P G O Speedster?

Wondering it anyone knows of, or has seen a PGO Speedster replica here in the US ?
I like the overall unique design of the Speedster II interior, body and lighting.

Alan M.

See: www.pgo.fr/

I like it. A good mix of the 'old' and the 'modern'. Too bad the articles are not in English. Check out their facility's floor space!
Ron

Caught my eye! I would like to see one up close so to speak...You can click on the "english" verion at www.pgo.fr/

I did, but the magazine articles are all in French...go figure.
Ron

Hot car. Porsche could take that one into production today and sell a bunch.

WOW, if they build cars the way they have their website, I got to wonder if they are really any good.. that is the most useless annoying website I have been to in a long time. The pictures are nice, but the information is so general as to be almost useless and you kind of have to stumble around to find anything. How about some pricing? I think this is something a lot of people do that is silly, not putting a price on anything is just bad communication. At a minimum they should have some example configurations and pricing.

Personally I would NEVER buy ANY car made in France (Peugot, Renault, Citroen...)

Although I'm not sure, I'd bet the PGO Speedster does not meet DOT standards and cannot be legally imported...yet.

Remember the cartoon series POGO by Walt Kelly? Maybe that is France's attempt to be funny. Wrong schmoo breath!

Maybe down the road Specialty Autoworks will modify their Subie speedster. PGO has the original and the PGO II. Maybe one day Specialty will do that too.
The web site didn't surprise me (that it was poorly done)...they are French, you know.
Also, You've got to wonder how close the price would be to a Lotus Elise.
Ron

Ron:

"they are French, you know".

I guess you B.C. guys aren't into 'Official Bilingualism', then?

I'll have get the Minister of Official Languages after you.

Au revoir.... or whatever.

It was the French who came up with Parlay after all....

Alan,

If you are considering importing there is an article with tips in the January 2004 Kit Car Magazine (page 26). I've always had an eye on the Foreman Ferrari P4 Canam (www.nfauto.co.uk/p4cangwd.htm) but importing and dealing across "the pond" always made me hesitate.

Ron, "French says you, Latin based says I". Eddie

They are also the inventors of Mayonnaise....

Mayonaise? Isnt he that famous French Painter?

Oh no, here come the French jokes.....
Ron

The correct reply is "I like Mayonnaise"... haven't you guys seen Pirates of the Caribbean? Illiterates!

I found a price on the Speedster II on the 356 registry...It lists it for around $29K, fully loaded. I do not know how recent that pricing was though.

Ron:

How dare you call me illiterate? I know who my parents were!

Now read this.

www.356registry.org/Articles/PGO-Paris/

www.allsportauto.com/english/modules.php?name=Sportphoto&zl_idMD=707

DS

I could be wrong here, but I am almost positive that PGO was buying and assembling kits from Vintage. Which would mean that perhaps Kirk could do some buying of the Speedster II. I will hopefully be down in the LA area in the next couple of weeks. I will be sure to ask Kirk, so my facts are straight.
-=theron

Thron let me know via E-mail when you will be in-town. Your choice of beverage is on me.

Theron,

Hope you are going down to order a new Speedster!
See if you could get Kirk to bring a car or two to Knotts. We will have Henry from IM and John Steele from JPS there. It would be nice to get a convention of these guys. We will be having an informal Q&A session and sure would like to see Kirk represented as many of his cars will be on the show field. Knotts is shaping up very nicely and John and I will be making some announcements later this week I believe.

Bruce

Geesh ....All I did was "ask"....... and we went to Renault, Peugot and the like !

David for the link!

Theron, it would be interesting if, Kirk did come up with a version similar to the PGO.

Thanks for the responses ....

I'm off to get a quarter pounder w/ "American" cheese and "Freedom Fries"

..............Alan M.

Ron, the one sad thing about the french is their obesession with raisens, humiliated grapes really. Eddie

I have to admit, this is one beautiful looking speedster. A nice mix of the old and new....but French running gear?
Ron

lol, nice touche guys.... I know who my parents are.... that's funny!

My interest is in a PGO unpainted body, lighting and partial interior only ,then add a Mr Raby T-4 to boot.....

Air cooled motors were suppose to simplify things. Instead, air cooled motors have just made owning them more complicated. When it's cold out you worry about them getting 'up to temperature'. when it's too hot out you worry about them 'overheating'. We are constantly watching our oil temperature and head temperature and oil pressure and we worry about external coolers and better shroud/fan systems. I never worry about my Ranger pickup. Hot, cold, traffic jam, high speed or heavy load. I just drive it. That being said, I still like my air cooled flat four...go figure.
Ron

Ron, great observation! Eddie

Ron:

I drove my '66 Ghia in hot summers, freezing winters and everything in between, and never ever even thought about how warm/cold the engine was. Maybe it was because I was younger and not as aware; maybe it was because I didn't give a hoot; or maybe I just didn't know any better.

However, that Ghia never failed me. Maybe we just have so much dough sunk into our replicas that we worry about everything. Maybe we should just drive the damn things....

I still have the Ghia, and it's my next restoration project.

Bob
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Bob, I put 60,000 miles on my 1970 beetle, while going to university, and I never worried about heat, traffic, cold etc, either. And you know what....I never had any problems....no overheating, no broken belts...nothing. That car started every time and went any/everywhere. Mind you, it was fairly stock, and that probably made a big difference. Also, the whole CAR cost me $1100 (1974 dollars), while my new 2110 MOTOR is probably worth $5000.
Ron

David ...Where did you locate the gold PGO pic?

Ron take a look at this lill cooker.Keepin this one all to myself.
DS

I cant remember the site. I put car show in my GOOGLE and I found it that way. Sorry.

Notice the big air vents in the front of the car (gold one), while the black one has a traditional front. I wondered where the black one got its air supply from for the radiator(s) and if the radiator was located under the back engine deck lid.
Ron

I found more pictures of the gold one at www.tuningfever.com/displayimage.php?album=56&pos=0 and big5.xinhuanet.com/gate/big5/news.xinhuanet.com/auto/2003-03/12/content_773494.htm. I don't speak any french or chinese but these things are really fun to look at.

A small company, but did you notice the size of their plant? Huge!
Ron