Matra Sports Cars

Ed McDonough was born in the USA but has lived in the UK and France for many years. He has raced saloons, sports cars and single seaters from the late 1950s, and took part in the World Championship Sports car Races in the 1970s at a time when the Alfa Romeo Tipo 33s were competing. He was UK Chairman of the Alfa Romeo Owners Club for 10 years, and was European Editor of Vintage Racecar Journal, as well as contributing to Autocollezioni , Auto Italia, Porsche Post and other journals. Ed still competes in historic races and is Track Tester for online motoring magazine Retro-Speed, specialising in some of the rarest and most exotic historic racing cars.

"There's an excellent spread of historic shots in this compact softback, while pull-out boxes on key Matra staff liven up the layout." - Classic & Sports Car"If only books could reproduce the noise some cars made ... The first English book to cover these cars in detail is a great read." - Motor Sport"It's a good read and there are some wonderful images, too. A good introduction to a compelling subject." - Octane"For fellow sports car anoraks like myself and to those with memories of the sonorous, and totally unique toned, Matra V12 engines this is the book for you as you're unlikely to find similar content elsewhere." - Speedscene "Well-illustrated and an interesting look at a marque that hasn't has a lot of English language books devoted to it." - TACCOC