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Its business activities covered a wide range of industries, notably <a href="/wiki/Aerospace_manufacturer" title="Aerospace manufacturer">aerospace</a>, <a href="/wiki/Defence_industry" class="mw-redirect" title="Defence industry">defence</a>, <a href="/wiki/Automotive_industry" title="Automotive industry">automotive</a>, <a href="/wiki/Motorsports" class="mw-redirect" title="Motorsports">motorsports</a>, <a href="/wiki/Transport" title="Transport">transport</a> and <a href="/wiki/Telecommunications" title="Telecommunications">telecommunications</a>. </p><p>Following the acquisition of vehicle manufacturer <a href="/wiki/Automobiles_Ren%C3%A9_Bonnet" title="Automobiles René Bonnet">Automobiles René Bonnet</a>, the company founded <b>Matra Automobiles</b> during the 1960s, which produced a limited range of racing and sports cars. Its car division worked closely with other vehicle manufacturers, most significantly <a href="/wiki/Renault" title="Renault">Renault</a>, prior to the decline and sale of Matra Automobiles during the early 2000s. In addition to road cars, Matra entered into a wide range of businesses, eventually diversifying into <a href="/wiki/Media_(communication)" class="mw-redirect" title="Media (communication)">media</a>, weaponry, aeronautics, automobiles, and music distribution. </p><p>Matra was at one point owned by the <a href="/wiki/Floirat" class="mw-redirect" title="Floirat">Floirat</a> family. Throughout much of the company's existence, French businessman <a href="/wiki/Jean-Luc_Lagard%C3%A8re" title="Jean-Luc Lagardère">Jean-Luc Lagardère</a> was the <a href="/wiki/CEO" class="mw-redirect" title="CEO">CEO</a> of Matra. In 1988, Matra was <a href="/wiki/Privatization" title="Privatization">privatised</a>; Lagardère's stake in the company grew considerably over the following years. </p><p>In 1994, Matra became a <a href="/wiki/Subsidiary" title="Subsidiary">subsidiary</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Lagard%C3%A8re_Group" title="Lagardère Group">Lagardère Group</a> and in February 1999, <b>Matra Hautes Technologies</b> (<i>MHT</i>), which represented the conglomerate's aerospace, defence and telecommunications arm, was merged with the French aerospace corporation <a href="/wiki/A%C3%A9rospatiale" title="Aérospatiale">Aérospatiale</a> to form <b>Aérospatiale-Matra</b> (now <a href="/wiki/Airbus_SE" class="mw-redirect" title="Airbus SE">Airbus</a>). Several former assets of Matra continue to operate under the Lagardère name. </p><p>Privatization, bleeding through the Lagardère Group, sell-off of its profitable enterprises, and failure of its automotive division caught up and Matra went bankrupt in 2003. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matra&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During 1945, Matra (Mécanique Aviation Traction) was established, immediately beginning development of an ambitious twin-engine aircraft intended to be the fastest <a href="/wiki/Propeller" title="Propeller">propeller</a>-driven plane in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-officialhistory_19451980_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-officialhistory_19451980-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1951, the <a href="/wiki/Sound_barrier" title="Sound barrier">sound barrier</a> was broken in horizontal flight for the first time in Europe by an aircraft using a Matra-built engine. During 1961, Matra became involved in the early European space programme, having been appointed as the first prime contractor for <a href="/wiki/Satellite" title="Satellite">satellites</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-officialhistory_19451980_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-officialhistory_19451980-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During 1963, French businessman <a href="/wiki/Jean-Luc_Lagard%C3%A8re" title="Jean-Luc Lagardère">Jean-Luc Lagardère</a> was appointed <a href="/wiki/CEO" class="mw-redirect" title="CEO">CEO</a> of Matra; he would be a key figure at the company for the following three decades. At the time of Lagardère's appointment, the firm had a workforce of 1,450.<sup id="cite_ref-officialhistory_19451980_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-officialhistory_19451980-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During 1964, Matra became the owner of car manufacturer <a href="/wiki/Automobiles_Ren%C3%A9_Bonnet" title="Automobiles René Bonnet">Automobiles René Bonnet</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-grandprix_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grandprix-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For a time, Matra was largely centred around its vehicle division, <i>Matra Automobiles</i>. However, within a decade, Matra had sold its road car division to American-owned car manufacturer <a href="/wiki/Chrysler_Europe" title="Chrysler Europe">Chrysler Europe</a>, having shifted focus onto its other growing business activities.<sup id="cite_ref-grandprix_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grandprix-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the 1970s, Lagardère pursued an overall strategy of merging Matra with various other companies, or acquiring them outright, to build up a <a href="/wiki/Conglomerate_(business)" class="mw-redirect" title="Conglomerate (business)">conglomerate</a> under the Matra brand. Throughout the 1970s, the company strengthened and grew its position within the aerospace sector, which had been viewed as a core business of Matra.