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Cooya! & pete9816 -> OK

Spectre -> The two Maseratis I mentioned earlier, p.32, with dashboard.

"En route" for downloads

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What year did Matra win Le Mans?
Neat automotive history. Learned something new (again)

1972, 1973 and 1974

Auto Evolution -> Matra MS670 le Mans Winner

Specialist Sports Car Feb/Mar84.

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Historically, Matra has covered a wide range of activities in aeronautics, aerospace, automotive, motorsports, transportation, telecommunications, and defense.

Matra acquired René Bonnet, a small manufacturer that produced the Djet using a Renault Gordini engine. Approximately 1,700 units were produced between 1962 and 1968.



From 1967 to 1973, it produced just under 10,000 Matra 530s based on the Ford V4.



From 1973 to 1980, 48,000 Bagheera cars were produced, which were superb but had a poor Simca 4-cylinder engine.



It was replaced by the slightly more powerful Murena.



Matra produced a family utility vehicle with a rather attractive design: the Rancho. From 1977 to 1984, with 56,500 units produced, it was a kind of early SUV.



They then designed and produced the Renault Espace, launching the minivan trend in Europe.



Renault decided to produce the Espace in-house, leaving Matra to produce the Avantime, which was a failure.



Matra's automotive division was subsequently split up and sold off.

I forgot to mention, it also produced sports cars and won the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Noise -> Yes, sometime we use "ch" for "CV". I don't think Matra sent some car in the USA. I think the average American disdains French cars just as much as the average French person disdains American cars. They know a little about the Citroen DS and the Peugeot 403 convertible. People here think that all muscle cars are Mustangs, and that K2000 is a Corvette.

Spectre -> Sure

Evox -> But the matra isn't offroad at all.

840 kg, 255ch, 4WD., manual transmission. A toy, a smile machine and the exact opposite of an American car.

wip

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Thank you all.

https://www.allcarindex.com/concept/france/matra

You can see for yourself, how many Matra prototypes used letter P

To be exhaustive, we must add the Matra Bagheera U8. It is a Bagheera with an extended wheelbase to accommodate an 8-cylinder U-shaped engine. That is to say, two parallel 4-cylinder engines connected by a chain. Economical to produce but disastrous in terms of fuel consumption.

The René Bonnet Djet, which quickly became the Matra Djet, was the first production car with a mid-engine layout.
The most exciting was the Matra MS610.
It was a modified Matra Jet 5 designed to accommodate the 16 twin cam engine from the Lotus Cortina.

I modeled all versions of this car on GT Legend:
The René Bonnet Jet, the Matra Jet5 rally car, the Aerojet from the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and the MS610.
The latter was also converted to GTR2, as shown in the video below.

ready for UVmapping.

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I don't know if many people will like this toy, but I'm having a lot of fun modeling it. With 255 hp for 870 kg, a super-rigid chassis, and a center of gravity 10 cm from the ground, I think those who give it a chance will be pleasantly surprised.

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I really like the P29. My country hasn't produced many original and fun cars (ventury, turbo2, RCZ ...). This Matra is a kind of Super Seven, but better; I mean reliable, usable in the rain.... You know what "Lotus" stands for: Lots Of Troubles Usually Serious.
The car won't take me long, even though I don't have a blueprint.

I'm going to improve the TZ2 because it's also going to be adapted into one or two other old games.
The Ghibli was always planned alongside the 365GTB/4, the Mangusta, the DBS, and the Miura, the Grifo. To stay with the trident,  also planned the Bora (not the Volkswagen, please).
I think about the Bora European version, without the vulgar American bumpers. No one makes it except someone who mod a US-specs version for Assetto corsa,  CSR Classic: (the GR4 version with wide body and plexiglass headlights), and its array of little opportunistic converters on GTA SA, GTR2, Assetto Corsa ....

Now a french concept car and an alfa romeo remake.

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On our way to wish you a happy All Saints' Day.

I'm still not satisfied.