Renault named this car Nervastella after Roman emperor Nerva, and it served as an actual French state car.
Lead trim: Nervastella 4.8 straight-eight (1933–1934; 100 PS) · up to 108 hp
Renault NervastellaTG · 1930–1937
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FactRenault named this car Nervastella after Roman emperor Nerva, and it served as an actual French state car.
The Renault Nervastella was a large luxury automobile built between 1930 and 1937 and used as a French state car, a smaller brother to the Reinastella launched a year earlier but technically more advanced; "Nerva" refers to a Roman emperor and to Nerva, Spain. It had an in-line eight: a 4241 cc engine listed at 100 PS at 3300 rpm at launch, 4825 cc from 1933 with no increase in claimed power, and 5448 cc from 1935 with a listed 110 PS (the infobox says 5447 cc). It came as a four-door berline, a coupé de ville and, a year later, a long-wheelbase six-light limousine for five or seven; a cut-price version, the Nervahuit, shared the 4241 cc engine and was exhibited in October 1930 and offered during 1931 from 48,000 francs against 95,000 for a Nervastella berline. In 1932 the "Nervastella ZD2" got American-style pressed-steel bodies with mildly sloping tails on a 3,350 mm or longer 3,590 mm wheelbase (berline aérodynamique for five at 49,000 francs, seven seats at 52,000), and the Nervasport was introduced in March 1932; the Suprastella succeeded it. Wheelbase 131.9–142.5 in.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nervastella 4.2 straight-eight (1930–1932; 100 PS at 3,300 rpm) | 1930–1932 | 4.2 L Inline-8 | 99 hp | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nervastella 4.8 straight-eight (1933–1934; 100 PS) | 1933–1934 | 4.8 L Inline-8 | 99 hp | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nervastella 5.4 straight-eight (1935–1937; 110 PS) | 1935–1937 | 5.4 L Inline-8 | 108 hp | — | — | — | — | — |
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