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That's fascinating, thank you. It was the mid-engined first that piqued my interest due to our cars. I have no idea how the choice was made, except it was by 'Rover Special Projects' - does anyone know the full story?

Nice design details and a glimpse of engine...

The Matra-Bonnet Djet coupé – was the world’s first production, mid-engined sports car.
The car was named "Djet" because Bonnet thought the French would not pronounce the word "jet" correctly.
The French government gave one to Yuri Gagarin - a dream car for the average Russian at the time.
The Djet was designed by Jacques Hubert for René Bonnet in 1961, a small coupé with steel backbone chassis and glass fibre bodywork.
The body consisted of a number of individual panels, rather than a single moulding and had the advantage of much easier repair.
The drag coefficient of 0.27, low even by today's standards, gave the car the potential for high top speeds from a relatively small engine.
The power unit was the 1108 cc Renault 8 unit, but turned through 180 degrees to give a mid-engined configuration. The car had independent suspension all round with coil springs and wishbones. The ultimate engine gave it a top speed of 200kph, and only 1493 examples were produced.
Unlike the F/TF the 'Jet' was only produced as a coupe, although sometimes with a rather neat sun roof...

Always interesting to hear from someone with practical experience...

I had a tab break on one of the Luggage Carrier feet, and as a result lost it. It's an odd request, but if anyone has a spare foot, please let me know?! (there are four standard).

Honestly, where's all the real expertise gone these days? Why did no one tell that the rear arm-rest opens? This morning
I carried out a full search in the front compartment and only then did it occur to me the rear arm rest had a funny tab
on the top, and when I pulled at it, it opened (I might do a full how-to on this one), and there was the attached - even a funny
key, called Ronis, and with a number on it, so I might invest in a second key for Xmas? Problem solved!

I must be an eternal optimist, but my pal Adam found one - if anyone knows of one or has one hanging around, please PM me.