<sup id="cite_ref-grandprix_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grandprix-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One such company was the electrical equipment manufacturer Électronique Moderne de l’Oise, which became Matra Électronique following its acquisition during 1975.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That same year, the <a href="/wiki/CNES" title="CNES">National Centre for Space Studies</a> (CNES) and the <a href="/wiki/European_Space_Agency" title="European Space Agency">European Space Agency</a> (ESA) awarded a contract to Matra for the loading bay of the new <a href="/wiki/Ariane_(rocket_family)" title="Ariane (rocket family)">Ariane</a> <a href="/wiki/Expendable_launch_system" title="Expendable launch system">expendable launch system</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-officialhistory_19451980_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-officialhistory_19451980-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Over several decades, Matra diversified into <a href="/wiki/Media_(communication)" class="mw-redirect" title="Media (communication)">media</a>, weaponry, aeronautics, automobiles, music distribution, and various other state of the art technologies. During 1981, Matra ventured into media activities via the purchase of the <a href="/wiki/Hachette_(publisher)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hachette (publisher)">Hachette</a> publishing company.<sup id="cite_ref-grandprix_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grandprix-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Matra invested in several fields of transportation during the 1980s and 1990s. It produced a fiberglass 14 ft sailing <a href="/wiki/Dinghy" title="Dinghy">dinghy</a> with an innovative double-bottom, self-bailing hull, called "Capricorne". Though several hundred were sold and a class association briefly existed, it was unable to gain much market share against the better established <a href="/wiki/420_(dinghy)" title="420 (dinghy)">International 420</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> During 1983, Matra launched an automatic (driverless) light <a href="/wiki/Rubber-tyred_metro" title="Rubber-tyred metro">rubber-tyred</a> <a href="/wiki/Rapid_transit" title="Rapid transit">metro</a>, the <a href="/wiki/V%C3%A9hicule_Automatique_L%C3%A9ger" title="Véhicule Automatique Léger">Véhicule Automatique Léger</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-officialhistory_19451980_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-officialhistory_19451980-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It later attempted to produce a <a href="/wiki/Personal_rapid_transit" title="Personal rapid transit">personal rapid transit</a> system, which it named "<a href="/wiki/Aramis_(personal_rapid_transit)" title="Aramis (personal rapid transit)">Aramis</a>".<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Matra also manufactured a range of <a href="/wiki/Electric_bicycle" title="Electric bicycle">electric bicycles</a> and <a href="/wiki/Electric_motorcycles_and_scooters" title="Electric motorcycles and scooters">electric scooters</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Matra_i-step&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Matra i-step (page does not exist)">Matra i-step</a> Runner, Tourer and Force as well as <a href="/w/index.php?title=Matra_i-flow&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Matra i-flow (page does not exist)">Matra i-flow</a> in <a href="/wiki/Romorantin" title="Romorantin">Romorantin</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Matra developed and released a <a href="/wiki/Personal_computer" title="Personal computer">personal computer</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Matra_Alice" title="Matra Alice">Alice</a>. </p><p>During 1988, Matra was <a href="/wiki/Privatization" title="Privatization">privatised</a>, at which point Lagardère acquired six per cent of the company's stock; by 1992, his stake in Matra had risen to 25 per cent.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> That same year, the Lagardère Group was radically restructured; acquiring more shares in Matra from Floirat, Daimler Benz and GEC, and Hachette from Floirat, Crédit Lyonnais and Aberly. Lagardère merged Matra and Hachette to form Matra Hachette, of which the Lagardère Group held 37.6 per cent.<sup id="cite_ref-officialhistory_19921999_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-officialhistory_19921999-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following a share swap in 1994, Lagardère held 93.3 per cent of Matra Hachette's stock. During 1996, Matra Hachette was formally merged into the Lagardère Group.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In February 1999, the firm's defence wing, Matra Hautes Technologies, was merged with French aerospace conglomerate <a href="/wiki/A%C3%A9rospatiale" title="Aérospatiale">Aérospatiale</a> to form <a href="/wiki/A%C3%A9rospatiale-Matra" class="mw-redirect" title="Aérospatiale-Matra">Aérospatiale-Matra</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-aeromatra_1999_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aeromatra_1999-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During 2003, following poor financial performances within the sector, Matra Automobiles became <a href="/wiki/Bankrupt" class="mw-redirect" title="Bankrupt">bankrupt</a> and its assets were sold off once more.