Career
He designed auto combustion engines including the "Poissy engine" that motorized the Simca 1100 from October 1967, and the V12 Matra Sports engine engaged in Formule 1. Martin joined Simca in 1959, where he discovered the constraints of mass versus the competition, their future employment, where one cares less manufacturing costs. In the Simca design office, he designed the famous "Poissy engine" that appeared on the Simca 1100 in October 1967.
This engine was characterized by its reliability, power and torque for the significant displacement, but had the disadvantage of a noisy distribution, evoking the sound of a sewing machine, wanting to make solid, preferring a double chain tensioner without a simple chain tensioner.
Security was preferred over comfort. Arriving at Matra, he did not really know what was expected of him.
lieutenant was Jean-Luc Lagardère who told him that he would work for Formula 1. The objective was to design an engine that would develop 150 hp per liter.
He designed the V12 Matra Sports engine for Formula 1.