The Matra-Bonnet Djet V was originally designed by René Bonnet and produced by Matra after their takeover in 1964, it was the world’s first production mid-engined road car. This pioneering design set the stage for future sports cars and remains a celebrated innovation. The Djet V, introduced in 1965, featured several upgrades from the original… Read More Parbleu: 1965 Matra Bonnet DJet V
Even though we have released other D-Jet matras like this one, we have to admit that this is probably the best one, or at least the one that has the right color. Blue is to France as red is to Italy or silver to Germany (or yellow to Belgium, and so on): these were the… Read More Pure France: 1967 Matra Djet V
We haven’t published many of these cars, but when we do we always have doubts as this car has been (and still is) always called differently, using more or less the same words. René Bonnet Djet, Matra Bonnet Djet, Matra Sports Djet, Matra Sports Jet are the variants with which this model is called: we,… Read More Many names: 1964 Matra Djet 5
It is very rare to see this car in the USA, also because it is quite unusual to see it in Europe. Whoever imported it must have been a great fan of it. The seller says in fact that this Djet was imported in the late sixties and early seventies, so when this car was… Read More Black challenger: 1968 Matra Djet
The Matra M530 (in this case in the “LX” version) is a particular car: you love it or you hate it but it certainly doesn’t go unnoticed. This car is the French equivalent of the Fiat X1/9 or the Volkswagen-Porsche 914. Surely among the three cars the M530 is the worst one, for reasons related… Read More Very long wheel base: 1971 Matra M530 LX
The Djet has always been the “bad girl” among french cars of the sixties: that’s also true that France didn’t gave birth to a many sports car but this is for sure the most famous of them after, of course, the Alpine 110. And, like the A110, this was an expensive car: not very powerful… Read More Yellow bird: 1966 Matra-Bonnet Djet 5
These were the sportiest cars produced in France during the sixties, along with their direct competitor, the Alpine A110. And, just like the more known Alpine, they were made to be agile and light: the fiberglass body was indeed made by Matra and mated with a Renault four cylinders engine with a displacement of 1108… Read More Treetop level flight: 1965 Matra Djet V
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