Matra Simca Bagheera.

[F Body]

Now here's something you don't see every day
Being an old git I can remember a friend of mine owning one of these, mainly because the battery was always flat and we always had to push start it

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[EDGE]

how



frikkin'



wierd !!!

[Flip Martian]

I remember those - probably from Top Trumps or something! First thing I thought of when I saw the thread was....

"3 seats!"

I can remember things like that and not what I was doing last week...

[ianjpage]

now that is one wierd car, but kinda cool!!

[philoldsmobile]

gallic strangeness at its finest..

sad to think that company ended up making the rather less funky renault espace

[Roadkill]

I remember seeing those years back . . . It's been a long time though . . .

[F Body]

In total of 47,802 Bagheeras ( yes it was named after the "Jungle Book" character ) were produced during its six-year production run up to 1980 :

[Flip Martian]

Followed by the "Mowgli" super mini and the "Baloo" people carrier...

[philoldsmobile]

here's another french car to ponder...

when was the last time you saw a Renault Fuego?

even more so the turbo version..

[Flip Martian]

My dad had a Fuego! A Renault 18 in a "sporty" body - like Renault 18s, I guess they've all rotted away...

[philoldsmobile]

i'd love a mint fuego turbo