They were sold in France if i am not mistaken, this is the new Landtrek that is sold only in Africa and South America (and based on a Chinese pickup) :

The “California” version would also have been accepted on your secret spot :

When French cars where imported to the US, is was till some kind of malaise era for them with cars that were more budget oriented than now.

The A110 that came first (Première Edition) is the same as the “cheaper models” in term of engine and chassis and they are about as fast as a Cayman S with the power of a base Cayman while being pretty loaded even with the “base” models (Pure and Légende) compared to a Cayman that still cost a bit more.

Understand that the French government isn’t simply a concerned shareholder, but they are in charge of many financial aspects of the corporation such as taxation rates/cuts, subsidies, and even fines and penalties let alone industry regulation. They actually do have quite a significant influence over Renault given…

While i agree that most of the Renault/AMC car in the US were not the models that made the most sense and that many mistakes were made, what happened with AMC is really not relevant today as most of the people in charge at the time are probably dead or retired, for example try to remember where Kia/Hyundai was at the…

Yes, Cayenne or a Touareg are better choices than most would think :

Shouldn’t this be on The Onion?

It’s also the biggest Spanish bank so its a bit like Deutsche Bank with the subprime crisis.

It was called the Citroën SM Espace which has nothing to do with the Renault Espace that wont be replaced after the current generation, both were created by now defunct companies (Heuliez and Matra).

The “hybrid” category of the 24h 2CV has the same rules as the “prototype” category except that they use a BMW twin engine (R850GS, R850RT or R850C) Cinstead of being based on a 2CV engine :

Forgot to mention the 4x4 2CVs :

There is also a 2CV with a Ferrari engine :

You might also like the 2CV Cross championship which has been existing since 1972 :

IMO, there is a clear vegetation difference between the French northern and southern Alps, i would put the demarcation between Grenoble and Gap, it also depends on the soil, the préalpes (where the Mont-Ventoux is located) being limestone while the alps are granitic which are making a huge difference on the soil…

From the description of the video it was the spéciale “La Gabelle” which seems to be around the Mont Ventoux and was in the 2018 edition of the Tour Auto.

In France, the cheapest Up! cost 14815€ while a Dacia Sandero starts at 8290€ (and the Logan is even cheaper), while the Sandero is bigger, its to point out that the Up! while being small is not a low cost car.

It doesnt seem to be gray but a steel blue that looks unsaturated in those low-light/cloudy pictures but it also could be the contrary, being a silver that looks blue-ish.

NP even is its really not well equipped, the sports seats and 3 spokes steering wheel (or better, the M//) are really making the E46 shine.