Unknown Cars #5 : Matra Djet
Unknown Rating : 9/10

The car was named Djet, because Bonnet thought the French could not pronounce the word jet correctly. It was powered by a 65 PS (48 kW) 1,108 cc Renault 8 mid-engine mated to a Renault Estafette gearbox, giving a top speed of 165 km/h (103 mph) or, in the Djet III with an uprated Gordini engine, 190 km/h (118 mph).Its considered as a sports car,The Matra Djet was priced at 20,000 francs at launch, the same at the time as the much larger and more luxurious Facel-Vega Facellia. Bonnet believed that the competition record of the Djet and his company would be enough to convince the public to purchase the Djet, but such was not the case.