Best French car ever?

The French pear. The best thing about the 14 was the engine. Straight out of the 104/Visa. An excellent power pack and with a suitable radiator (hint hint Peugeot got it wrong, Citroën got it right) it was bomb proof.

 

That engine powered virtually everything small and French in the late seventies / eighties - it kept going alright but you could hear it coming a mile away!!! Think it was one of the Douvrin family engines - there were small ones, a large one in the CX and the V6 that went in everything from an XM to a Volvo and even the Delorian!!!

This is a long forgotten French classic,but I would love to own one:

 

Or you could go even newer with the C6. I nearly bought one but was put off by the silly road tax for the diesel (how anyone manages to get a diesel to do so badly on the EC test cycle is beyond me) and potential depreciation. I would have put up with the depreciation (this was when 2 year old cars were about £14k) but not with the £400+ tax on top.

 

Facel Vega. There's one near us but I haven't seen it just heard about it.

 

Actually, it's a Peugeot 404 Coupe, designed by Pinninfarina...... To be fair the pic isn't the best and it does have more than a passing resemblance to re smaller Facelia...

 

This is an evil thread & needs deleting.

Ms.T has just seen it & is not happy .............. especially as I had Evilbay open looking at old French cars for sale.
I'd better get dessert ready & some nice liqueurs & finish making the coffee before I get into any more trouble.

 

A better photo...

 

There's a reason for that.

 

Hahahahaha, yes, I remember

 

She won't complain when you pull up outside in your nice shiny DS

 

Was that assembled by British Leyland on a Friday?

 

Come on - let's have some more French oddities.....

 

Anyone remember Renault Dauphines?

 

You don't know her.

 

How about this?

 

Had one of these about 25 years ago Loved it right up to the moment I wrote it off in the back of an Escort

 

Try wearing a raincoat and smoking a Gauloise, just to set the scene...

 

Whatever did Fuego mean anyway? Apparently it's Spanish for fire...... It certainly did catch on for the French.