MATRA – Mecanique Avion Traction was founded in 1945 as a defence company with the intention of creating a twin engined plane that was capable of 500mph (800kph). For the first 20 years they concentrated on defence and aeronautics but in the early 1960s they bought Automobiles Rene Bonnet and created Matra Automobiles. Rene Bonnet made very light sports cars and used Matra to … [Read more...]
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Alpina
Alpina use BMW chassis to fine tune an already sports orientated vehicle. Unlike other tuning houses, they don’t simply squeeze a big motor in, they look for the best tuned motor to give a wider band of torque!
Borgward BX Series
Borgward is back – after 50 years! The company has been re-energised with luxury SUV prototypes that are due for production soon. Powered by hybrid motors, they are following the original company by being technologically advanced.
Open Top Cars
Convertibles have had many different names, depending on where they came from or their body style. What is common is that many names came from horse-drawn carriages.