Renault to put 100 of its most prestigious historical treasures up for sale
On the occasion of a special sale on December 7, the Artcurial auction house will be selling around a hundred vehicles from the heritage of the manufacturer with the diamond at its Flins site.
This isn't the first time Renault has parted ways with cars from its collection, currently stored in a hangar at the historic Flins factory in Yvelines. Each time, these were duplicate models or those with no historical interest. But on December 7, the French manufacturer will be carrying out a much larger sale. This time, it's a major cleanup. The Motorcars department of the French car house Artcurial has been commissioned to sell 100 vehicles from the 800 in the Boulogne-based manufacturer's collection. The goal of this sale is to partially finance the construction of a Renault museum, which will be open to the public. This project, announced last July, will come to life on the historic site of the Flins factory. It will be inaugurated in 2027. Part of the proceeds from the sale held on December 7 will also be used to fill gaps and purchase models not included in the collection, yet which represent essential milestones in the manufacturer's history.
While we wait to discover the catalog for this special sale, we already know that Renault will be parting with 20 single-seaters that wrote one of the most beautiful pages in the history of Formula 1. Renault, which imposed the turbocharged engine in the discipline, won numerous grands prix and numerous titles, both as an engine supplier and as a team. Renault will thus be selling an RE40 that raced in the 1983 season and which allowed Alain Prost and Renault to finish 2nd in the championship. Also in the catalog will be a copy of the RE30, a B9 version from the 1982 season. A 1984 Lotus 95T powered by a Renault engine and driven by Nigel Mansell is also on the list of single-seaters sold. Among the racing cars, there will also be a Renault Alpine A442 prototype entered at Le Mans in 1978, the year of Renault's victory with Didier Pironi and Jean-Pierre Jaussaud.
In addition to the cars, the Renault sale will include around a hundred items from its heritage, including style models, F1 engines and wind tunnel studies.
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