The fabulous World of the unknown French sports car makers!

[Benmac]

Only Venturi I ever saw on the road was in Paris on the Champs Elysee.

Summer evening and it was a convertible one. Youngish chap driving with an utterly stunning looking girl in the passenger seat who looked bored and slightly pissed off in a way that only french girls can.

I hated him with every fibre of my being.

[Baryonyx]

I quite liked that little Porsche style thing you were talking about the other day.

[Ciid]

Baryonyx said:

I quite liked that little Porsche style thing you were talking about the other day.

Yes, it's the PGO Cevennes

http://www.pgo.fr/en/




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X1A_L6VeUM

184hp, mid-engine, RWD, very nice.

[speedtwelve]

Always liked Venturis. The 400GT is my favourite, like a French F40.

[Ciid]

speedtwelve said:

Always liked Venturis. The 400GT is my favourite, like a French F40.

Fantastic vehicle!

[medieval]

Voison et Amilcar...

[Ciid]

medieval said:

Voison et Amilcar...

And also:

Panhard
Clément-Bayard
Delahaye
Salmson
Delage
De Dion-Bouton
Darracq
De Dietrich
Ballot
Hotchkiss
Delaunay-Belleville
Mors

and many others.

But then the Nazis got jealous and we know the whole story...

[mybrainhurts]

This is all very well, but a car with six reverse gears is a waste of time.

[Ciid]

Some Orecas 05 and Rebellions R-One (based on the Oreca 05) at the 24H du Mans 2016

[Raize]

[Ciid]

[Ciid]

Raize said:

Mega Track with Mercedes V12 engine. Some crazy stuff.

[Doofus]

I used to have one of these.
(not my photo)

[Ciid]

Doofus said:

I used to have one of these.
(not my photo)

What is that?

[Doofus]

It's a Hommell Barquette

[KarlMac]

Ciid said:

Blayney said:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0711033692/ref=pd...

I have the British and German ones but only browsed so far.

Thank you very much!

Exceptional. Don't suppose they have one for Japan?

[Ciid]

Doofus said:

It's a Hommell Barquette

Thank you, very nice.

I love the looks of the Hommell Berlinette but i've never driven it:

[mybrainhurts]

Doofus said:

It's a Hommell Barquette

Sounds like a Jewish sandwich....

[Ciid]

Onroak Automotive

Onroak Automotive is a French company which designs, manufacturers, and sells racing cars, specifically sports prototypes for various international series. Onroak was founded in 2012 by Jacques Nicolet who split the design, manufacturing, and sales divisions of his OAK Racing team into an independent company. Onroak has since formed an agreement with Guy Ligier to develop new cars under the Ligier title. In 2012, Onroak formed a partnership with Morgan Motor Company to brand the LMP2 class variant of their new design as the Morgan LMP2.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onroak_Automotive

[Ciid]

The Ligier JS P2 is a racing car designed and built by French manufacturer Onroak Automotive and named in partnership with French former racing driver Guy Ligier. Designed for the Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2) regulations, it is intended as a second option to Onroak's Morgan LMP2 that has been competing since 2012. As well as being the first closed-cockpit car offered by Onroak, it is also the first car they designed entirely in-house. The JS P2 debuted at the 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans, and has been campaigned in the FIA World Endurance Championship, European Le Mans Series, Asian Le Mans Series and United SportsCar Championship.

The most iconic victory of the Ligier JS P2 was probably the 2016 54th Rolex 24 at Daytona with the Tequila Patrón ESM Team powered by a Honda HR35TT 3.5 Turbo V6 engine.