Renault Cars: Illustrated History Books & Guides

Renault, les sportives de série (2e édition)

With the 4 CV 1063, Régie Renault did not yet know it, but it had just outlined the broad outlines of a concept that has since become a real segment of the automobile: the little bomb, usable both on the open road and in everyday life, as well as in competition.
Certainly, the 1063 was still a machine with very confidential production and a presentation that was, all in all, quite radical. But the recipe is there: on the basis of a popular car, we graft a high-performance engine, capable of going beyond its power, we add a welcoming presentation for the die-hard sports enthusiast, and we sell it all at a very competitive price...

Over the years, Renault will refine and develop the concept: the high point obviously remains the fabulous, extraordinary and legendary R8 Gordini, but we should not forget all the other cars marked with the Diamond, which have left an indelible mark on the street, on the circuits, in rallies and in the memories of thousands of enthusiasts.

This book looks back at the history and career of these famous Dauphine, R12, but also R5 Alpine and other Clio and R21 turbo which, in their most powerful version, were and remain sports cars as popular as they are generous in driving sensations...
In this, the mass-produced Renault sports cars deserved a passionate tribute, through a book recalling their career and their great sporting moments...

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Author:	Thibaut Amant
Details:	160 pages, 10 x 10 in (25.5 x 25.5 cm), hardback
Illustrations:	100 b&w and 250 color photos
Language:	French
Publisher:	ETAI (F, 2004)
ISBN:	9782726893944

Renault, des automobiles de prestige

We think we know everything about Renault, and yet, who knows today that the Billancourt firm, alongside its popular cars, built a range of very prestigious models, with competitors such as Rolls Royce, Mercedes, Cadillac, Packard and so many others that have now disappeared.

In this book, the reader will discover or relive a particularly glorious era for the French automobile industry. The heroines of this saga have names like 40 Chevaux, the queen of the Roaring Twenties, Reinastella, whose reign corresponds to the dark years of the great crisis of 1930, Nervastella and Nerva Grand Sport, who introduced aerodynamics to the luxury car market, or their sisters Viva Grand Sport and Vivastella and, the crowning glory of the line, Suprastella.

Renault's photographic archives bring these superb and desirable cars back to life, using images that are mostly unknown. The commentaries, based on a detailed and rigorous analysis of everything that was written on the subject at the time, but also and above all on archives that have not been used to this day, make the reader a privileged witness to this true epic.

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Author:	C. Rouxel, M. Griselhubert, C. Gueldry, J. Dorizon
Details:	432 pages, 9.8 x 10.4 in (25 x 26.5 cm), hardback
Illustrations:	500 b&w and 100 color photos
Language:	French
Publisher:	ETAI (F, 2002)
ISBN:	9782726886168

Renault, un siècle de création automobile (3e édition)

For over a century, Renault models have been crisscrossing the roads of the world. From its origins, and for almost half a century, Renault has offered an extremely varied range of vehicles, ranging from small to large cars, even then remaining the only major manufacturer to continue producing luxury cars. The Renault catalogue is abundant, combining mass-produced products with cars of limited distribution, and therefore daring what its competitors refuse.

Nationalized in 1945, Renault launched into the popular car and committed to building a range, one of the first in Europe. Renault models take into account before others a demand marked by changes in society (rural exodus, urbanization, emergence of the middle classes, access of young people and women to automobiles, birth of the leisure society). Renault innovates and designs vehicles that mark their time.

The Renaults of the 21st century did not wait until January 1 2001 to be on the roads. While they are proud of the specific features that have made the brand famous, they are also equipped with a technical and stylistic audacity that allows a Renault to stand out in a globalized and globalized world.
This book, presented chronologically, reminds the reader that, from 1898 to today, the brand has never ceased to be a creator of automobiles.

