PEGASO
Pegaso was a Spanish marque of the nineteen fifties who tried to emulate and beat Ferrari. They failed after seven years between 1951 and 1958 but left a beautiful legacy of eight four cars. Quite a number of them were exhibited at Retro Mobile this year.
Pegaso Z 102 Touring Super Leggera Spider Le Mans 1953 |
Pegaso Z 102 Spider Le Mans |
Note the exhaust pipes that look like the rear bumpers on this Pegaso |
1968 Porsche 908/2 |
1968 2 litre Alfa Romeo T33/2 Daytona Coupe that finished 4th, 5th and 6th at Le Mans. The Autodelta No.39 car finished fourth driven by Ignazio Giunti and Nanni Galli and won the two litre class. |
1971 Porsche 917 as driven at Le Mans by Vic Elford |
1990 IMSA Jaguar XJR12 IMSA as driven by Jan Lammers and Andy Wallace |
Porsche Carrera 6 |
1971/2 3 litre Alfa Romeo T33 TT |
Porsche 936 in the colours that it won the Le Mans 24 hours in 1977 driven by Ickx, Barth and Haywood |
Ford GT 40 |
Rare Jaguar XKSS |
1938 Mercedes 540K Stromlinienwagen |
The 1955 Alpine A106 that started the Alpine Renault story. Alpine Renault is 60 years old this year. The car was based on the Renault 4CV and was built by a Dieppe based Renault dealer. |
Bugatti Royale - you really appreciate the 21 foot length of this car when you see it in the flesh |
1930 Bentley Speed Six |
1955 Alfa Romeo Guilietta Spyder Bertone |
1931 Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 GS Zagato / Aprile |
Around the World for charity in a 1915 Model T Ford |
Petrol Pump Americana |
Early fifties Skoda 966 Supersport. I seem to remember from the Briggs Cunningham photos that there was a Skoda sports car at the 1950 Le Mans 24 hours. |
1959 Porsche 718 RS |
SOMETHING NEW
New Renault Alpine Vision GT concept car designed for a computer game Gran Tourismo 6 |
New Alpine concept car |
1959 DB Panhard HBR5 Coupé |
Shelby Daytona Cobra |
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http://en.retromobile.com/
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