Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!hao!seismo!brl-tgr!ron From: ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie) Newsgroups: net.auto,net.consumers Subject: Re: cars in Europe Message-ID: <6508@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Sat, 8-Dec-84 21:02:38 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.6508 Posted: Sat Dec 8 21:02:38 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 10-Dec-84 03:01:44 EST References: <133@ur-cvsvax.UUCP> <151@gcc-opus.ARPA> <1016@hcrvx1.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 21 Xref: watmath net.auto:5153 net.consumers:1542 > >... 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. It actually says "2CV" on it. They seem to have a new model called a "3CV" as well. For some reason these cars are in abundance in Buenos Aires. I had a rather annoyed member of the United Kingdom tell me that it is merely the "left" side not the wrong side of road that they drive on. -Ron