About puzzle #182: Zagato Renault 5CV

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We received just three (3) replies to last week’s puzzle, which puzzled us. Simply as we think this car cannot be mistaken as a Zagato design. Fritz Hegemann saw it, but still had it wrong. He wrote: “Gosh, this car is completely unknown to me... I just have to guess and to tell a story around it. Let's go: This car is a Zagato double-bubble-coupe based on an early OSCA MT4. The Maserati-brothers founded Officine Specializzata Costruzioni Automobili in 1947 and sold 77 bodies between 1949 and 1956. All built-in engines had an aluminium block and were 4-cylinder in-line engines, over the years increased bore and stroke from 1090cc up to 1492cc. The four-speed transmission also was a self-construction. The bodies were built by Italian body-makers, mostly in Barchetta form. The light and agile MT4 was one of the most successful sports cars of its time. Hope the idea was not too weird!

It’s definitely not bad Fritz! And Fritz was not the only one believing it was an OSCA. But still, it was no OSCA.

Our ultra puzzler Gerd Klioba knew that. He wrote: “This is the Renault 4CV Grand Tourisme bodied by Zagato, as it appeared on the cover of Autosport on March 2, 1956, registered 239 DT 38. It was driven by Jean-Claude Galtier, who won the 750cc class of the 1955 Mille Miglia in the Renault 4 CV Rédélé Special. But in 1956 he didn't drive the Zagato coupe at the Mille Miglia, but an Alpine A106.” That’s all fine. Or just about. Remarkably, Zagato itself lists the car as the 5CV, but we do not know more than just that. Any more information on the car is still more than welcome! Oh! And also about the (even prettier?) Dauphine they built..! 


 

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