Something old is new again

Deutsch Bonnet built small displacement race cars which were rather successful from 1938 through 1962, when Deutsch and Bonnet split, and formed 2 seperate companies: CD (Charles Deutsch) and RB (Rene Bonnet)

The first DB 2 cars had Citroen motors, and the later cars used Panhard motors. Rene Bonnet cars used Renault motors. What is interesting is the shapes of the first DB 2 cars. In the following photo, note how close the shape of the nose of the coupe resembles that of a current F1 car!

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Here is what the DB2 coupe looked like after it was painted and compleated (1939)

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