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Matra Murena S Red Otto 1:18

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Matra Murena S Red Otto 1:18 OT594 Resin
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Otto Mobile's 1:18 resin replica of the Matra Murena S in red covers the mid-engined coupe that succeeded the Bagheera. Sealed resin construction captures the smooth, wedge-shaped body without the panel gaps a diecast hinge system would introduce.
Matra Murena S Red Otto 1:18
Current price: £236.67

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Specifications
Car Brand
Matra
Model Manufacturer
Otto
Scale
1:18
Material
Resin
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
OT594
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5-layer carton Foam-filled interior
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About the Matra Murena S Red Otto 1:18

TL;DR: This 1:18 resin Otto Mobile replica reproduces the Matra Murena S in red, the mid-engined coupe that replaced the three-seat Bagheera in the 1980s. Sealed resin construction suits the smooth wedge body and gives the piece crisp shut lines that a diecast interpretation would struggle to match.

The Murena kept the three-abreast seating idea Matra had introduced on the Bagheera but moved the engine behind the cabin, a layout change that reshaped the whole silhouette into something lower and more purposeful.

Casting a Mid-Engined Wedge in Sealed Resin

Otto Mobile's resin construction plays directly to the Murena's strengths as a subject. The car's smooth, unbroken flanks and shallow glasshouse depend on continuous surfaces reading correctly under light, something a fixed casting handles more convincingly than a diecast body with opening doors and their inevitable seam lines. The red paint should carry real depth rather than a flat, single-tone finish, and the rear engine cover's louvres or vents, if moulded in, deserve a close look under raking light to judge the level of surface detail. As with any sealed resin model, there is no interior access beyond what the glazing reveals, so the emphasis sits on exterior fidelity and stance rather than mechanical realism.

Placing the Murena Among French Classics

The Murena sits naturally beside the Bagheera it replaced, and a collector building a Matra shelf gains real value from having both generations side by side to show how the three-seat concept evolved into a genuinely sporting mid-engined layout. At 1:18, its low, wide stance gives it a stronger road presence than the Bagheera despite sharing the same seating idea, and it holds its own against period rivals from more mainstream French manufacturers. This is a specialist subject rather than a mass-market one, and it rewards buyers who value genuine rarity and Otto Mobile's resin precision over broad brand recognition.

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