1980 TALBOT-MATRA RANCHO
- Registration: French
- Serial number : 557216
- Engine: 4 cylinders 1442 cm³ (Simca base)
- Color : Brown (the model's emblematic color)
- The very first popular SUV in history.
- A prophetic vision: the look of adventure, the intelligence of design.
- Beautiful condition, a true piece of French industrial design.
It's not often that a car can lay claim to an entire segment of the global market.

Yet such is the case with the Rancho.

Long before the Toyota RAV4 or the Nissan Qashqai, Matra invented the concept of the affordable family leisure vehicle.
In 1980, when the 4x4 was still rustic or elitist (Range Rover), Philippe Guédon, Matra's visionary boss, proposed a genius alternative.

Based on the observation that motorists dreamed of escapism and "adventurous" style without the need for complex and costly all-wheel drive, he created the Rancho.
The recipe was brilliant: on a Simca 1100 base, Matra grafted a cubic polyester rear module offering immense loa...