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From: hugh@hcrvx1.UUCP (Hugh Redelmeier)
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Subject: Re: cars in Europe
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Date: Tue, 4-Dec-84 09:57:55 EST
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>... when I was in Germany one of the more popular cars is [sic] something
>I call the Citroen Bug.  Despite its reputation as a sport car company, their
>low end entry looked like a VW bug with all the seams on the outside.  The car
>wasn't much to look at, and it performed like shit, but it was CHEAP!

I think the the car you refer to is (or was) called the "Dianne" (sp?).
Its traditional nickname is "Deux Chevaux" (two horses, its reputed power?).

>...Bermuda... Also note that these were all the British 'wrong-side' cars
>too!  If the Japanese are willing to go to the effort to make special cars for
>England, they would certainly be willing to do it for the US!

Last time I was in Japan (20 years ago), they drove on the "wrong side" too.