DIE SAU
Sep 21, 2021
4 minutes
Words: Stu Owen
“Designer Anatole Lapine decided to paint the car pink, then name each section of the car as cuts of meat, like those posters you used to see in the back of a butcher’s shop. It was labelled the ‘Pink Pig’ and ‘Truffle Hunter’ and in German ‘Die Sau’ (the sow).”
Nearly everyone is familiar with the Le Mans 24-hour race, one of the most gruelling and challenging in the world. Many of the great car manufacturing companies competed against each other for the coveted title. Most cars that are entered are one-off prototypes and from time to time some of those classic designs stand out among the crowd. In 1971
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