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1999 HOMMELL VAILLANTE «GRAND DÉFI»
The item was sold for 56 400 €
Fees include commission and taxes.
1999 HOMMELL VAILLANTE «GRAND DÉFI»
One of the 16 Vaillantes ever built
Registered race car
Reliable and efficient mechanics
French registration
Chassis number : VF9BERLHD6A519038
Sold without technical control
Michel Hommell, press owner and founder of Echappement magazine has had a thousand lives. Former Gordini Cup driver, wise collector, creator of the Lohéac Museum, "importer" of Rallycross in France, he was also a car manufacturer... Indeed, following an Echappement survey published in 1989 ("Berlinette of the 1990s: Imagine it") and which was to be used to define the ideal sports car, he decided, on the strength of this targeted specification, to create his own sports car, a berlinette which would logically be named Echappement. Gilles Dupré, the magazine's editor-in-chief, was in charge of the technical side of things, and Eric de Pauw, the stylist, was in charge of the design. In December 1991, a 1/5th scale model was validated by Michel Hommell, and a first prototype was presented at the 1992 Paris Motor Show. Mechanically, the components were taken from large-scale production, in particular from PSA. The 2.0-liter 16-valve, DOHC, 4-cylinder engine with 155 hp (located in the rear midsection) and the 6-speed gearbox were derived from the Peugeot 306 S16. The suspension, with double wishbones, and the ventilated disc brakes are those of an authentic racing car. The performance is up to expectations, with a top speed of 222 km/h and a standing start kilometre in just over 28 seconds. It must be said that the whole thing weighs less than a ton (980 kg!) on the scales... At the end of the Show, ten orders were registered, and two other prototypes were built for the crash test and the final homologation. Between 1994 and 1998, sixty-nine Hommell berlinettes were produced in the former Bridel factory in Lohéac, which was bought and fitted out for the occasion. Between 1995 and 1999, fifty-two barquettes also leave the factory. Eighty-six RS and RS2 saloons were also built and a final prototype saloon completed the Breton adventure in 2003. In the meantime, at the 1999 Paris Motor Show, for the 40th birthday of the famous cartoon driver-builder Michel Vailant, Christophe Collaro (Stéphane's brother), for a long time organizer of car races reserved for the stars, presents the Vaillante Grand Défi. He bought the last sixteen RS barquettes from Michel Hommell, and had them transformed into Vaillante berlinettes by Philippe-Charles Toussaint, a great fan of the comic book hero, based on a drawing by Jean Graton, all produced by the AC3 company, from Nice. Each of the sixteen cars was painted in the colours of a different sponsor, and entered in the 3Com Stars Challenge in 2000, allocated by drawing lots to a different celebrity for each race. The Hommell Vaillante Grand Défi chassis #519 038 was driven successively by Marie Fugain, Alexandre Debanne, Jean-Marie Bigard, Caroline Barclay and Stéphane Collaro. With its blue/white/red livery (and at the time "stickered" with the Olla magazine colours), it was one of the most noticed cars of the cup. Bought by its current owner in 2011, it has only been driven a few times since the end of its sporting career but was revised in 2017. After having passed the technical control, it will only ask to join the circuits by the road. Because yes, the Vaillante Grand Défi is registered, like all Hommell cars!
One of the 16 Vaillantes ever built
Registered race car
Reliable and efficient mechanics
French registration
Chassis number : VF9BERLHD6A519038
Sold without technical control
Michel Hommell, press owner and founder of Echappement magazine has had a thousand lives. Former Gordini Cup driver, wise collector, creator of the Lohéac Museum, "importer" of Rallycross in France, he was also a car manufacturer... Indeed, following an Echappement survey published in 1989 ("Berlinette of the 1990s: Imagine it") and which was to be used to define the ideal sports car, he decided, on the strength of this targeted specification, to create his own sports car, a berlinette which would logically be named Echappement. Gilles Dupré, the magazine's editor-in-chief, was in charge of the technical side of things, and Eric de Pauw, the stylist, was in charge of the design. In December 1991, a 1/5th scale model was validated by Michel Hommell, and a first prototype was presented at the 1992 Paris Motor Show. Mechanically, the components were taken from large-scale production, in particular from PSA. The 2.0-liter 16-valve, DOHC, 4-cylinder engine with 155 hp (located in the rear midsection) and the 6-speed gearbox were derived from the Peugeot 306 S16. The suspension, with double wishbones, and the ventilated disc brakes are those of an authentic racing car. The performance is up to expectations, with a top speed of 222 km/h and a standing start kilometre in just over 28 seconds. It must be said that the whole thing weighs less than a ton (980 kg!) on the scales... At the end of the Show, ten orders were registered, and two other prototypes were built for the crash test and the final homologation. Between 1994 and 1998, sixty-nine Hommell berlinettes were produced in the former Bridel factory in Lohéac, which was bought and fitted out for the occasion. Between 1995 and 1999, fifty-two barquettes also leave the factory. Eighty-six RS and RS2 saloons were also built and a final prototype saloon completed the Breton adventure in 2003. In the meantime, at the 1999 Paris Motor Show, for the 40th birthday of the famous cartoon driver-builder Michel Vailant, Christophe Collaro (Stéphane's brother), for a long time organizer of car races reserved for the stars, presents the Vaillante Grand Défi. He bought the last sixteen RS barquettes from Michel Hommell, and had them transformed into Vaillante berlinettes by Philippe-Charles Toussaint, a great fan of the comic book hero, based on a drawing by Jean Graton, all produced by the AC3 company, from Nice. Each of the sixteen cars was painted in the colours of a different sponsor, and entered in the 3Com Stars Challenge in 2000, allocated by drawing lots to a different celebrity for each race. The Hommell Vaillante Grand Défi chassis #519 038 was driven successively by Marie Fugain, Alexandre Debanne, Jean-Marie Bigard, Caroline Barclay and Stéphane Collaro. With its blue/white/red livery (and at the time "stickered" with the Olla magazine colours), it was one of the most noticed cars of the cup. Bought by its current owner in 2011, it has only been driven a few times since the end of its sporting career but was revised in 2017. After having passed the technical control, it will only ask to join the circuits by the road. Because yes, the Vaillante Grand Défi is registered, like all Hommell cars!