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Rétrospectives Automobiles Miniatures was a French manufacturing company that made diecast scale model collector vehicles mostly of classic French automobiles in 1:43 scale. The acronym was seen on packaging without the periods between the letters of the acronym, but on some of the vehicle bases with the punctuation. "J.M.K." was a further acronym that stood for the three founding members of the company: M. Jarry, Henri Malartre and M. Koch. Though the models were often known simply as RAMI, the full name of the company was RAMI by J.M.K.
Figoni et Falaschi is a French luxury brand and coachbuilder firm which was active from 1935 through to the 1950s. The designs were created by Giuseppe Figoni, while his partner Ovidio Falaschi ran the business.
The Delage D8 was an eight-cylinder luxury car produced by Delage between 1929 and 1940.
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- ↑ "1:43 Collection - 1:24 Collection - 1:12 Collection". Automodello - Dreams Engaged. Archived from the original on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ↑ McCourt, Mark J. (July 2014). "Cunningham C-3 Cabriolet". Hemmings Classic Car. Vol. 10, no. 10. p. 16.
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