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    Image of MadcowsDiseased MadcowsDiseased
    11/29/09

    In reply to Can You Identify This Mystery Car?
    That thing can perform some serious pizza cutting action.
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    Image of Maymar Maymar
    11/29/09

    In reply to Can You Identify This Mystery Car?
    I got the Matra part, but had forgotten the model - I only knew because there was one on display in Le Mans. I assume that means I spend too much time obsessing over Steve McQueen movies.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/29/09

    In reply to Can You Identify This Mystery Car?
    The front end looks like a dead jack-o-lantern, complete with tiny death rattle mouth.
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    Image of DrLemming DrLemming
    11/29/09

    In reply to Can You Identify This Mystery Car?
    With production cars this ugly I gather it must not be very hard to break into the exciting world of automobile design. Where do I sign up?
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    Image of Old Grimey Old Grimey
    11/29/09

    In reply to Can You Identify This Mystery Car?
    I knew it was a Matra M530 even before I clicked the link to get onto this thread. Guess I spend too much time "obsessing over off-brand European machinery", huh?
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    Image of FTGDWolverineEdition'09 FTGDWolverineEdition'09
    11/29/09

    In reply to Can You Identify This Mystery Car?
    The best looking car Matra ever produced (at least to me).
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    Image of madmolf madmolf
    11/29/09

    @FTGDWolverineEdition'09: HI, sorry to disagree, but i grew up in France and when the Matra Murena came about it ended being much nicer ([en.wikipedia.org]).
    The Bagheera was to blocky, the Murena was sleekier.
    Same three front seats.
    But eventually they were crap sports cars, the Renault Alpine being a real one beat them all the time.
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    Image of FTGDWolverineEdition'09 FTGDWolverineEdition'09
    11/29/09

    @madmolf: Thanks for that input. I have zero clue about French cars in general, me being an American. I was purely basing my opinion on the looks. You just enriched my knowledge a bit.
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    Image of madmolf madmolf
    11/29/09

    @FTGDWolverineEdition'09: You're welcome.

    The english and the germans are the real serious sports car builders in Europe, the italian are in a class apart somewhere not far from Jalop'heaven.

    The french were always a bit cheap on the build and engines.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/29/09

    @FTGDWolverineEdition'09: Doesn't that look like a Z, though!
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    Image of FTGDWolverineEdition'09 FTGDWolverineEdition'09
    11/29/09

    @Novaload: Looks more like a Maserati Merak or Bora to be honest. Maybe I am still drunk from all the thx giving boozing.
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    Image of junkman junkman
    11/29/09

    @FTGDWolverineEdition'09: I currently own three Matras; a '65 DJet 5S, a '77 Bagheera S, and an '81 Murena 2.2. I think they're all fantastic but each has a truly unique personality. The D'Jet is an uncompromising sports car; basically an open wheel racer with with sleek body draped over it. The Bagheera is the easiest and most fun to use on a daily basis. The Murena has, by far, the most power and best suited of the three for highway driving. I'd love to have a 530, if anyone knows of one available in the States, cheap.
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    Image of solracer solracer
    11/30/09

    @FTGDWolverineEdition'09:
    When I think of Matra I don't think of the Bagheera but rather the Rancho but maybe that's because they were common in France when I worked there 20 years ago.
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    Image of FTGDWolverineEdition'09 FTGDWolverineEdition'09
    11/30/09

    @solracer: That looks a lot like the older Land Rover Disco.
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    Image of madmolf madmolf
    11/30/09

    @FTGDWolverineEdition'09: Yes, except it was tiny and based on a car call the Simca 1100 that looked like a frog (since it was french it comes as no surprise)
    ([www.allpar.com]).
    I loved it being a kid.
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    Image of scroggzilla raids again scroggzilla raids again
    11/29/09

    In reply to Can You Identify This Mystery Car?
    Yes, but Tonyola beat me to it.
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    11/29/09

    In reply to Can You Identify This Mystery Car?
    Looks like an Opel GT and a Buick Reatta had a one-night-stand...
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    Image of FantozziUgo FantozziUgo
    11/29/09

