Panhard CD
Charles Deutsch (of Deutsch et Bonnet) disagreed with Renee Bonnet's plan to swap to Renault engines, and also disagreed on going to rear wheel drive from front wheel drive and so the partnership ended with the D-B HBR5. Panhard then asked Deutsch to build a new car for the 24 heures du Mans 1962, and it is likely that a design to replace the HBR5 was worked up to become that car. Deutsch designed the car with Lucien Romani and Marcel Hubert. Of four cars entered at Le Mans 1962 only one finished and achieved 16th overall and won the Index of Performance. This car then formed the basis of the Panhard CD which used a fibreglass body. The Panhard CD was sold in two versions, the GT with 50bhp 848cc Panhard engine, and the more powerful Rallye with 60bhp twin carb engine. 179 Panhard CD were sold from 1963 to July 1965.
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Panhard CD Rallye 1965 - badge on front wing
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Panhard CD Rallye 1965 - badge on bonnet
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Panhard CD Rallye 1965. The Panhard CD was sold in two versions, the CD GT and the CD Rallye. Both used the Panhard PL17 848cc flat twin engine, but the Gt had 50bhp and the Rallye 60 bhp.
Panhard CD Rallye 1965 front
Panhard CD Rallye 1965 front
Panhard CD Rallye 1965. Developed by Charles Deutsch for Panhard, the CD was built with a fibreglass body around Panhard PL17 components.
Panhard CD Rallye 1965 rear
Panhard CD Rallye 1965 rear
Panhard CD Rallye 1965. Although the 'CD' in the name likely stands for Charles Deutsch (of Deutsch et Bonnet), the teardrop design had a drag coefficient of 0.22.
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s Panhard CD Rallye 1965 side
Panhard CD Rallye 1965. Charles Deutsch (of Deutsch et Bonnet) developed the CD Rallye from his design for the CD Dyna Le Mans car. This was designed with aerodynamicist Lucien Romani and Marcel Hubert for the 1962 24 heures du Mans. The production Panhard CD achieved a drag coefficient of 0.22.
Panhard PL17 L7 1963 Tigre front
Panhard PL17 L7 1963 Tigre front
Panhard PL17
 1963 Tigre. Introduced in 1959 the PL17 replaced the Dyna Z and originally had an 851cc flat twin air-cooled engine, but in 1963 a newer 848cc engine offered 50bhp (or 60bhp for this 'Tigre' version). For 1963 the L6 model got modest restyling, with the front indicators fitted to the side of the headlamps, and an extended roofline.
D-B HBR5 1959 front
D-B HBR5 1959 front
Deutsch et Bonnet (D-B) HBR5 1959.
Volkswagen Karmann-Ghia 1965 1500 S front
Volkswagen Karmann-Ghia 1965 1500 S front
Click here to go to an album on: Volkswagen Karmann-Ghia 1500 S 1965. Intended to replace the long-running Beetle-based Karmann-Ghia (it didn't!), the Type 34 Karmann-Ghia was built on a Type 3 VW platform and powered by the flatter Boxer-four 1500 or 1600cc engine. Engineer Sergio Sartorelli designed the Type 34, but it only sold from 1962 to 1969 and was outlived by the Type 14 which sold until 1974
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