The weird and wonderful of Rétromobile

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By now you won’t have missed that Rétromobile is near. With French oddities and delicacies like we’re used from the Paris show.

Let us have a little look on what auctioneers Artcurial has on offer during the weekend. The French based auction house has come up during the last few years with a remarkable supply of classics, many of them dipped into a flavouish French sauce. Also this time. Citroëns, Delahayes, Facel Vegas, De Dion Boutons and Talbot Lagos aplenty. And then there are the French oddballs.

We like this DS Coupe, based on a cabriolet (!) and built by Chapron for the 1962 Geneva show. On the other side of the spectrum there’s an ex-Jean Ragnotti Alpine, entered in the Monte Carlo and an ex-works R5 Group 4 rally car driven by the same man and supposed to make half a million euros (a Renault 5!). But it also contains this weird Breguet electric vehicle or this New Map Solyto three-wheeler, estimated to make exactly a thousand times as little as the Pininfarina Ferrari that will also come under the hammer… Clearly an auction for every taste.

(Words Jeroen Booij, pictures courtesy Artcurial Motorcars) 

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