    In reply to Can You Identify This Mystery Car?
    ...here comes her mommy!
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    Image of Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est
    11/29/09

    In reply to Can You Identify This Mystery Car?
    Waaay too easy, but amazing to see one still in use. He must NEVER park it on the Paris street.
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    Image of tonyola tonyola
    11/29/09

    In reply to Can You Identify This Mystery Car?
    Strange car, but it gets even stranger (and uglier) - Matra made a budget version called the M530SX, which had four free-standing fixed headlights instead of the hidden lights.
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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    11/29/09

    @tonyola: ..because um, you know, the aerodynamic body makes up for the drag of the hideous headlights...

    Yeah. That's it.
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    Image of tonyola tonyola
    11/29/09

    @DoctorNine: This must be Ugly Sports Car Sunday - first the SP250 and now the Matra. TR7 coupe, anyone?

    Actually, those quad-frog eyes on the Matra look like they serve a purpose - they catch the bugs that would otherwise splatter themselves all over the windshield.
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    Image of fodder650 fodder650
    11/29/09

    @tonyola: I guess they wanted to do some Rallying with it with those lights.
    BTW I think im one of three people who finds the TR7 a good looking car
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    Image of Potatosw✭tter Potatosw✭tter
    11/29/09

    @tonyola: Ooh, they gotta swivel. I'd just sit and wait for a neighborhood kid to walk by, and then track them with high beams. Nightmarish.
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    Image of Old Grimey Old Grimey
    11/29/09

    @fodder650: Count me in as a fourth person who finds TR7s to be good-looking cars. But then again, I'm an automotive sadomasochist.
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    Image of HiramJahoovafat HiramJahoovafat
    11/29/09

    @tonyola: budget version? How much less of a budget could they have started with?
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    Image of ccc40821 ccc40821
    11/29/09

    @tonyola: Agree. Matra should have stuck to building AA missiles, which probably has a higher profit margin anyway.
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    11/29/09

    @fodder650: I'll go as far as a TR8 convertible, but that's it.
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    Image of tonyola tonyola
    11/29/09

    @Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: I agree that TR7/8 convertibles aren't all that bad looking. Not beautiful, but not bad. Which is why I specifically mentioned the coupe as being ugly. No two-seater sports coupe should have fixed upper door frames unless they're aircraft style (like on a classic StingRay).
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    Image of tonyola tonyola
    11/29/09

    @HiramJahoovafat: It was probably a desperation move to try to perk up sales - it was hard to get people to put money on such an awkward-looking car, especially since it followed the handsome, racy-looking Djet.
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    Image of FTGDWolverineEdition'09 FTGDWolverineEdition'09
    11/29/09

    In reply to Can You Identify This Mystery Car?
    Apparently I spend way too less time obsessing over off-brand European machinery. Shame on me.
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    11/29/09

    In reply to Can You Identify This Mystery Car?
    What a shockingly misshapen lump. The yellow doesn't help at all. Naturally, 'Matra M530' was right there on the tip of my tongue... but the Bosch wiper blades threw me.
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    Image of P161911 probably shoudn't have P161911 probably shoudn't have
    03/16/09

    In reply to Mystery Nightmare Car Plus Bonus NHRA Pace Car Firebird Down On The Spanish Dirt Lot
    For everyone that suggested the Dunham/C3 Vette abomination as a LeMons car, it would actually be perfect. Under the horrible skin is a chevy small block, IRS, and 4 wheel disc brakes. This is the same chassis as the great 60s and 70s LeMAns racers. A little bit of engine tuning, a brake and suspension upgrade and you would have a force to be reckoned with at LeMons (and probably a few hundred penalty laps). You would need to take a sledgehammer to that body work too.
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    Image of Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est
    03/15/09

    In reply to Mystery Nightmare Car Plus Bonus NHRA Pace Car Firebird Down On The Spanish Dirt Lot
    He got the "FUN4TO" plate because "ABOMINATION4TO" wouldn't fit.
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