In 1956, Jean Hébert and a Renault Team went off to the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah for speed tests.

The car was completely dismantled at the Billancourt factory in Paris, respraying the chassis and repairing the engine.

A private collection of Renault sports cars in Mexico has a second Étoile Filante.

[3] In 2016, to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Étoile Filante's 1956 record run, the car was fitted with an electric motor and brought back to the Bonneville Salt Flats with Nicolas Prost, son of Alain Prost, at the wheel.

Instead, a new record of 76.5 mph (123.1 km/h) was set in a Renault Dauphine, again with Nicolas Prost at the wheel.