The Renault Viva Grand Sport (branded as the Renault Vivastella Grand Sport before August 1935) was introduced alongside an updated version of the
Nervastella in October 1934 at the Paris Motor Show. The last cars were produced in August 1939: in anticipation of the 1940 model year a prototype of another updated Viva Grand Sport was produced during the summer of 1939, but in the event this single car was the only one of its type to be produced.
The car was styled by
Marcel Riffard
Marcel Riffard (1886–1981) was a French aeronautical engineer. In the 1930s, while working at the design department of Caudron-Renault
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who previously had been better known as an aircraft designer.
Engine
The Viva Grand Sport was powered by a 6-cylinder
straight engine
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with displacement.
Celebrity promotion
Renault concluded a contract with the high-profile pilot
Hélène Boucher to promote the car.
Hélène Boucher et la Vivasport
Wins
In 1934 Renault won the Grand Prix
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Grand Prix or grand prix may refer to:
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de la Baule
La Baule-Escoublac (; br, Ar Baol-Skoubleg, ), commonly referred to as La Baule, is a communes of France, commune in the Loire-Atlantique departments of France, department, Pays de la Loire, western France.
A century-old seaside resort in southe ...
.
Types
Sources and notes
{{Renault timeline 1921-1960
Viva Grand Sport
Cars introduced in 1934