{"id":492418,"date":"2012-06-01T20:00:41","date_gmt":"2012-06-02T03:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=27808"},"modified":"2024-09-05T21:55:40","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T21:55:40","slug":"grand-grand-tourer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/grand-grand-tourer\/","title":{"rendered":"The Grand Grand Tourer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Delahaye, for those who recognize the name, conjures up a mixed vision of large and long French Grand Prix, sports and touring cars of the late 1930s and a variety of extraordinary coach-built luxury machines constructed in the post-war decade of the late 1940s through the middle of the 1950s.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_539264\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-539264\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/ROADpro201206-p2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-539264\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/ROADpro201206-p2.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Mike Jiggle\" width=\"1080\" height=\"723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/ROADpro201206-p2.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/ROADpro201206-p2-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/ROADpro201206-p2-1024x686.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/ROADpro201206-p2-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/ROADpro201206-p2-770x515.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/ROADpro201206-p2-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/ROADpro201206-p2-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/ROADpro201206-p2-293x196.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-539264\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Mike Jiggle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When we recently took three Delahayes to the British Classic Motor Show in November, I was struck by the number of people who came along and said, \u201cWhere have these Delahayes been hiding?\u201d I was equally impressed by the numbers of those who had never heard of the French company&#8230;but nevertheless thought these were beautiful machines.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? 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