>french cars

how long have the french been making cars? I've never seen a renault before

>>76609383
They don't exist over here either

>>>/o/

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>>76609383
Peugeot is from 1810
Renault from 1898
Citroën from 1919

We've been making car longer than any other.

Renault is in a conglomerate with Nissan since 2000 though, so it's not really a French car.

>>76609383
Renaults are still quite common here, although Ford and VW has eaten into them a lot.

>>76609463
the first actual automobile was a mercedes

>>76609484
he was talking about mass production

>>76609516
of what? not automobiles until at least 1910

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>>76609432
Supposedly Citroen/Peugoet are coming back to North America, starting with the DS brand and possibly after that Citroen and Peugeot.

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>>76609484
You probably mean DMG and it's not true.

Pic related, l'Obeissante is from 1873.
And even for mass production, Mercedes wasn't first.

And if you want really old, you have Cugniot in 1769.

Anyway, long story short, America wasn't even a country when we started making cars. Don't forget you're a baby country.

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>>76609607
pic related.

Over and out.

>>76609575
Stylish tbqh

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>>76609473
Ford focus used to be very popular but now Koreans eat it's market share.
>>76609463
Lada is owned by renault/nissan too.

>>76609373
It's a security feature, they melt instead of exploding

Shut up and ride Prius you environment destroyers

>>76609654
>renault clio
>picture shows a Fiesta

I am confused.

>>76609484
The first automobile was french, but it was using a steam motor. An automobile, but not an explosion engine.

>>76609714
Let's be honest all supermini cars are the same shit

>>76609714
I wish they sold polo hatchback here. For some reason they only make polo sedan here. Same with open astra and nissan almera classic.
They think sedans sell better in 3rd world.
And they sell dacia under renault brand. Same in Brazil. And some korean cars under chevrolet brand.

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>>76609654
Big conglomerates now, nothing means nothing. Ever since globalism, we can't really say that one country invented something.
I miss the times were there was some rivalry or competitions between countries and not between multibilionar companies.

>>76609714
The new clio looks like that actually.
Shame, I kinda like the former one.

>>76609645
If i remember correctly, it wasn't a success because it was way too heavy.

>>76609926
Renault's logo looks like a vagina.

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>polish cars

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>>76610696
looks cool

>>76610696
>not showing the polski fiat

grandad had one, it was good

we really cant do anything right

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My dad used to rally in a Renault Alpina. Beautiful car. Sadly it was wrecked in 2004..
>pic related, one of the most beautiful cars ever made and a great rally car.

>>76610736
I prefer Syrena, Warszawa is cute as well.

Tom Hanks is a maluchboo though.

>>76610715
It does, I wish our moto industry didn't fall in the 90ties, now Poles just make some shitty sports cars and trucks.

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>>76610861
I forgot the pic.

He unironically drives around in a maluch.

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>>76610861
Polonez was decent car(for a commie country).

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>>76610894
Ye the one you posted was ok but than it went downhill with the design.

I'm a oldfag so I kinda remember when polonez, maluch or duży fiat were roaming the streets in the 90ties.

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>>76609530
Coffee mills, bro. I think before 1842 they were mostly a steel manufacturer. Making parts for use in other industries. But then they started making coffee mills and stuff. Later bicycles, and then cars from 1926.

I have some Peugeot salt and pepper mills. They're pretty good, actually.

>>76609383
Fuck off, there's plenty of them in Australia.

That's by driving french vans in Melbourne that I've learned that automatic french trannies are pieces of AIDS

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>>76610959
The cars were also pretty good at one point. The 205 GTI was the quintessential hot hatch in the eighties.

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>>76611078
Here is another French hot hatch. The Renault Turbo 5. It's RMR for the people who really dislike FWD.

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>>76611275
In the early 2000s they gave the same treatment to a Clio, and ended up with this.

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>>76611297
If I lived in France and needed a shitbox to daily, though... I'd get one of these.
I've heard they're really cheap to buy and are a lot of fun to drive.
James May once called it "the world's best car".

>>76609463
Then why are you still shit at it?

>>76609654
>Trucks in all three
Murica!

>>76609383
>I've never seen a renault before
Have you lived in housing commission your entire life or something?

>>76609618
You'd feel like king shit rolling around in that thing.

>>76611332
>James May once called it "the world's best car".
Not surprised, really. Funboxes are the most enjoyable cars to drive.

>>76611493
Frog please leave

Not fooling anyone with the proxy

>>76609373
http://www.reliabilityindex.com/news/52/States%20of%20Repair%20%E2%80%93%20Japanese%20and%20French%20brands%20top%20international%20league%20table%20of%20car%20reliability

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