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Detroit, 7:30 AM
Wed Nov 25
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09/16/09
The fact that all those spares are included should assuage all but the deepest PCH fears. Nice price.
09/16/09
"where else am I supposed to rest my hand between shifts?!?"
Nice price.
09/16/09
This one is a bit of a toughie. Pro: very rare in US (never officially imported), sporty, no-rust body, three seats, good condition, some spare parts. Con: it's French, it's a Simca underneath, three seats, slower than it looks, spare parts not provided by the seller will be very hard to get.
I'd have to conclude Crack Pipe, but not by much. If it was a later Matra Murena with its sleeker looks, I'd be much more tempted.
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09/16/09
It's kind of cool, and I wouldn't mind driving one, anemic as it may be, but $10k is a bit steep. This isn't the nicest I've seen, but it is the most expensive. About a year ago, someone was selling one for about $8k that was in much better shape, but sans the garage full of spares.
Better run through the jungle, 'cause this here's crack.
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[www.rootes-chrysler.co.uk]
09/16/09
Plus, I can guarantee that none of the countless tow truck drivers you'll be riding with in the future will have ever seen one of these, so you'll have lots of opportunities to gush about it to strangers.
09/16/09
AND, if the Simca lump in this Bagheera doesn't make you purr, you can always turn your Matra into a Maztra.
[jalopnik.com]
09/16/09
The spare parts shown are a good start...but where is the extra gear-shift lever for when the spindly one installed breaks off in your hand?
09/16/09
So which side do I land? Pluses: French, 3 abreast seating, obscure, different, uncommon, sporty (is that even really a word to use?), and fairly ungainly to look at.
Minuses: French (No Parts readily available), Uncommon, obscure, and the possibility of stranding you everywhere.
Barely Nice Price, at the starting bid. A little crackish near $10,000.
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09/16/09
Cragislist WTF of the day. These words were found in two SEPARATE adds advertising the sale of a Nissan quest:
[houston.craigslist.org]
" European minivan design was conceived in the late 1970s by the Rootes Group in partnership with the French automaker Matra (which was also affiliated with Simca, the former French subsidiary of the Chrysler Corporation, sold in 1977 to the PSA Group). The Matra design was originally intended to be sold as a Talbot and be a replac"
[lasvegas.craigslist.org]
"cent for the Talbot-Matra Rancho. Early prototypes were designed to use Simca parts and a grille like the Simca 1307. Matra took their idea to Peugeot, who thought it too expensive and risky, so the project was then presented to Renault, becoming the Renault Espace introduced in 1984. The Renault had traditional hinged car doors on both sides. Chrysler had also been"
09/16/09
The car looks like a piece of garbage but you have to give it rarity points.
PS I'm going to go back in time 10 minutes to before I knew this car existed, and name my car "Bagheera."