If you want some weird French cars, I've got 5 Panhards sitting in a field in
Maine that you can have for the scrap price.
Doug Boothby
Peter Ogilvie wrote:
> The French tried the US Market but flopped horribly. Renault used to own
> jeep but their mix of cars, except for Jeep, just didn't fit our market.
> Peugeots, I still lust after a 505 Turbo, apparently failed because of an
> atrocious dealer network that was apparently met with outright hostility
> from the American Distributor and/or the Factory. Citroen never really had
> a presence but used to see a number of them around Ann Arbor during the
> 60's.
>
> As a result, we have been spared some of the more exotic blue autos and
> expect we won't see the Renault that you speak of, so glowingly.
>
> Aloha
> Peter O.
>
> >From: "Frank Elson" <frankelson@felson.freeserve.co.uk>
> >I was just reminded of this thread of a few weeks ago.
> > On UK TV - a motoring programme - tonight was the Renault Avantime which
> >I
> >remember as a 'styling' exercise at the Motor Show a few years back.
> > You want weird? wait 'till this gets to the States lads...
> >Best Cheers
> >
> >Frank
>
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