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Matra 1965-1980 - Exotic cars made of plastic

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Created in 2011

Text:

Roger Gloor

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Bruno von Rotz

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Matra Jet 5 (1966) - Luxury version

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Matra 530 SX (1971) - at the Paris Motor Show in 1971

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René Bonnet Djet (1962) - recreated Le Mans pits on the Motul stand (Rétromobile 2013)

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Matra 530 SX (1972)

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Matra Bagheera (1973) - among heavy animals

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Matra-Simca Bagheera S (1976) - improved and more powerful version

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Matra-Simca Bagheera (1974) - Silhouette

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Matra-Simca Bagheera (1974) - A look inside the mid-engined sports car

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Matra-Simca Bagheera (1973) - attractive mid-engined coupé with three seats side by side - International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt 1973

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Matra-Simca Bagheera - a coupé with a plastic body and three seats in a row shown for the first time in April 1973 - at the 1974 Geneva Motor Show

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Matra Murena 2.2 - Three-seater coupé at the 1981 Geneva Motor Show

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Matra Murena 2.2 - Three-seater coupé at the 1981 Geneva Motor Show

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Talbot Matra Murena (1980) - the front is very pointed

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Talbot Matra Murena (1980) - wedge-shaped silhouette ,

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Matra 530 LX (1972) - together with its successors Bagheera and Murena - Rétromobile 2015

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Summary

There were around 10,000 car brands and designers - most of them have disappeared. One of these vanished brands is Matra, which specialized in long-range missiles and spacecraft. The models of the subsidiary Matra-Sports were quite exotic, the best-known model being the Bagheera.

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From 1954 to 1962, there was the DB brand (for Deutsch & Bonnet), whose small DB Panhard even excelled in Le Mans racing. From 1961, Charles Deutsch built the Panhard CD coupé, while René Bonnet used Renault rear engines for front-wheel drive sports cars of his own brand from 1962. In 1962, he launched the first mid-engined road sports car, the Djet. At the end of 1964, René Bonnet sold his company in Champigny-sur-Marne to Matra, a company specializing in long-range missiles and spacecraft. Its new subsidiary Matra-Sports built the elegant, amazingly agile coupé with longitudinal beams and tubular frame structure until 1968 (Djet with 1108 cm3, 72-94 hp; Jet with 1255 cm3, 105 hp).

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