Switching from aluminum to steel bodywork added over 100 kg to the production Dyna Junior versus the 1951 show proposal it was based on.
Lead trim: Junior 851 cc MAG supercharged boxer twin (60 hp, 1955)
Panhard Dyna JuniorX86/X87 · 1952–1956
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FactSwitching from aluminum to steel bodywork added over 100 kg to the production Dyna Junior versus the 1951 show proposal it was based on.
The Panhard Dyna Junior is a small sports car built by Panhard from 1952 until 1956 (4,707 made), first a roadster and later a cabriolet, developed from an early-1951 proposal by J. B. Ferguson for a small sports car for the American market and built on the chassis and front-wheel-drive power-train of the Dyna X (early cars on the X86 chassis of the Dyna X 120, later the X87 of the 130), with a body by the carrosserie Di Rosa (chief designer Albert Lemaitre) later moved to Orléans. The production Junior had a steel body instead of aluminum, adding more than 100 kg; it debuted at the Paris Motor Show in October 1951 with sales from early 1952. It had simple lines, "suicide"-style doors without external handles and a spartan interior; a cabriolet with exterior door handles and wind-up windows joined in February 1953. Engines were the air-cooled two-cylinder OHV boxer designed by Louis Delagarde: 745 cc (4 CV) and, from April 1952, 851 cc (5 CV), each with a Sprint option; the 745 cc versions were dropped in June 1954, and in 1955 an optional MAG supercharger raised power to 60 hp; the roadster was dropped in March 1955 and production ended in April 1956. The page gives two sets of horsepower figures for the four models (text 32.6, 35.5, 37.4 and 41.4 hp; model table 32.2, 36.2, 38.9 and 41.6 hp), so none is entered for them. Wheelbase 2,127 mm (83.7 in), length 3,630 mm (142.9 in), width 1,470 mm (57.9 in), height 1,280 mm (50.4 in), kerb weight 630 kg (1,388.9 lb).
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Trims & Figures
3 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior 745 cc boxer twin (4 CV, 1952–1954) | 1952–1954 | 0.7 L Flat-2 | — | — | — | FWD | — | — |
| Junior 851 cc MAG supercharged boxer twin (60 hp, 1955) | 1955–1956 | 0.9 L Flat-2 | 60 hp | — | — | FWD | — | — |
| Junior 851 cc boxer twin (5 CV, 1952–1956) | 1952–1956 | 0.9 L Flat-2 | — | — | — | FWD | — | — |
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