Not blue blooded Opel but a good friend of mine had a red Calibra Turbo coupe when I was at uni and took me for spirited drives on a few occasions, I still have fond memories of that car. I also had a Corsa hatchback for a few weeks, was a great upgrade f
When GM was trying to get out of Europe there were several buyers in the first round, including Oleg Deripaska (US sanctions prevented it) and Magna. Finally in the second attempt PSA (Peugeot & Citroen) bagged it and brought it into the marriage with FCA
Way better than my anemic peugeot 104 but it always got me where I needed to be. I fully expected the follow up post to be what was the first car you crashed but Larry already answered that question (same 104 too)! Credits wiki
I must say that I was never very impressed by this one... For me, the French Coupés, the iconic ones are the Facel Vega, the Citroen SM, the Alpines, the Venturi and a few Peugeot, I mean the iconic ones. 4 Cylinders, 2 liters, 110 HP: Best, Nicolas
... were in my family before my own French obsession started Picture from around 1973, the red Peugeot 404 belonged to my aunt (I am sitting on her arm) , the Citroen was her brother's car (my uncle), My father had a Toyota I think. After that not one Fre
Those I drove: The Renault 4, 25, Traffic, Renault 5, Twingos, Captur, Clios. The Peugeot 205 GTIs, 104, 106, 2008. Citroen 2 CV, Mehari, CX. Alpine A110 1300, A 310 V6. The only one I owned: Peugeot 205 XS. The only one I still own : Alpine A 110 ( 2019
Mike’s and Nico’s recent comments had me recall some of the more interesting experiences with French cars in our family. So here’s a more complete profile of the ones that came and went over the years - sadly the last one being from the early 1990s (time
Instead of building that A290 keep building the 'expensive' special edition A110's and develop an aluminium hot hatch that weighs around 1100 kilos. Make it a bit less better built and put an engine with 200 hp to keep the price reasonable. After that dev