JohnMiller3:
<font color="blue">Aren't they "French" Volkswagen's...? </font>
The 2CV was, but with the usual French design twists, and, of course hardly up to VW's build quality.
The larger Citroen's were very cushy and had some interesting features such as hydraulic suspension that could raise the whole vehicle up (and lower it). To change a tire you raised the suspension, put a block under the wheel support and then lowered down leaving the one wheel off the ground resting on the block. Of course, when the thing leaked it was like bleeding green blood (on the ground). They drove really nice, real soft ride, but had a lot of crummy plastic (sorta weird like - only one spoke from the steering column to the actual wheel for example) at least the one I drove.
I'm talking about back when cars were more of a reflection of the "national character" of the country from whence they came. Comparing say an old Citroen DS with a old Mercedes 190D gives a real grasp of the difference between the teutonic and gallic characters, or, an old Fiat with sleek Italian design and armpit hair growing out of the wheel wells. Now days, cars are mostly "cookie cutter" "world cars" with little to distinquish them, i.e. no individual character. The whole world is sinking into a bland goo.
JEH
