Renault 40CV des Records

The Renault 40CV des Records was a single-seat competition car of 1926, derived from the Renault 40CV of 1908 to 1928. After the Linas-Montlhéry autodrome opened in 1924 and began to host competition, Louis Renault took up the highly publicised speed record challenge of the 1920s by building a single-seat Weymann version. The prototype used the most powerful six-cylinder inline engine of the Renault range, the 40CV NM unit of 9.1 litres with three twin-barrel carburettors, developing 150 horsepower and carrying the car beyond 200 km/h. The car won many events and took records with the drivers J-A Garfield and Robert Plessier, among them the 24 hour world record at Montlhéry in July 1926 with 4,167.578 km at an average of 173.649 km/h. It was the first Renault to wear the new diamond badge that replaced the round logo, and the Renault Nervasport eight-cylinder competition version followed it in 1932. Today it belongs to the Renault Classic collection.