<sup id="cite_ref-grandprix_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grandprix-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Instead, Matra decided to concentrate its resources on its remaining interests within the media and aerospace sectors.<sup id="cite_ref-grandprix_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grandprix-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Matra_Automobiles">Matra Automobiles</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matra&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Matra Automobiles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Matra-530-avant.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Matra-530-avant.jpg/220px-Matra-530-avant.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Matra-530-avant.jpg/330px-Matra-530-avant.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Matra-530-avant.jpg/440px-Matra-530-avant.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>Matra 530</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Matra-Simca_Bagheera-grey-2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Matra-Simca_Bagheera-grey-2.jpg/250px-Matra-Simca_Bagheera-grey-2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Matra-Simca_Bagheera-grey-2.jpg/330px-Matra-Simca_Bagheera-grey-2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Matra-Simca_Bagheera-grey-2.jpg/500px-Matra-Simca_Bagheera-grey-2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption>Matra Bagheera</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MHV_Matra_530.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/MHV_Matra_530.jpg/220px-MHV_Matra_530.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/MHV_Matra_530.jpg/330px-MHV_Matra_530.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/MHV_Matra_530.jpg/440px-MHV_Matra_530.jpg 2x" data-file-width="589" data-file-height="303" /></a><figcaption>Matra 530 at OFK exhibition, Koenigsbrunn (Germany), 2006</figcaption></figure> <p>Matra had been involved in car manufacturing since the acquisition of <a href="/wiki/Automobiles_Ren%C3%A9_Bonnet" title="Automobiles René Bonnet">Automobiles René Bonnet</a> in 1963.<sup id="cite_ref-grandprix_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grandprix-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first road car to be sold under the Matra marque was the <a href="/wiki/Renault" title="Renault">Renault</a>-powered <a href="/wiki/Matra_Djet" title="Matra Djet">Matra Djet</a> (pronounced "jet"), which was an update of the Bonnet Jet; the Djet was subsequently replaced with the Matra 530, <a href="/wiki/Matra_Bagheera" title="Matra Bagheera">Bagheera</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Matra_Murena" title="Matra Murena">Murena</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Matra_Rancho" title="Matra Rancho">Rancho</a>, an early type of <a href="/wiki/Sport_utility_vehicle" class="mw-redirect" title="Sport utility vehicle">sport utility vehicle</a> (SUV).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> At its peak, Matra Automobiles was manufacturing 60,000 vehicles per year at its plant in <a href="/wiki/Romorantin-Lanthenay" title="Romorantin-Lanthenay">Romorantin-Lanthenay</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-justauto_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-justauto-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lagardere, recognising the promotion value of the <a href="/wiki/Motorsport" title="Motorsport">motorsport</a> sector for garnering sales, decided that the company ought to be involved, leading to the creation of <a href="/wiki/Equipe_Matra_Sports" title="Equipe Matra Sports">Equipe Matra Sports</a>, which entered the French <a href="/wiki/Formula_3" class="mw-redirect" title="Formula 3">Formula 3</a> during 1965.<sup id="cite_ref-grandprix_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grandprix-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Throughout the mid-1960s, Matra enjoyed considerable success in Formula 3 and <a href="/wiki/Formula_2" class="mw-redirect" title="Formula 2">Formula 2</a> racing with its MS5 <a href="/wiki/Monocoque" title="Monocoque">monocoque</a>-based car, winning both the French and European championships. Matra competed as a constructor in <a href="/wiki/Formula_One" title="Formula One">Formula One</a> from <a href="/wiki/1967_Formula_One_season" title="1967 Formula One season">1967</a> to <a href="/wiki/1972_Formula_One_season" title="1972 Formula One season">1972</a><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and as an engine supplier between <a href="/wiki/1975_Formula_One_season" title="1975 Formula One season">1975</a> and <a href="/wiki/1982_Formula_One_World_Championship" title="1982 Formula One World Championship">1982</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> winning the drivers' and constructors' championships in <a href="/wiki/1969_Formula_One_season" title="1969 Formula One season">1969</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Matra also competed in <a href="/wiki/Sports_car_racing" title="Sports car racing">sports car racing</a> from 1966 to 1974 winning the <a href="/wiki/24_Hours_of_Le_Mans" title="24 Hours of Le Mans">24 Hours of Le Mans</a> outright in <a href="/wiki/1972_24_Hours_of_Le_Mans" title="1972 24 Hours of Le