{"id":81980,"date":"2021-10-12T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/?p=81980"},"modified":"2021-10-22T11:57:10","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T11:57:10","slug":"matra-bonnet-djet-v","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/matra-bonnet-djet-v\/","title":{"rendered":"Matra-Bonnet Djet V"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Some car models have a strange past. Sometimes there were different approaches in parallel, of which only one survived. Sometimes a vehicle was created by brand A and then continued to be built by brands B,C, and D. Things weren’t quite so confusing with our current protagonist. It came from the sports car forge that Ren\u00e9 Bonnet founded together with Charles Deutsch in 1932. Deutsch et Bonnet or Automobiles D.B. was based in the French town of Champigny-sur-Marne, southeast of Paris. Until World War 2, the company was mainly involved in vehicle repairs. After the end of the war, the company produced its own lightweight sports cars with fiberglass bodies. The engines were mostly sourced from Panhard. Thanks to very good aerodynamics, the small sports cars achieved high topspeeds despite relatively low power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Separation between Deutsch and Bonnet<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Due to differing opinions on the positioning of the engines and the drive axle, the two company founders separated in 1961 and established their own automotive companies. Deutsch concentrated on building small cars with front-wheel drive, while Ren\u00e9 Bonnet followed his convictions and developed a mid-engine sports car to production maturity. In addition to these different ideas about the future of automobile manufacturing, the supply contracts with Panhard had also expired, which faciliated the dissolution of Deutsch et Bonnet. Ren\u00e9 Bonnet looked around for new cooperation partners and finally found them in Renault and the armaments manufacturer Matra. Jean-Luc Lagard\u00e8re, as the owner of Matra, ensured that the new sports car project was properly financed. Engines, transmissions and suspension parts came from Renault. The vehicle was given the name Ren\u00e9 Bonnet Djet.<\/p>\n\n\n

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