Deutsch-Bonnet Panhard – Car Profile

By Greg Wing

1955 DB-Panhard at Thompson, CT - SCCA Nationals in 1959What is it about things being small and going unnoticed? The three French team Deutsch-Bonnet Panhards that ran at the infamous 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans qualify! These small displacement (750cc) racecars become ever more amazing the more one learns about them. The Marques’s namesake comes from the company’s French founders/drivers, Charles Deutsch and Rene Bonnet. Add the engine they fitted to their unique racecar from French auto maker Panhard and you get DB-Panhard. The French say, “Day-Bay”.

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