Traversée de Paris Hivernale, 2020

A Simca Aronde passes La Conciergerie, Paris.

It is early January in Paris and for car fans that can only mean the annual Traversée de Paris Hivernale.  About 700 classic vehicles, of over 30 years old, take to the street of Paris on a Sunday morning and pass many of the famous sights of this beautiful city.  This year they took in all 20 arrondissements of what the locals call the escargot or snail. Thus, I took the opportunity to renew my acquaintance with a couple of places that I hadn't been to in a while.  It was a time to see some favourite cars but also discover some cars I had never seen before.  All in all a pleasant Sunday morning watching cars go by!  My snapshots of the event are below:

Some rare or unusual cars

A rare DB Le Mans in the place des Vosges.

Citroen 2CVs may be common but the DF variant by Jean Dagonet is not!

My favourite car of the day was this sixties Maserati Mistral 4000 Coupé.

It is not everyday that you see a Ferrari engined Fiat Dino 2400 Coupé.

An Excalibur.

Some old Peugeots

Vintage Peugeot.

Peugeot 301 from the nineteen thirties.

A Peugeot 203 from the post WWII period.  Notre Dame is in the background.

Peugeot 204 Taxi from the late sixties to early seventies.

British Sports Cars

A nineteen fifties Jaguar XK140.

Triumph TR3

Another jaguar XK140.

Austin Healey 3000 with Triumph alongside.

Jaguar E-Type

An Austin Healey turning into Place des Vosges.

An MG A

Another MG A.

Lotus Turbo.

Americana

Chevrolet Corvette.

Lincoln Continental.

A Cadillac flying the flag.

Other stars of the show

Renault Caravelle or Floride as it was known outside France.

A DB driving through the Marais.

Porsche 911

Alfa Romeo.

Fiat X1/9

Porsche 356

Citroen 2CV

Ferrari Testarossa.

Volvo P1800 ES passing La Conciergerie

Alfa Romeo Spider

Panhard 24

John Etherton asserts his copyright to all of the photos on this blogpost.  However, you may post the photos elsewhere on the web as long as you credit the photographer, John Etherton, and this blog post, Rouenlesafx@blogspot.com and provide a link to this page.

John Etherton affirme son droit d'auteur à l'ensemble des photos sur ce billet de blog. Cependant, vous pouvez poster des photos ailleurs sur le web aussi longtemps que vous créditez le photographe, John Etherton, et ce blog, Rouenlesafx@blogspot.com et fournissez un lien vers cette page.

Citroën traction Avant with Notre Dame in the background.