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Author:	Jean-Louis Loubet, Claude Le Maître
Details:	328 pages, 12.2 x 9.25 in (31 x 23.5 cm), hardback
Illustrations:	850 b&w and color photos
Language:	French
Publisher:	ETAI (F, 2017)
Series:	Héritage
ISBN:	9791028302153

Renault en compétition

From the beginning of the automobile (1898) to today, Renault has had an exceptional career in motor racing. To date, Renault Sport F1 alone has won 11 constructors' world championship titles and equipped 4 teams in 2013, including that of world champion Sébastien Vettel.
Renault Sport Technologie (RST) ensures the competition activity, outside of F1, with the production and marketing of rally and circuit vehicles.
The book traces the different periods of this exceptional career using archive images.

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Author:	Benoît Casaert
Details:	192 pages, 11.4 x 9 in (29 x 24 cm), hardback
Illustrations:	350 b&w and color photos
Language:	French
Publisher:	ETAI (F, 2015)
ISBN:	9791028300586

Renault sous l'occupation, fabrications forcées & projets secrets

This book explores the history of Renault during the Second World War, marked by the German occupation. Constrained by the Nazis, the factories produced mainly trucks for the German army from 1941, while the manufacture of automobiles was stopped. The Allied bombings on the factories in Le Mans and Billancourt in 1942 further hampered production.

Louis Renault, the founder of the brand, secretly continued his research for future automotive projects despite the occupation. This is how the famous 4 CV was born.
After the Liberation, Renault was nationalized and renamed "Régie Nationale des Usines Renault". Louis Renault was arrested for collaborating with the enemy and died in detention before his trial.

This book delves into the world of Renault through the stories of employees, the board of directors and the Renault family during 1939. It also explores the challenges encountered during the occupation, including the forced production of military vehicles and the firm's secret projects. Unpublished testimonies and photographic documents illustrate this tumultuous period.

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Author:	Patrick Lesueur
Details:	192 pages, 11.4 x 9 in (29 x 24 cm), hardback
Illustrations:	extensively illustrated
Language:	French
Publisher:	ETAI (F, 2013)
ISBN:	9782726896938

Voitures Renault de collection

From the Type A of 1898 to the Twingo program of the 1990s, including modest family cars and high-end models from the interwar period: the Billancourt brand has undoubtedly acquired the title of major generalist manufacturer.

Pages of the book "Voitures Renault de collection"

This book offers the opportunity to look back at the genesis of the most emblematic models, by evoking the various stakeholders involved in their creation and by detailing their technical characteristics and their ratings on the collector's market.

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Author:	Patrick Lesueur
Details:	256 pages, 10.4 x 8.25 in (26.5 x 21 cm), hardback
Illustrations:	many b&w and color photos
Language:	French
Publisher:	Editions E/P/A (F, 2017)
ISBN:	9782851208965

Patrick Le Quement - 40 ans de design automobile

Patrick le Quément is one of the major figures in the history of contemporary design. Trained in Great Britain, he started out at Simca in the late 1960s before becoming an influential designer at Ford and Volkswagen and then transforming the image of Renault, where he headed design from 1988 to 2009.
This book tells the story of a man's life, his personality, the different episodes of his career, but also the major changes in his profession that have emerged over the course of his own journey. Through Patrick le Quément's career, we can read the rise of design relaying style, the recognition of the role of the designer in the company.
His example shapes the transformation of a function that must combine management skills and clear-sightedness in creation. Patrick le Quément opens up, talks about his entourage, his admirations, his mistrusts, his enthusiasms, his passion for automobiles.

Using often unpublished iconography, we discover how Renault has changed eras, how this brand has entered modernity through bold and relevant creations, many of which have become icons of European industry.
The future of the automobile industry is outlined in the background, its evolution at the pace of avatars and metamorphoses.

