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And I would argue that Mercedes has more reasons than Beemer to be pissed at NK as it cobbled together a knock-off of their iconic 190 back in the day.

The Chinese carmaker DFM is the culprit as far as the (un-)original design is concerned.

Boring company, he said.

😰 OH MY GOD.

“58 DeSoto Diplomat. In France.

Northern Cyprus. Pretty remote and beautiful. Honorable mentions: Southern Lebanon, Wadi Rum (Jordan) - that’s where ā€œThe Martianā€ was shot - , and lately, Montenegro (pic) and Albania.

Ruh-nalt, Pooh-Joe, See-Trunn.

Renaults, late Brezhnev era. 18, Fuego and 14.

FWIW, both major French carmakers Renault and PSA have JV factories in Wuhan. Wondering if that’s part of the big picture?

Purchased four new tires for my car. Drove off and 200 ft away, rear left wheel fell off, leaving me stranded in the middle of a busy thoroughfare. Disc brake left a deep mark in the pavement. It didn’t happen in the US, otherwise I could have sued the sh*t out the shop. They didn’t even offer me an apology.

Malaise.

Not to poop on the party but the 20th Century ended on Dec. 31, 2000.

A CitroĆ«n CX parked on the side of the Panamerican highway near Antofagasta, Chile, back in ā€˜01

Voisin.

If not posted yet: the experimental RE-2 by Citroƫn. Powered by wait, wait wait... a Wankel engine. Because bonkers French car

Indeed. There’s a French connection to the company, hence my mistake.

Defunct French brands include Cottin & Desgouttes, Hispano-Suiza, De Dion-Bouton, Lorraine-Dietrich...

Where are the fabled Traction Avant 22s, CitroĆ«n’s pre-WWII masterpieces? Rumors aplenty about surviving models supposedly hoarded by Michelin, but no hard evidence for the past 75 years. Finding one would be a Tutankhamun tomb-like discovery for French car enthusiasts.