Renault Reinastella

The Renault Reinastella is a luxury automobile that Renault manufactured from 1929 to 1933 and the first of its Stella series of high-end cars, meant to compete with Hispano-Suiza, Rolls-Royce, Packard and Cadillac. It was named for the Milanese industrialist and engineer Gianni Reina, who designed it and commissioned its production from Louis Renault, and it was unveiled at the 1928 Paris Motor Show as the Renahuit. At 5.3 metres long and 2 metres wide it was the largest Renault on its debut, weighed about 2.5 tons and was the first Renault with an eight-cylinder engine, of 7.1 litres, giving a top speed of 140 km/h. It was also the first Renault with its radiator ahead of the engine. It came as a sedan, berline or town car with bodies by leading French coachbuilders, and the Reinasport coupe followed in 1933. It appears in two Tintin albums.