 Henri Pigozzi, was keenly aware of the publicity that could be gleaned from the craze for record breaking runs.In May 1952 an Aronde broke five international records by covering a distance of at an average speed of 117 km/h (73 mph), and in August 1953 another Aronde, selected at random from the production line, returned to the Montlhéry circuit for a new record attempt whereby during the course of forty days and forty nights the car covered 39,242 laps which represented at an average speed of more than 104 km/h (65 mph).This achievement, which involved breaking more than 30 international records, was undertaken under the supervision of the ACF.