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Author:	Serge Bellu
Details:	240 pages, 11.8 x 10.6 in (30 x 27 cm), hardback
Illustrations:	400 b&w and color photos
Language:	French
Publisher:	ETAI (F, 2010)
ISBN:	9782726889671

Renault - L'innovation en mouvement (Autofocus)

Renault, an iconic French brand, stands out as one of the oldest manufacturers still in business. After World War II, Renault specialized in popular and mid-range cars.
To stand out and anticipate consumer needs, the brand has constantly innovated, creating bold concepts, including sports models. Even with the move to electric motorization, Renault maintains this avant-garde vision that makes it one of the most original manufacturers.

Explore fourteen models, from 1935 to the present day, representing the diamond-shaped brand's significant technological advances. This retrospective highlights Renault's history, highlighting its ongoing commitment to innovation and its leading role in the evolution of the automotive industry.

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Author:	Aurélien Gueldry, Cathy Dubuisson
Details:	160 pages, 11.6 x 9.8 x 0.79 in (29.5 x 25 x 2 cm), paperback
Illustrations:	300 color photos
Language:	French
Publisher:	Sophia Éditions (F, 2023)
Series:	Autofocus
ISBN:	9782385140168

Renault RS, la signature racée (Autofocus)

At the end of the 1990s, the Renault Sport department emerged from the shadows of competition to gradually become a brand apart in the world of the Diamond: the Spider, then an extraordinary saga of Clio, Mégane and Twingo now constitute a lineage more than twenty years old, and more relevant than ever.

A number of emblematic models are thus stamped Renault Sport, each generation of Clio or Mégane RS generating multiple special series sometimes including notable technical developments.
Often considered the quintessence of their categories, Renault Sport are recognized worldwide for their high technology, their efficiency and their general performance.

This book is therefore an opportunity to learn the entire history and genealogy of these already numerous Renault Sport, while offering an illustration composed of magnificent unpublished and spectacular photos.
You will find the technical specifications of each model as well as the list of the many special series. A first work on the standard Renault Sport which has already established itself as an essential milestone for fans of sporty Renaults.

Pages of the book "Renault RS, la signature racée"

Summary:

1. From the creation of Renault Sport to the Renault Sport Spider
2. Clio II RS, the return of the GTI
3. Clio V6, return of the myth
4. Clio III RS, the quintessence of a genre?
5. Clio IV RS, difficult succession
6. Twingo 2 RS, a "popular" Renault Sport
7. Mégane II RS, evolution of a reference
8. Mégane III RS, a career at the top
9. Mégane IV RS, the new deal...

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Author:	Bernard Sara, Etienne Crébessègues
Details:	160 pages, 11.4 x 9 in (29 x 24 cm), hardback
Illustrations:	250 b&w and color photos
Language:	French
Publisher:	ETAI (F, 2019)
Series:	Autofocus
ISBN:	9791028303525

Youngtimers - Les sportives signées Renault (Autofocus)

The "Youngtimer" phenomenon is only becoming more established in the world of vintage cars. It is a new philosophy that focuses on more recent vehicles from the 1980s and 1990s, sought after by a new category of collectors much younger than the traditional collectors of classic cars.

This book mainly deals with Renault Youngtimers with a sporty tendency. Through these pages, rediscover the road of the 1980s through the roar of the Clio Williams, the hiss of the turbocharger of the Supercinq GT Turbo, the soft comfort of the leather seats of the Renault 25 six-cylinder, the explosive acceleration of the Renault 21 Turbo... In short, the whole atmosphere of the sporty Renaults of the 1980s and 1990s.

Featured models: Renault 15/17, Renault 5 Alpine, Renault 18 Turbo, Fuego Turbo, Renault 9/11 Turbo, Renault 25 V6, Renault Supercinq GT Turbo, Renault 21 Turbo, Renault 19 16 S and the Clio Williams.

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Author:	Patrice Verges
Details:	160 pages, 11.4 x 9 in (29 x 24 cm), hardback
Illustrations:	300 b&w and color photos
Language:	French
Publisher:	ETAI (F, 2016)
Series:	Autofocus
ISBN:	9791028301132