Comments on: A Portuguese Encounter of the French Persuasion http://www.carenvy.ca/2009/11/a-portuguese-encounter-of-the-french-persuasion/ Home of the Canadian Car Enthusiast Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:34:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Found: Peugeot 404… Now That’s My Kind of Camionette! | CarEnvy.ca http://www.carenvy.ca/2009/11/a-portuguese-encounter-of-the-french-persuasion/comment-page-1/#comment-2620 Found: Peugeot 404… Now That’s My Kind of Camionette! | CarEnvy.ca Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:20:45 +0000 http://www.carenvy.ca/?p=8022#comment-2620 [...] ode to functional simplicity was found not far from the dusty black Citroën DS, just across the Tagus river that separates Almada from Lisbon, in fact. I stumbled across is just [...] [...] ode to functional simplicity was found not far from the dusty black Citroën DS, just across the Tagus river that separates Almada from Lisbon, in fact. I stumbled across is just [...]

]]> By: James http://www.carenvy.ca/2009/11/a-portuguese-encounter-of-the-french-persuasion/comment-page-1/#comment-2518 James Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:20:41 +0000 http://www.carenvy.ca/?p=8022#comment-2518 Oh man, the DS is such a design icon. It is still drop-dead gorgeous after all these years. I am not sad we don't get to enjoy french unreliability in the US, but I do miss the flair in the design. Of course, you can hardly say that ANY French cars today have anywhere NEAR the flair and panache of the DS or the Citroen-Maserati. I mean, ok - the Avantime was delightfully weird. Bless Renault for even making cars like the Clio V6 and Renaultsport Spyder in modern times. But the mainstream cars - like the DS was back in it's day - are dishwater dull. Renault Megane? Snore. Citroen C5? Double snore. Thank god the C6 exists! Oh man, the DS is such a design icon. It is still drop-dead gorgeous after all these years. I am not sad we don't get to enjoy french unreliability in the US, but I do miss the flair in the design.

Of course, you can hardly say that ANY French cars today have anywhere NEAR the flair and panache of the DS or the Citroen-Maserati. I mean, ok – the Avantime was delightfully weird. Bless Renault for even making cars like the Clio V6 and Renaultsport Spyder in modern times. But the mainstream cars – like the DS was back in it's day – are dishwater dull. Renault Megane? Snore. Citroen C5? Double snore.

Thank god the C6 exists!

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