Mans">1972</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Le_Mans_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Le_Mans-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/1973_24_Hours_of_Le_Mans" title="1973 24 Hours of Le Mans">1973</a><sup id="cite_ref-Le_Mans_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Le_Mans-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/1974_24_Hours_of_Le_Mans" title="1974 24 Hours of Le Mans">1974</a><sup id="cite_ref-Le_Mans_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Le_Mans-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/World_Championship_for_Makes" class="mw-redirect" title="World Championship for Makes">World Championship for Makes</a> in <a href="/wiki/1973_World_Sportscar_Championship_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1973 World Sportscar Championship season">1973</a> and <a href="/wiki/1974_World_Sportscar_Championship_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1974 World Sportscar Championship season">1974</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, at the end of the 1974 season, Matra announced that it had decided to withdraw from all motorsport involvement.<sup id="cite_ref-grandprix_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grandprix-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the early 1970s, Matra sold its car division to <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">American</a>-owned car manufacturer <a href="/wiki/Chrysler_Europe" title="Chrysler Europe">Chrysler Europe</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-grandprix_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grandprix-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Matra Automobiles was subsequently sold by Chrysler Europe to French car company <a href="/wiki/Peugeot" title="Peugeot">Peugeot</a>; during 1983, Lagardere arranged to buy the division back. Shortly thereafter, a strategic partnership was formed between Matra and French vehicle company <a href="/wiki/Renault" title="Renault">Renault</a>, leading to the development of the <a href="/wiki/Renault_Espace" title="Renault Espace">Espace</a> <a href="/wiki/Minivan" title="Minivan">minivan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-grandprix_2-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grandprix-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During 1984, the Matra-built Espace was launched onto the market; this car proved to be a commercial success over multiple decades.<sup id="cite_ref-justauto_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-justauto-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Due to this success, this single vehicle type became extremely impactful to the fortunes of Matra Automobiles. Following on from the first generation of the Espace, Matra Automobiles went on to manufacture the next two generations as well; however, the fourth iteration was manufactured inhouse by Renault instead. The loss of the Espace business quickly proved detrimental to the firm's finances.<sup id="cite_ref-justauto_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-justauto-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-grandprix_2-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grandprix-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During 2001, production of the <a href="/wiki/Renault_Avantime" title="Renault Avantime">Renault Avantime</a>, which was co-designed and built by Matra Automobiles, commenced; this vehicle did not sell well and was widely regarded as a failure.<sup id="cite_ref-justauto_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-justauto-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the early 2000s, Matra was reportedly keen to end its involvement with the automotive industry. Following the discontinuation of the Avantime, on 27 February 2003, Matra Automobiles announced its intention to close its Romorantin vehicle factory just one month later.<sup id="cite_ref-justauto_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-justauto-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The dismantling of the division was necessitated by Matra Automobiles having been declared <a href="/wiki/Bankrupt" class="mw-redirect" title="Bankrupt">bankrupt</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-justauto_7-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-justauto-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During September 2003, <a href="/wiki/Pininfarina_SpA" class="mw-redirect" title="Pininfarina SpA">Pininfarina SpA</a> acquired Matra Automobile's engineering, testing and prototype businesses; the company was subsequently named Matra Automobile Engineering.<sup id="cite_ref-justauto_7-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-justauto-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 13 January 2009, Pininfarina sold its share in Matra Automobile Engineering to <a href="/w/index.php?title=Segula_Technologies&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Segula Technologies (page does not exist)">Segula Technologies</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Street_models">Street models</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matra&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Street models"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Matra_Djet" title="Matra Djet">Matra Djet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matra_530" title="Matra 530">Matra 530</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matra_Bagheera" title="Matra