"There’s a lot in a name. Especially for Alfisti. It was pronounced ‘duet-o-tanta’. The 2uettottanta was Pininfarina’s headline act of the Geneva Motor Show back in March '09. The name, as well as being calculated to draw legions "
DB Le Mans
Stumbled across this – another car, in a lifetime of spotting cars, that we had never heard of.
The DB Le Mans was apparently a French creation wrought in fibreglass and motored by a twin pot boxer engine by Panhard.
You can see where the makers sought to pitch the idea of a nippy lightweight sportster – reaching out to the sort of dashing market of rare groovers – who might have partaken in an Alfa Duetto or a baby Facel if they had not had a penchent for mini fins and weaved panels.
The Le Mans moniker may have been a trifle audacious considering the twinny motor. But, by all acounts it was a fun ride all the same.
Probably not to be spotted at a kerb near you any time soon.
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