The fabulous World of the unknown French sports car makers!

[Ciid]

Iva Barchetta said:

Saw this in Germany in July.




As it says on the side a Jide.

Thank you very much!

[Ciid]

Jean-Baptiste-vk2t4 said:

French sportscars are limited indeed, but below are a few others :

Delachapelle Roadster :
- the engine comes from Peugeot, different ratings were available, from 135 to 210bhp (but most of them were 167bhp ratings, same as in Peugeot 306 S16).


Vaillante Grand Defi:
- based on the Hommell Barquette, 15 were produced in total


Mega Track (already mentionned) :


Mega Monte-Carlo (already mentionned) :


Delavilla R1
- based on a Porsche Cayman


Delavilla SpeedRoad / VRS :
- based on a Porsche 997

Thank you very much!

The De La Chapelle Roadster is beautiful!

[giveablondeabone]

Absolutely none! Because if I did it wouldn't be 'unknown' would it........................

[anonymous-user]

Not really unknown, but maybe needs to be unforgotten... Delahaye, any of their coupe's or convertibles will do. Here's one for starters

[Old Merc]

WM a small French team that entered Le Mans in 87,88,89 with a car powered by a twin turbo Peugeot V6.
They did not get any race results but did achieve the fastest speed of 252mph down the Mulsanne straight.

[soxboy]

McAndy said:

soxboy said:

It's now at £22,150

http://www.walkersingletononlinesales.co.uk/LotLis...

Cracking, thank you.

:WatchesIntently:

Sold £31,100, plus fees.

[McAndy]

soxboy said:

Sold £31,100, plus fees.

Somebody has snagged a bargain. Sadly, it crept over my limit, although I now wish I'd been willing to stretch a little!

[Ciid]

Aletsch said:

Not really unknown, but maybe needs to be unforgotten... Delahaye, any of their coupe's or convertibles will do. Here's one for starters

Delahaye was one of the most famous luxury (real luxury) car brands in the World before the war.

[Ciid]

Old Merc said:

WM a small French team that entered Le Mans in 87,88,89 with a car powered by a twin turbo Peugeot V6.
They did not get any race results but did achieve the fastest speed of 252mph down the Mulsanne straight.

The name of the team is Welter Racing and they still exist. They now produce green technology race cars.

They will compete in the Le Mans 2017 with the WR Bio-Méthane.

http://welterracing.fr/

[Ciid]

McAndy said:

Somebody has snagged a bargain. Sadly, it crept over my limit, although I now wish I'd been willing to stretch a little!

Don't worry, you will have new opportunities. I wish you all the best!

[Kolbenkopp]

Semi (?) on topic for the (lovely!) thread, but if anyone is in the area of Romorantin [1] the Musée Matra [2] is well worth the detour IMO. Not huge, but well set up and of course some choice vehicles .






[1] http://goo.gl/maps/rQ2w7oXEgB62
[2] http://www.museematra.com/

[Ciid]

Great photos! Thank you very much!

[Ciid]

YVAN MULLER RACING HAS CHOSEN THE NORMA M30 LMP3

https://norma-auto-concept.com/yvan-muller-racing-...

[Ciid]

EXCLUSIVE : First picture of the Norma M30 in testing this morning at Pau Arnos.



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