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dmallind

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13. This makes sense if done right

Wed Feb 22, 2012, 02:45 PM

Feb 2012

GM can't design an even vaguely appealing small car to save its life - either in terms of aesthetics or driver engagement, but lately at least is doing very well in reliability and durability.

Citroen and Peugeot can't make a car with even odds of seeing 100k either, but turn out some gorgeous and very fine driving compacts.

Which means, just like Canada*, they'll end up with the worse combination......

*The old joke that Canada is the unluckiest country on earth. It could have had French cuisine, British culture and American technology: it ended up with British cuisine, American culture and French technology.

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Peugeot and GM discuss 'strategic partnership' [View all] FarCenter Feb 2012 OP

After causing the demise of Saab, one would think European LeftinOH Feb 2012 #1

I don't know I remember Saab before the merger. Snake Alchemist Feb 2012 #2

Saab should have died in 1988 snooper2 Feb 2012 #5

nonsense blue_onyx Feb 2012 #9

GM caught a falling knife when they rescued SAAB by buying it. Ikonoklast Feb 2012 #17

Longer story -- Shares in Peugeot Citroen surge on confirmation it is in alliance talks with GM FarCenter Feb 2012 #3

The 2CV was a genuine "peoples' car". I never rode in one, LeftinOH Feb 2012 #4

And if you parked crooked you can just lift up the front end and move it over snooper2 Feb 2012 #6

The Citroen 2CV: cleantech from the 1940s FarCenter Feb 2012 #7

They kind of gloss over the fact that it would NEVER meet US safety requirements. Snake Alchemist Feb 2012 #10

And yet, the French and German death rates are a little lower than the US' FarCenter Feb 2012 #11

Better drivers? Snake Alchemist Feb 2012 #12

More likely fewer young drivers and possibly fewer DUIs FarCenter Feb 2012 #14

I remember when I worked with the Germans that their driving test was insanely difficult and time Snake Alchemist Feb 2012 #15

Shock Therapy FarCenter Feb 2012 #8

This makes sense if done right dmallind Feb 2012 #13

I've always liked Peugeots aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2012 #16