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Monica 1972-1974 - Madame's Limousine

Name: Monica 590 1973
Brand: Monica

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Created in 2013

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Roger Gloor

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Monica (1973) - at the Geneva Motor Show in 1973

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Monica (1972) - Steering wheel and dashboard of the new luxury car on display at the 1972 Paris Motor Show

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Monica - particularly successful interior design, independent character of the dashboard - at the Geneva Motor Show 1974

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Monica - on show for the second time in Geneva, costing 87,500 francs - at the 1974 Geneva Motor Show

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Summary

There were around 10,000 car brands and designers - most of which have disappeared. One of these vanished brands is Monica, named after the wife of Jean Tastevin, who produced luxury cars under the name.

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It is extremely nice to give your spouse a car. But it is even nicer to dedicate an entire car brand to your wife under her first name. Jean Tastevin, owner of the Compagnie Française des Produits Métallurgiques in Balbigny near Lyon, was at least as thoughtful as this. In addition to freight wagons for the railroads, this company was also to produce luxury wagons of the Monica brand, according to plans that had already begun in 1968. Tastevin had found an experienced small series designer in Englishman Chris Lawrence. A tubular steel frame with sheet steel reinforcements served as the basic framework, with triangular wishbones at the front and a De Dion axle at the rear. Although the axle drive came from the Rover 3500, the engine was a racing-style 3.4 L OHC V8 with 240 hp developed by Ted Martin in England.

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