In my rudimentary knowledge of foreign cars, I believe that clever engineering was quite common in French automobile history. Which makes me wonder why they never received the popularity in the US that the English, Germans and Italians did. Or perhaps they didn't have the production capacity, or just weren't that interested in export?
Clever French engineering included a lock up converter of powdered iron that was magnetized to lock, as I recall. But after a while the particles got polished and tumbled into little balls, screwing up the elegant system. They made pretty good cars in the 1890s.
Clever engineering and ugly are two separate subjects. Since this is an opinion thread, the Citroen is STILL ugly in my opinion...thats my story and I am sticking with it...
I feel bad for those who don't know the difference between good looking and Fugly. When it comes to selling something Fugly they find out the hard way. You'll own a Fugly or an undesireable make or body style for the rest of your life.
This car always reminded me of those cutout cars on the back of a cereal box. (Still does.) You know, "insert Tab A into Slot B". The thing about the French and their cars is, they rejected, out of hand, the well sorted out engineering and design of the rest of the world for purely cultural reasons, namely aloofness, contrariness, and a love for doing a function in 3 steps when it could be done in one.
2CV? The twin engine 4 wheel drive Citroen 2CV Sahara is an interesting little car. Do they make a hop up kit for that?
i just stumbled on this thread .its bye far the best one ive ever started . forgot to click follow ,so i missed it all ! my life story , anyway after seeing that valiant i was just wondering how anyone came up with the term funny car !!
its amazing how time changes some things . that 2 dr is cool now .the 4dr not yet ! local guy has a 61 i think lancer 2 dr. hardtop . its uglier than a valiant .dont tell him that!
a local guy has this lancer .he thinks its a classic muscle car . slant 6 . the small one . 198 c.i. ?
i was racing during that era . funny cars got started by cutting , lightening , most had tilt bodies thus funny car
All Nash Ambassadors from 1949 to 1957 get my vote. I'm not posting a photo because I would have to save it to my computer first and I can't bring myself to do that. It's Halloween; look 'em up if you want to see something scary.
Yuck, I’d call that a lot of things but well engineered wouldn’t be one of them. A great example of someone who should have taken up a different hobby.
Actual twin steer part aka heavy truck geometry, is what I refer to not the build itself. It shouldn't have been approved in the first place as a hot rod when the original application was submitted to the powers to be!
i think there is beuty in that plymouth ...some where . that other thing is beyond any vision i ever want to have ! what do you call that ? fuknuglie mk 1 ?
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