Fully restored for more than 77 000 €

Many times entered at Tour Auto, Le Mans Classic, and Monte-Carlo Historic

Displayed at the Le Mans 24H in 2014



French historic registration title

Châssis n° 1027



The two car enthusiasts René Bonnet and Charles Deutsch come at the 1954 Paris Motor Show with the fruit of their research, a French berlinette, the DB HBR5 Coach, which follows on from an aluminium prototype presented the previous year.

This little car was a real revolution with a central frame-beam, its fibreglass bodywork and a two-cylinder engine developing 50 horsepower, originally from Panhard.

The result is surprising with a car weighing only slightly more than 600 kilograms and capable of surprising performances that will allow it to regularly appear at the top of the rankings in its class or on the performance index.

Comparable in its approach to a Lotus Elite, or the ancestor of the Alpine A110, this car has an important place in the history of French racing cars.

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