The only French cars I ever saw in the midwest were the 1980s-era Renault-based Alliance and Encore that were made by AMC but sold as Renaults. While these cars got some good reviews at the time, they were underpowered and didn't sell well. I remember them as market failures.
Seeing a Peugeot of any vintage around here is extremely uncommon. On Thu, Jul 21, 2022, at 1:16 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: > Much like the Volvo 240s, they did. Lots of them. > > -D > >> On Jul 21, 2022, at 10:28 AM, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> Might have to find myself a 504. I seem to recall they had a diesel. >> >> On Mon, Jul 18, 2022, 8:22 AM David Bruckmann via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >>> Not quite as long a run as the even tougher 504, of which more than three >>> million were produced between 1968 and 2006! >>> >>> On Mon, Jul 18, 2022, David Bruckmann wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Although Citroens are dearest to me, I can tell you that there's a reason >>>> Peugeot 504 and 505 models are still running around in Africa and South >>>> America... VERY tough cars, although the engines can be hit and miss. >>> Super >>>> comfortable as well. And when you consider that the 505 debuted *43 years >>>> ago* and was in production for 18 years through 1997, all the more >>>> remarkable. >>>> >>>> A scene from Bastille Day in San Francisco, Citroens and Peugeots in >>>> attendance: >>>> >>>> -------------- next part -------------- >>>> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... >>>> Name: C785467C-B913-4879-8278-19BB4443E549.jpeg >>>> Type: image/jpeg >>>> Size: 287246 bytes >>>> Desc: not available >>>> URL: < >>>> >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20220718/f97a8a07/attachment.jpeg >>>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------ >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >>> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
