Supplementary car A8u Grand Confort of the SNCF, Era IV

The "Grand Confort" cars are designed for prestige trains in the southwest, operating at 200 km/h, particularly on the Paris-Toulouse route with its winding track through the Central Massif. They have an egg-shaped cross-section to allow for the installation of a "tilting system in curves," a system that was never implemented during their service life. The paint scheme in red, gray metallic, and red stripes corresponds to that of the contemporary CC 6500 locomotives.