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<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter" alt="Hébert et l'Etoile Filante Renault à Bonneville, USA en 1956" src="http://www.renaultgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/blog/fr/2014/04/etoile-bonneville-2.jpg" width="500" height="300" /></p>
<h2>L&rsquo;Etoile Filante, a record machine</h2>
<p>The achievement of the Renault Étoile Filante has yet to be bested, with a peak of 306.9 km/h over a kilometer and 308.85 km/h over 5 kilometers. Yet the sleek blue racer, measuring over five meters long, is celebrating its 60<sup>th</sup> birthday this year!</p>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter" alt="Hébert et l'Etoile Filante Renault à Bonneville, USA en 1956" src="http://www.renaultgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/blog/fr/2014/04/etoile-bonneville.jpg" width="500" height="300" /></p>
<p>The aeronautic sector expanded rapidly after the Second World War. Joseph Szydlowski, head of Turboméca, the renowned turbine engine manufacturer, started the small-scale production of powerful turbine engines, fitted notably on the famous Alouette helicopters. He soon joined forces with La Régie Renault, which was looking for new techniques for its engines. Renault chief Pierre Lefaucheux had also set his sights on beating the world land speed record.</p>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter" alt="fernand picard et l'etoile filante renault" src="http://www.renaultgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/blog/fr/2014/04/fernand-picard.jpg" width="500" height="300" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Fernand Picard in his office.</p>
<p>The project got off the ground in 1954, led by three experienced professionals: Fernand Picard, head of research; Albert Lory, the illustrious engine developer; and Jean Hébert, engineer and driver. The trio designed an outstanding vehicle powered by an ultra-powerful turbine engine developing 270 hp at 28,000 rpm. The Étoile Filante featured a tubular, polyester-clad body and two large aircraft-like fins. It was equipped with the Transfluide transmission that would later be used on the Frégates. In a nod to the aeronautics sector, it ran on kerosene and was practically vibration-free thanks to the rotation speed of the turbines.</p>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter" alt="picard, lory et hebert avec l'étoile filante renault 1956" src="http://www.renaultgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/blog/fr/2014/04/equipe-etoile-filante.jpg" width="500" height="300" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Picard, Lory &amp; Hébert with Renaul&rsquo;s Etoile Filante in Rueil in 1956</p>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter" alt="présentation étoile filante à la presse en 1956 à Monthléry" src="http://www.renaultgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/blog/fr/2014/04/presentation-presse-etoile-.jpg" width="500" height="300" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Introducing the car to the media in 1956 at Monthléry</p>
<p>The Etoile Filante was presented to the press and specialists on June 22, 1956 at the Montlhéry circuit. Just 2 units of the vehicle were ever produced!</p>
<h2>Out to conquer the USA</h2>
<p>The record set by the Étoile Filante in Bonneville in 1956 was covered in the press around the world, and in particular by US journalists. The feat helped to boost Renault’s reputation in the USA, and would indirectly favor the Dauphine, launched for export at the same time.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, the Etoile Filante – French for “shooting star” – lived up to its name and burnt out after setting its record. The turbine engine was mainly used in aviation and proved difficult to adapt to cars, especially in terms of eliminating the heat produced by the powerplant and adapting the very high rotation speeds of the turbines to road travel.</p>
<p>Besides its media impact and avant-garde design, the Étoile Filante project was interesting from a technical standpoint. It was an opportunity to study the road behavior of an extremely refined vehicle travelling at extremely high speeds, as well as the effect of fins and the braking system of a very fast vehicle with no engine brake. The Étoile Filante was France’s riposte to the work undertaken at the time by Fiat and General Motors.<br /> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter" alt="Etoile Filante Renault à Bonneville, USA en 1956" src="http://www.renaultgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/bonneville-1.jpg" width="500" height="300" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Etoile Filante Renault in Bonneville, USA &#8211; 1956</p>
<div><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter" alt="Etoile Filante Renault à Bonneville, USA en 1956" src="http://www.renaultgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/bonneville-2.jpg" width="500" height="300" /></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">Etoile Filante Renault in Bonneville, USA &#8211; 1956</div>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter" alt="Etoile Filante Renault à Bonneville, USA en 1956" src="http://www.renaultgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/bonneville-3.jpg" width="500" height="300" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Etoile Filante Renault in Bonneville, USA &#8211; 1956</p>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter" alt="Etoile Filante Renault à Bonneville, USA en 1956" src="http://www.renaultgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/bonneville-4.jpg" width="500" height="300" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Etoile Filante Renault in Bonneville, USA &#8211; 1956</p>
<h1>Technical characteristics</h1>
<p><strong>Engine</strong></p>
<p>Turbomeca “Turmo” turbine</p>
<p>Maximum power: 270 hp at 28,000 rpm</p>
<p>Fuel: kerosene</p>
<p><strong>Transmission</strong></p>
<p>“Transfluide”</p>
<p>Reduction gear from 28,000 rpm to 2,500 rpm.</p>
<p><strong>Brakes</strong></p>
<p>Interior discs</p>
<p><strong>Body</strong></p>
<p>Renault, chassis-frame in chrome-molybdenum steel tubing.</p>
<p><strong>Dimensions</strong></p>
<p>Length: 4,840 mm</p>
<p>Width: 1,820 mm</p>
<p>Height: 1,100 mm</p>
<p>Weight: 950 kg</p>
<p><strong>Performance</strong></p>
<p>Top speed: 308.9 km/h, record set on September 5, 1956 by Jean Hébert on the Bonneville Salt Flats in the USA.</p>
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<p>Sources: <a href="http://fr.renaultclassic.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://fr.renaultclassic.com</a>, <a href="http://www.autobrico.com " target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://www.autobrico.com </a>et <a href="http://www.renault.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://www.renault.com</a></p>


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