{"id":10809,"date":"2026-06-05T09:33:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T07:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grandmeeting.de\/news\/the-1947-alamagny-microcar-prototype-is-coming\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T14:52:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T12:52:10","slug":"the-1947-alamagny-microcar-prototype-is-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grandmeeting.de\/en\/news\/the-1947-alamagny-microcar-prototype-is-coming\/","title":{"rendered":"The 1947 ALAMAGNY microcar prototype is coming"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;4&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; content_parallax=&#8221;0&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;522186&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_custom_heading uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;163747&#8243;]The extraordinary Alamagny prototype[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;466890&#8243;]In 1947, the French engineer Marcel Alamagny (who also worked as a designer for Renault &#038; Gordini) unveiled the prototype of a small car with room for four people. Marcel Alamagny drew his inspiration from an idea dating back to 1934, which had been sketched by Gabriel Voisin. Voisin was an aircraft designer and became known from 1919 onwards for his Art Deco-inspired saloon cars.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;163154&#8243;]Work on the Alamagny, designed by Marcel Alamagny, began in 1946 at the \u201cBureau d\u2019Etudes des Prototypes de Saint-Cloud\u201d, near Paris (Boulogne-Billancourt). Only one prototype was ever built. The completely symmetrical car sits on a central axle in the middle of the vehicle \u2013 a single wheel steers at the front, whilst another single wheel at the rear provides the necessary stability. This was called the \u2018Diamond-Wheel-Formation\u2019.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image media=&#8221;10804&#8243; media_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;313345&#8243;][vc_single_image media=&#8221;10805&#8243; media_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;313345&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;4&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; content_parallax=&#8221;0&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;758495&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image media=&#8221;10806&#8243; media_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;313345&#8243;][vc_single_image media=&#8221;10807&#8243; media_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;313345&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_custom_heading uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;801765&#8243;]It is powered by a 4-cylinder Simca 569cc engine[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;124356&#8243;]The identical \u2018clamshell\u2019 aluminium body halves open in such a way that passengers can enter at both the front and the rear, with those in the rear seats also facing backwards. The car \u2013 which had no doors and in which passengers sat back-to-back \u2013 was officially unveiled at the 1948 Paris Motor Show.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;124356&#8243;]This unique prototype will take to the circuit at the 2026 Grand Meeting as part of a special \u2018Racing Legends\u2019 race. It will be the only time the car is ever seen in Germany. After the Grand Meeting, it will be shipped via the port of Rotterdam (NL) to a museum collection in the USA.[\/vc_column_text][vc_button button_color=&#8221;accent&#8221; border_width=&#8221;0&#8243; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fclassic-days.shop%2Fde%2Ftickets%2F19.html%23day73|title:Get%20your%20tickets%20for%20this%20once-in-a-lifetime%20premiere%21|target:_blank|&#8221; button_color_type=&#8221;uncode-palette&#8221; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;835640&#8243;]Get your tickets for this once-in-a-lifetime premiere![\/vc_button][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who has ever heard of the unique \u2018Alamagny\u2019 car? 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