a shop window for their cars. The first motor race took place on 22 July 1894 and was organised by Le Petit Journal , a Parisian newspaper. It was run over the 122 kilometres (76 mi) distance between Paris and Rouen . The race
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#1732791974724276-659: The Dreyfus affair. Historian Eugen Weber described an 1899 conflagration at the Auteuil horse-race course in Paris as "an absurd political shindig" when, among other events, de Dion struck the President of France , Émile Loubet , on the head with a walking stick De Dion served 15 days in jail and was fined 100 French francs , and his behaviour was heavily criticised by Le Vélo , the largest daily sports newspaper in France, and its Dreyfusard editor, Pierre Giffard . As
299-478: The Paris Motor Show welcomed 1,253,513 visitors, making it the most visited auto show in the world, ahead of Tokyo and Frankfurt. The key figures of the show are: 125,000 m (1,350,000 sq ft) of exhibition, 8 pavilions, 260 brands from 18 countries, 65 world premieres, more than 10 000 test drives for electric and hybrid cars, more than 10 000 journalists from 103 countries. Until 1986, it
322-839: The Stellas desirable for recycling during World War II . Only a few hundred examples of the vehicle were produced, and most of those that survive are in museum collections. The name was also used for a prototype flying car in 1992. The flying car made its public debut in Circle-Vision 360° film, Le Visionarium , an attraction at the Disneyland Park at Disneyland Resort Paris , which Renault sponsored from 1992 until 2002. The prototype still can be seen at some special auto fairs in Europe. Paris Motor Show The Paris Motor Show ( French : Mondial de l'Automobile )
345-463: The famous Renault lozenge, a reference to models with names that ended in "- stella ", which was a conscious reference to the Latin word for a "star"., while "reina" is Spanish for "queen". The Reinastella was, at 5.3 meters (17 feet) long and 2 meters (six feet) wide, the biggest car ever produced by Renault upon its market debut. It weighed about 2.5 tons and was the first Renault to be fitted with
368-545: The modern buildings of the Parc des Expositions , on the south western edge of central Paris at the Porte de Versailles , where the show had been held since 1962. There was no "Salon de l'Automobile" in 1920 There was no "Salon de l'Automobile" in 1925 due to the venue having been allocated to an Exhibition of Decorative Arts No shows were held from 1939 until 1945 There was no "Salon de l'Automobile" in 2020 due to
391-728: The same cachet of luxury and privilege in the Francophone world that Rolls-Royce had in Britain and America. As a result, it may sometimes appear in contemporary popular media as a symbol of wealth. For example, it appears in The Adventures of Tintin series of Belgian comics The Blue Lotus (1936) and The Crab with the Golden Claws (1941). (The depictions may be of a Vivastella in taxi configuration.) The high proportion of aluminium used in construction made all
414-581: Was actually invented by steam advocate Trépardoux, just before he resigned because the company was turning to internal combustion . In 1898, he co-founded the Salon de l'Automobile ( Paris Motor Show ). He died in 1946, age 90, and is buried in Montparnasse Cemetery in Paris. There is a memorial plaque in the family chapel in Wandonne , 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) south of Audincthun in
437-528: Was by leading French coachworkers , exhibiting the luxurious fittings of the golden age of classic bodywork. These models were produced until 1931. In 1933, a coupé , the Reinasport , was introduced. It was a lighter and more economical car, designed to compete with British and American models in the difficult economic environment of the Great Depression . In its day, the Reinastella had
460-586: Was called the Salon de l'Automobile ; it took the name Mondial de l'Automobile in 1988 and Mondial Paris Motor Show in 2018. The show was held annually until 1976; since which time, it has been held biennially. The show was the first motor show in the world, started in 1898 by industry pioneer, Jules-Albert de Dion . After 1910, it was held at the Grand Palais in the Champs-Élysées . During
483-479: Was cancelled at short notice. Normality of a sorts returned some six years later and the 33rd "Salon" finally opened in October 1946. In January 1977, it was announced that no Paris Motor Show would take place that year, because of the "current economic situation": at the same time the organisers confirmed that a 1978 Auto Salon for Paris was planned. The 65th Salon de Paris duly opened on 15 October 1978 in
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#1732791974724506-598: Was one of their commercial rivals, the Darracq company. De Dion believed that Le Vélo gave Darracq too much attention and him too little. After a legally enforced change of name to L'Auto , it in turn created the Tour de France race in 1903 to boost falling circulation. De Dion was an outspoken man who already wrote columns for Le Figaro , Le Matin and others. His wealth allowed him to indulge his whims, which also included refounding Le Nain jaune ( The Yellow Gnome ),
529-512: Was won by de Dion, although he was not awarded the prize for first place as his steam-powered car required a stoker and the judges deemed this outside of their requirements. The roots of both the Tour de France cycle race and L'Auto ( L'Équipe ), a daily sporting newspaper, can be traced to the Dreyfus affair and de Dion's passionate anti-dreyfusard opinion and actions. Opinions were heated and there were demonstrations by both sides in
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