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Immersed in the heart of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, from LA ESCUDERÍA we have not been able to avoid traveling back in time, as we usually do, to take a look A look at some of the special edition sports-themed cars, which were not normally associated with sports cars.
FORD SPRINT SERIES
In order to celebrate the Munich Olympics in 1972, the American brand Ford launched special editions called Olympic Sprint for the popular models Pinto, Maverick y Mustang, which had exclusive decoration in the patriotic colors white, blue and red.
PEUGEOT 205 ROLAND GARROS
This special edition of the 205 shares a name with one of the great events in the world of tennis, an event that Peugeot sponsored for years. This series of the green 205 convertible with green interior was offered between 1989 and 1992, creating a saga within the company of another long list of cars of this edition.
SEAT IBIZA OLYMPIC
In 1992 Barcelona hosted the first Olympics held in Spain, an event for which SEAT did not hesitate to participate with its sponsorship. For this historic moment the brand launched the Olympic edition of First generation Ibiza, which coincided with a time in which the car received its aesthetic update to the Ibiza New Style.
CITROËN 2CV MUNDIAL 82
Ten years before the Olympic event in Barcelona, Spain had the honor of hosting the 1982 Soccer World Cup. On this occasion it was Citroën who surprised with a Limited series of 300 units of the popular 2CV that was painted like a sneaker red in a series that today is a rarity.
FIAT PANDA ITALIA 90
In 1990 the Soccer World Cup took place in another country around the Mediterranean; Italy. To commemorate this event Fiat decided to dress the successful Panda with a very football-like decoration, which included stickers of the World Cup mascot, as well as stripes with the Italian flag, but Without a doubt the funniest thing is the ingenious hubcaps with a soccer ball design.
SEAT TOLEDO PODIUM
Returning to the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games, the sporting spirit took over SEAT, which decided to create the Podium edition of the newborn SEAT Toledo. With a equipment typical of a luxury sedan, the brand gave one of these cars to each of the Spanish medalists of that year, manufacturing 24.
JEEP CHEROKEE PIONEER OLYMPIC
Taking advantage of that Jeep was one of the main sponsors of the United States Olympic team in 1988 the brand launched a special edition in collaboration with Pioneer that year to commemorate the Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada and the Summer Olympics in Seoul.
OPEL CORSA JACA
So far we have seen several editions that served to commemorate the celebration of the Olympics, but no car created to support the candidacy of a city. This is the case of Opel Corsa Jaca from 1989, since this model manufactured in Aragon sought to celebrate the Winter Olympic Games in that town in the province of Huesca.
PEUGEOT 205 SEVE
Created as a version with a luxury interior for a utility vehicle such as the Peugeot 205, the car was marketed in France under the name Gentry, but In Spain it received the nomenclature SEVE in honor of the Spanish tennis player Severiano Ballesteros., and this scarce special edition with surprising equipment is a rarity today.
BUICK RIVIERA CONVERTIBLE
Although it was not a special edition as such, the 1984 Buick Riviera deserves a special mention, since The brand built three units of these cars to accompany the Olympic torch throughout the United States until his arrival in Los Angeles. These Rivieras were modified to be able to withstand the long trip at a speed of just three kilometers per hour for weeks.
