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This is a rare car, with less than a dozen examples of the Viva Grand Sport Cabriolet BCX3 estimated to have survived.
This Viva Grand Sport Cabriolet BCX3 comes from the Redele Collection, creator of the Alpine Renault. Since a though restoration in the 1980s, it has run under 800 km.
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Engineering developments brought a tremendous increase in automotive power and speed in the 1930s. At the same time, intercontinental air flight was becoming an everyday reality, and engineers and motorists alike would look to the world of aviation for inspiration. As a result of these two trends, aerodynamic streamlining became a major vogue.
For Renault, the turning point came at the 1934 Paris Motor Show, with streamlined design becoming apparent on the Viva and Nerva ranges. Sister models in the six-cylinder Viva range were the shorter, more powerful Vivasport, and the sleek Vivastella. These two design influences would merge in 1935 to produce the Viva Grand Sport, a very neat, well-balanced car with smooth, uncluttered lines, available in several closed and open-top versions. The advertising campaign for the cabriolet version invited motorists to “experience a new joie de vivre with a Renault Grand Sport”.
As the eight-cylinder Nerva models declined, as a result of the difficult economic conditions of the recession years, the powerful, comfortable, easy-to-drive Viva Grand Sport would end up topping the Renault range. And, with various enhancements, it would keep this position through till 1939.
This is a rare car, with less than a dozen examples of the Viva Grand Sport Cabriolet BCX3 estimated to have survived. Type BCX3 was produced in 1132 covered and cabriolet units between September 1937 and July 1938.
This Viva Grand Sport Cabriolet BCX3 comes from the Redele Collection, creator of the Alpine Renault. Since a though restoration in the 1980s, it has run under 800 km. Presented in grey with leather interior, it is in good condition and perfect working order.
A similar model appeared in “La fin du jour" ("The End of the Day”), the 1939 French drama directed by Julien Duvivier.
This car has covered 794 km.
