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3 unusual facts about Matra Djet


Matra Djet

Matra also provided the factory where the Djets were built, in Romorantin.

It was considered a great opportunity by Matra's CEO, Jean-Luc Lagardère, to expand Matra's business to the automobile market.

During his 1965 tour to France, Yuri Gagarin was presented with a Matra Bonnet Djet V S coupé by the French government, the car was later photographed wearing Soviet license plates.



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