The Marque CG at Sancerre

I had seen a CG climb the hill in the Course de Cotes de Sancerre the previous week, and on Saturday 7th June 2014, the CG club made a visit to Sancerre.

Pascal Simonot in his CG Simca at the Course de Cote de Sancerre 2014

CG is a French Marque that existed from 1966 to 1974. They produced sports cars using components from Simca production cars and their own fibreglass bodies.  In fact CG started as a body work shop named Chappes Freres et Gessalin; amongst other things they did the body work for racing driver Charles Pozzi's Talbot and Delehaye.  They also worked with Bonnet, Panhard and Alpine.   In 1966 they decided to launch their own marque.

The CG that particular took my eye was this spider parked outside the Hotel Panoramique in Sancerre.

CG Simca Spider

CG Simca Spider

Driver's eye view of the controls of CG Simca

There were a number of models of the CG Simca, the CG 1000, the CG1200S and the CG1300.  Most had Coupe and Spider versions.  the marque really took off after it gained extra power with use of the Simca 1200S Bertone components.  

The Simca 1200S Bertone was a pretty car in its own right.  Seen earlier this year in Sancerre.

Below see some other pictures of CGs seen in their "concentration" in Sancerre.

A CG modified for competition use

No problems seeing using night rallies

CGs come in many colours

CG Spider with its hood up

Thanks to CG Amicale for bringing their nice cars to Sancerre

Not a car you see much outside of France