The Nervasport’s whole trick was borrowed power: Renault dropped the bigger Nervastella’s engine into a shorter, lighter body to make a sportier car on the cheap.
Lead trim: Nervasport ZC 2/ZC 4 4.8 straight-eight (1933–1935) · up to 108 hp
Renault NervasportTG5 · 1932–1935
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FactThe Nervasport’s whole trick was borrowed power: Renault dropped the bigger Nervastella’s engine into a shorter, lighter body to make a sportier car on the cheap.
The Renault Nervasport was a straight-eight sporting luxury automobile introduced in March 1932 and produced until 1935, based on the larger and heavier Nervastella and reflecting Renault's "superpuissance" formula of putting a larger model's engine into a shorter chassis with a lighter body (the Vivasport was the smaller-scale equivalent); it had less standard equipment and a lower price. The TG 5 (March 1932; 540 built, the last 40 with "Suspendu Amorti" rubber engine mounts) used the Nervastella's 4241 cc flathead inline-eight with 100 PS on a 3,130 mm (123 in) wheelbase (24 CV), 160 kg lighter and appreciably faster, with a three-speed gearbox and servoed mechanical brakes; the ZC 2 (first shown at the October 1933 Paris show, streamlined like a Chrysler) had a bigger bore for 4,827 cc (tax 28CV), power unchanged, and a 3,184 mm (125 in) wheelbase, with eight bare chassis to coachbuilders, and the ZC 4 of October 1934 added about 7 cm of wheelbase; the ACN 1 of March 1935 (bore 85 mm, "type 450") made 110 PS at 2800 rpm from 5447 cc, only eight built (two roadsters), ending in September 1935 in favour of the ultra-streamlined Nerva Grand Sport (ABM 3, ABM 5, ABM 7; production to July 1937), which has no engine figures on the page. The Nervasport des Records set land-speed records in 1934.
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Trims & Figures
3 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nervasport ACN 1 5.4 straight-eight (1935; 110 PS at 2,800 rpm) | 1935–1935 | 5.4 L Inline-8 | 108 hp | — | — | RWD | — | — |
| Nervasport TG 5 4.2 straight-eight (1932–1933; 100 PS) | 1932–1933 | 4.2 L Inline-8 | 99 hp | — | — | RWD | — | — |
| Nervasport ZC 2/ZC 4 4.8 straight-eight (1933–1935) | 1933–1935 | 4.8 L Inline-8 | 99 hp | — | — | RWD | — | — |
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