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aint_no_life_nowhere

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16. I've always liked Peugeots

Reply to FarCenter (Original post)

Wed Feb 22, 2012, 03:37 PM

Feb 2012

In France they have been known as 'papa's car', in other words, not exciting but a very reliable family car. I especially like the body styles of the 403 and 404 (below) made in the 50s and 60s. These were very simple and rugged cars. The 404 won the East African Safari, one of the world's most demanding races, for four out of six years from 1963 t0 1968. Peugeots were sold throughout the world. China and Egypt still have Peugeot 404s as taxis. I rode in one a few years ago in China. India still has thousands of vintage Peugeots from the 60s on its roads.

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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