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La Dauphine 59 fait 100 km avec 5,9 LITRES
The 59 Dauphine with 5.9 liters they come 100 km far.
This is how Renault advertised the Dauphine in the 60s. Renault Dauphine (= the heiress to the throne) was built for 12 years from 1956-1968 and was a best seller in France with over 2.1 million cars sold!
And it was used very numerously and especially successfully in motorsport and still is today, but here the Dauphine Gordini looking the same and with a slightly stronger engine. The Renault Dauphine Gordini won the Rallye Monte-Carlo and the Tour de Corse in 1958.
I have been practicing vintage car photography for more than 35 years and here I mainly photograph normal everyday vehicles which were still on the road en masse over 30 years ago. But also cars with extraordinary, beautiful design. From time to time I take pictures of cars, .. Read more…