"Its makers considered it to be a voiture verte and marketed it accordingly, but if you were to look at the Matra Rancho with 21st century eyes you'd probably conclude it is no more a green car than it is "
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Matra: Sports Car Innovators
"Which company won the European F2 Championship, F1 World Championship (drivers and constructors), 24 Heures du Mans, the World Sportscar Championship, built its own racing V12 engine AND was involved in the production, first as a supplier then as a manufacturer, "
Matra Rancho Wind
"The Matra Rancho Wind dates from the nanosecond when windsurfing was cool. Yes, dear reader, 1980. It's obviously a chopped version of the rump Simca Rancho- which in turn was almost like a budget, down at heel version of the Range "
Michelotti Matra Laser Concept
"The wedge is of course, synonymous with the edgier end of late sixties/early seventies car design. The workmanlike portfolio of designer Giovanni Michelotti isn't. Our man is, of course, remembered more as the chief designer of all things Triumph "
Matra 650 – V12 Loveliness
" Image: Robert Roux We're suckers here for two things; 1) brutal racing cars of the 1970s and 2) cutaway drawings of brutal racing cars of the 1970s. When these things come together we are bowled over. So, for your delight, behold this "
Matra Simca Bagheera Love
" When I was growing up a neighbour had a Matra Simca Bagheera. This neighbour was a vaguely bohemian PE teacher - a strange combo of things if ever there was one. Our neighbour's Bagheera had been named after the "
The Originals
"Having an idea is one thing. Turning it into reality is, however, apt to be somewhat more challenging. But for anyone or anything that succeeds in breaking new ground, enduring fame is assured. Or is it? We look at four "
Mid-engines for the masses
"These days, buying a new mid-engined sports car is an expensive business, with even a base model Elise or Boxster costing somewhere north of £40,000. But it wasn't always like that... For over four decades, there was always at least one "