Bagheera">Matra Bagheera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matra_Murena" title="Matra Murena">Matra Murena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matra_Rancho" title="Matra Rancho">Matra Rancho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renault_Espace" title="Renault Espace">Renault Espace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renault_Avantime" title="Renault Avantime">Renault Avantime</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Matra_Hautes_Technologies">Matra Hautes Technologies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matra&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Matra Hautes Technologies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Matra Hautes Technologies</i> (<i>MHT</i>) was the defence arm of the firm. The division was involved in <a href="/wiki/Aerospace" title="Aerospace">aerospace</a>, defence and <a href="/wiki/Telecommunications" title="Telecommunications">telecommunications</a>. </p><p>During 1990, Matra Espace and the aerospace division of British electronics specialist <a href="/wiki/GEC_Marconi" class="mw-redirect" title="GEC Marconi">GEC Marconi</a> merged, creating <i>Matra Marconi Space</i>; the company had claimed this entity to have been the leading aerospace company in the European market at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-officialhistory_19811991_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-officialhistory_19811991-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Six years later, Matra Défense and British missile manufacturer <a href="/wiki/BAe_Dynamics" title="BAe Dynamics">BAe Dynamics</a> merged to form <a href="/wiki/Matra_BAe_Dynamics" title="Matra BAe Dynamics">Matra BAe Dynamics</a>, a leading weapons manufacturer in Europe as well as the third largest in the world at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-officialhistory_19921999_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-officialhistory_19921999-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During February 1999, MHT merged with French aerospace conglomerate <a href="/wiki/A%C3%A9rospatiale" title="Aérospatiale">Aérospatiale</a> to form <a href="/wiki/A%C3%A9rospatiale-Matra" class="mw-redirect" title="Aérospatiale-Matra">Aérospatiale-Matra</a>. On 10 July 2000, Aérospatiale-Matra merged with <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spanish</a> aircraft company <a href="/wiki/CASA_(aircraft_manufacturer)" title="CASA (aircraft manufacturer)">CASA</a> and <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">German</a> aerospace firm <a href="/wiki/DASA" title="DASA">DASA</a> to become part of <a href="/wiki/Airbus" title="Airbus">EADS</a>, which subsequently became the <a href="/wiki/Airbus" title="Airbus">Airbus Group</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-aeromatra_1999_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aeromatra_1999-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Divisions_(as_of_Aérospatiale_merger)"><span id="Divisions_.28as_of_A.C3.A9rospatiale_merger.29"></span>Divisions (as of Aérospatiale merger)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matra&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Divisions (as of Aérospatiale merger)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Matra Défense</li> <li>Matra Systèmes & Information</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matra_BAe_Dynamics" title="Matra BAe Dynamics">Matra BAe Dynamics</a> (50% <a href="/wiki/British_Aerospace" title="British Aerospace">British Aerospace</a>), formed in 1996, Matra BAe Dynamics brought together the missile business of BAe (<a href="/wiki/BAe_Dynamics" title="BAe Dynamics">BAe Dynamics</a>) and half of the missile business of Matra Défense. (The other half remained as <a href="/wiki/Aerospatiale_Matra_Missiles" class="mw-redirect" title="Aerospatiale Matra Missiles">Aerospatiale Matra Missiles</a>).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matra_Marconi_Space" title="Matra Marconi Space">Matra Marconi Space</a> (49% <a href="/wiki/General_Electric_Company" title="General Electric Company">GEC</a>), was the space division of Matra which merged with the space operations of GEC (<a href="/w/index.php?title=Marconi_Space_Systems&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Marconi Space Systems (page does not exist)">Marconi Space Systems</a>) in 1989 to form Matra Marconi Space. In 2000, it was merged with the space division of DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG (<a href="/wiki/DaimlerChrysler_Aerospace" class="mw-redirect" title="DaimlerChrysler Aerospace">DASA</a>) to form <a href="/wiki/EADS_Astrium" class="mw-redirect" title="EADS Astrium">Astrium</a>. This was later renamed to EADS Astrium.