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Habituation effect - Matra Sports M 530 in the (historical) test

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Created on September 1, 1969

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José Rosinski

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Matra Sports M 530 (1967) - on a country road in the Loire Valley

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Matra Sports M 530 (1970) - low engine power is compensated by good road holding

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Matra Sports M 530 (1970) - over 150 km/h fast

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Matra Sports M 530 (1970) - the modern interpretation of a "Business Coupe"?

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Matra Sports M 530 (1967) - View through the open door into the interior

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Matra Sports M 530 (1967) - sporty cockpit with six instruments and perforated sports steering wheel

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Matra Sports M 530 (1969) - comfortable interior with reclining seats

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Matra Sports M 530 (1967) - the trunk is best filled with luggage from Louis Vuitton

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Matra Sports M 530 (1967) - Trunk behind the engine

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Matra Sports M 530 (1967) - side view; the sharp body edges and the removable roof halves are clearly visible

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Matra Sports M 530 (1969) - also suitable for salty beach air thanks to plastic bodywork

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Matra 530 LX (1971) - open-top cabin like a fighter jet

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Matra Sports M 530 (1967) - on a test drive for Automobil-Revue

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Matra Sports M 530 (1967) - fully opened without roof parts and rear window

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Matra Sports M 530 (1967) - rear view

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Matra Sports M 530 (1968) - at a car show in the immediate vicinity of a Lamborghini Miura

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Matra 530 (1967) - front view with the striking chrome bar

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Matra Sports M 530 (1968) - rear view

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Matra Sports M 530 (1970) - sectional drawing

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Matra Sports M 530 (1967) - with opened headlights

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Matra Sports M 530 (1967) - the body fits are not yet ideal

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Matra Sports M 530 (1970) - in front of the pine forest

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Summary

After a year of series production, the manufacturing quality of the Matra Sports M 530 had stabilized to such an extent that it was possible to draw reliable conclusions from one car to the next. What's more, over the course of this time, people had also become accustomed to the initially controversial body shape. This historical test report clarifies whether the sporty-looking mid-engined speedster lives up to its visual promise.

This article contains the following chapters

The technology
At the wheel
On the road
The performance
Summary
Technical data

Estimated reading time: 9min

Preview (beginning of the article)

After a period of uncertainty that lasted about a year, the Matra has now reached that standard of production from which one should wish this brand luck for a comeback. There is no need to repeat the details of this period. Much has been written about it since its debut in March 1968. Not least because Matra came up with a surprise: it was supposed to be a car for twens, for the sporty 20-something generation, but the result did not live up to this claim. In terms of its design, this car was tailored to a completely different customer group. Nevertheless, this concept was so interesting that this original solution caused quite a stir. However, it soon became quiet around this car. Production at the Brissoneau and Lotz body plant in Creil was irregular and disproportionately slow, and the conditions were so precarious with such tolerances that no two cars were the same. Under these circumstances, there seemed little point in ordering a test car. Experience had shown that positive or negative impressions would have been left to pure chance, as one chassis could not be compared with the other.

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