CLASSICS STEAL SHOW

October’s Paris Motor Show filled a hall with around 60 classic road and competition cars under the theme ‘Routes Mythiques,’ with an emphasis on French fare.

Highlights included the 1899 La Jamais Contente electric speed record car, the 1954 gas-turbine Renault Étoile Filante (above), the 1978 Le Mans-winning Alpinerenault A442B, the 1988 Pikes Peak Peugeot 405 T16 Coupé, plus the unlikely 1981 Paris-dakar Rolls-royce Corniche coupé.

Roadgoing classics included a rare Argentinian Ika-renault Torino coupé and a 1950s Simca Vedette towing a CMC caravan.