Renault Reinastella

Make	Renault
Years of production	1929 to 1933
Class	Luxury
Engines	8 cylinders
Engine position	Front
Displacement	7125  ccc
Maximum power	130
Gearbox	Mechanical 3 speed
Unloaded weight	2500 kg
Bodywork (s)	Sedan , coach, torpedo
Length	5500 mm
Width	1920 mm

The Reinastella is a luxury car which was manufactured by Renault from the late 1920s to the early 1930s

The Reinastella , was first presented at the Paris show in 1929. It adopts an 8- cylinder in line (a first for Renault) of 7.1 liters of displacement.

New top-of-the-range model with the heavy task of succeeding the prestigious 40 CV abandoned a few months earlier. The 40 CV had never shone by an original or elaborate mechanics, but its huge displacement had endowed it with a flattering performance and its chassis lent itself well to the establishment of sumptuous bodies. Thanks to this, the 40 CV had an aura of glory, and its successor  the Reinastella  can not afford to disappoint a customers rightly demanding (let's not forget that the 40 CV and the Reinastella evolve in zones of astronomical prices ). 

She will also be the official car of the President of the French Republic. The Countess Bernard de Ganay won the women's rally Paris-Cannes in 1930 at the wheel of Reinastella.Price in 1931: 180 000 FF  The Reinastella is the first 8-cylinder manufactured in Billancourt, but its displacement is limited to 7.1 liters (against 9.1 liters for the 40 HP). This new 8-cylinder engine featureswith 9 bearings and a dual body carburetor . The rear suspension takes the formula recently developed by Renault (two cantiveler oblique springs complemented by a transverse leaf spring). The gearbox has only 3 gears, like that of the Vivastella and other Renault 1929s.