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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.

šŸ˜° OH MY GOD.

Ā“58 DeSoto Diplomat. In France.

Northern Cyprus. Pretty remote and beautiful. Honorable mentions: Southern Lebanon, Wadi Rum (Jordan) - thatā€™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 thatā€™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 didnā€™t happen in the US, otherwise I could have sued the sh*t out the shop. They didnā€™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. Thereā€™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«nā€™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.