{"id":47053,"date":"2020-09-18T14:09:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T14:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/?p=47053"},"modified":"2020-10-23T07:13:10","modified_gmt":"2020-10-23T07:13:10","slug":"matra-ms-670","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/matra-ms-670\/","title":{"rendered":"Matra MS 670"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The classic car show Retromobile in Paris is always known for superlatives. Although the next edition isn’t scheduled to take place until February 2021 and, thanks to the still ongoing Corona pandemic, it is by no means clear whether these plans can be carried out at all, the auction house Artcurial, which is also based in Paris, has already announced an absolute highlight for their annual auction held there. Whenever a French car with a French driver behind the wheel is able to win the legendary endurance race in Le Mans, this vehicle is then considered a cultural asset. Accordingly, such racing cars are rarely ever put up for free sale or auction. Artcurial brings the Matra MS 670 under the hammer, which crossed the finish line of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1972 in first place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New development for World Sports Car Championship ’72<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

For the 1972 World Sports Car Championship, the FIA had issued new regulations, the main aim of which was to reduce the maximum cubic capacity from five to three liters. As a result, Porsche 917, Ferrari 512 S and similar cars rolled straight into the depot. At the same time, prototypes from smaller manufacturers such as Matra suddenly moved up to the front and were given overall victory chances. As early as 1968, a three-liter V12 engine had made its debut in the Matra MS 11 in Formula 1, which could now be transferred to the newly developed open sports car prototype MS 670. This met with relatively little competition, since Ferrari didn’t develop a new car for 1972 and withdrew the favored 312 PB shortly before the race due to reliability problems. Porsche could only offer its customer teams the aging 908 and the Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 wasn’t yet technically mature.<\/p>\n\n\n

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