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Guy Ligier, head of a large construction company, Rugby Football international and F1 racing privateer, laid down his original series of lightweight competition Ligier car coupés in 1969. The prototype Ligier car raced during 1970, using a 1.8-litre Cosworth FVC engine and a Y-shaped backbone chassis, and it was intended to market similar road Ligier cars. This original design was dubbed the Ligier JS1, in memory of Ligier’s great friend and team-mate Jo Schlesser, killed during the 1968 French GP. In 1971 the Ligier JS2 appeared, designed by Michel Tetu, and the shapely fiberglass GT body style of the Ligier car housed a 2.6-litre German Ford V6, fuel-injected to 165bhp and in unit with a 5-speed Citroën SM transmission. It was intended to produce about 100 JS2 Ligier cars annually, at about £3.800 (or $9.300). Top speed of the Ligier car was 150mph. In 1972 the Ligier JS3 sports-prototype also appeared, using a mid-mounted Cosworth-Ford DFV Grand Prix engine of 3-litres, and the Ligier car raced successfully at Le Mans.
Source: Georgano, encyclopedia of motorcar; DCN
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