Renault “Shooting Star” Étoile Filante Here we have a magazine article with cutaway drawings for the shooting star. I have done a minimal amount of restoration to this article. The information below is by courtesy of Wikipedia. The Renault Étoile Filante (Shooting Star) was Renault's only attempt at both creating a gas turbine-powered car and setting a land speed record for such cars. In 1954, the French aeronautical turbine manufacturer, Turbomeca, proposed that Renault make a gas turbine car to exalt the technology's benefits and try to break the speed record for gas turbine vehicles. Renault developed and tested the car in a wind tunnel between 1954 and 1955. In 1956, Jean Hébert and a Renault Team went off to the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah for speed tests. The car reached an average speed of 191.0 mph (307.4 km/h).[2] In the mid-1990s, Renault restored the car and made it operational again. The car was completely dismantled at the Billancourt factory in Paris, respraying the chassis and repairing the engine. In front of an expectant crowd, the car was fired up and moved under its power for the first time since 1956. It is now conserved as a part of Renault's Historical Cars Collection. A private collection of Renault sports cars in Mexico has a second Étoile Filante. Image size A3 **Digital Download Only No Physical Product will be dispatched. After payment a ZIP File containing a total of 2 image files will be sent to your e-mail address. Plus one generic PDF File – This contains the Copyright & Download Information and how to mount your print. Refunds will not be given on Digital Downloads Print Ref:- TR/AD – 0125