The Cougar C24 was a

Group C Group C was a category of sports car racing introduced by the FIA in 1982 and continuing until 1993, with ''Group A'' for Touring car racing, touring cars and ''Group B'' for Grand tourer, GTs. It was designed to replace both Group 5 (motorspor ...

sports car prototype designed, developed, and built by French constructor

Cougar The cougar (''Puma concolor'') (, ''Help:Pronunciation respelling key, KOO-gər''), also called puma, mountain lion, catamount and panther is a large small cat native to the Americas. It inhabits North America, North, Central America, Cent ...

, and used in the World Sports-Prototype Championship

sports car racing Sports car racing is a form of motorsport road racing that uses sports cars with two seats and enclosed wheels. They may be either purpose-built Sports prototype, sports prototypes, which are the highest level in sports car racing; or grand to ...

series in 1990. Power came from a Porsche 6-cylinder turbocharged engine. Its best result was a 7th-place finish at the

1990 24 Hours of Le Mans The 1990 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 58th Grand Prix of Endurance, taking place at the Circuit de la Sarthe, France, on the 16 and 17 June 1990. Due to the ongoing dispute between the ACO and the FISA governing body, the race was not part of the ...

, being driven by

Pascal Fabre Pascal Fabre (; born 9 January 1960) is a former racing driver from France. He participated in 14 Formula One Grands Prix with the uncompetitive AGS team, debuting on 12 April 1987. He scored no championship points and was replaced before the e ...

Michel Trollé Michel Trollé (born 23 June 1959) is a French former racing driver from Lens, Pas-de-Calais. He began his career in Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup, Championnat de France Formule Renault Turbo in 1984, finishing second in the championship. ...

, and Lionel Robert.

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