</li> <li>Matra Nortel Communications (50% <a href="/wiki/Nortel" title="Nortel">Nortel</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Weapons_produced">Weapons produced</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matra&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Weapons produced"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/R.511" title="R.511">R.511</a> air to air missiles</li> <li><a href="/wiki/R.530" title="R.530">R.530</a> air to air missiles</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super_530" title="Super 530">Super 530</a> air to air missiles</li> <li><a href="/wiki/R.550_Magic" title="R.550 Magic">R.550 Magic</a> air to air missiles</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MICA_(missile)" title="MICA (missile)">MICA</a> air to air missiles</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=R.422&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="R.422 (page does not exist)">R.422</a> surface to air missiles</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mistral_(missile)" title="Mistral (missile)">Mistral</a> anti-aircraft missiles</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martel_(missile)" title="Martel (missile)">Martel</a> anti-radar and anti-shipping missiles in association with <a href="/wiki/Hawker_Siddeley" title="Hawker Siddeley">Hawker Siddeley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ARMAT" title="ARMAT">ARMAT</a> anti-radar missiles</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otomat" title="Otomat">Otomat</a> anti-shipping missiles in association with <a href="/wiki/Oto_Melara" class="mw-redirect" title="Oto Melara">Oto Melara</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=BLG_66_Belouga&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="BLG 66 Belouga (page does not exist)">BLG 66 Belouga</a> cluster bombs</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matra_Durandal" title="Matra Durandal">Durandal</a> anti-runway bombs</li> <li>Pods for the <a href="/wiki/SNEB" title="SNEB">SNEB</a> unguided rocket</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading 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Matra Électronique<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 March</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=History&rft.pub=Matra+%C3%89lectronique&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.matra-electronique.com%2Fen%2Fhistorique%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMatra" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080613155925/http://www.matra-ms.com/en/light-electric-vehicles/matra-sports.html">"MATRA - Véhicules Légers Electriques"</a>. Matra-ms.com. 23 August 2012. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.matra-ms.com/en/light-electric-vehicles/matra-sports.html">the original</a> on 13 June 2008.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=MATRA+-+V%C3%A9hicules+L%C3%A9gers+Electriques&rft.pub=Matra-ms.com&rft.date=2012-08-23&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.matra-ms.com%2Fen%2Flight-electric-vehicles%2Fmatra-sports.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMatra" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-officialhistory_19921999-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-officialhistory_19921999_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-officialhistory_19921999_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.lagardere.com/group/history/1992-1999-536.html">"History: 1992-1999"</a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 March</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=History%3A+1992-1999&rft.pub=Lagardere&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lagardere.com%2Fgroup%2Fhistory%2F1992-1999-536.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMatra" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-aeromatra_1999-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-aeromatra_1999_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-aeromatra_1999_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.airbus.com/content/dam/corporate-topics/financial-and-company-information/Aerospatiale-Matra-Annual-Report-1999.pdf">"Annual Report 1999"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Aérospatiale-Matra. 1999.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Annual+Report+1999&rft.pub=A%C3%A9rospatiale-Matra&rft.date=1999&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.airbus.com%2Fcontent%2Fdam%2Fcorporate-topics%2Ffinancial-and-company-information%2FAerospatiale-Matra-Annual-Report-1999.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMatra" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-justauto-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-justauto_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-justauto_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-justauto_7-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-justauto_7-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-justauto_7-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-justauto_7-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-justauto_7-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.just-auto.com/news/matras-old-renault-factories-are-auctioned-off-bit-by-bit_id68609.aspx">"ANALYSIS: Matra's old Renault factories are auctioned off, bit-by-bit"</a>. 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"Matra avant les missiles: Les avions de Roger Robert" [Matra before the Missiles: The Aircraft of Roger Robert]. <i>Le Fana de l'Aviation</i> (in French) (402): <span class="nowrap">36–</span>49. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0757-4169">0757-4169</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Le+Fana+de+l%27Aviation&rft.atitle=Matra+avant+les+missiles%3A+Les+avions+de+Roger+Robert&rft.issue=402&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E36-%3C%2Fspan%3E49&rft.date=2003-05&rft.issn=0757-4169&rft.aulast=Moulin&rft.aufirst=Jacques&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMatra" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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