Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site clyde.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!jona From: jona@clyde.UUCP (Jon Allingham) Newsgroups: net.auto,net.consumers Subject: Re: cars in Europe Message-ID: <669@clyde.UUCP> Date: Thu, 6-Dec-84 08:10:28 EST Article-I.D.: clyde.669 Posted: Thu Dec 6 08:10:28 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 7-Dec-84 01:22:24 EST References: <133@ur-cvsvax.UUCP> <151@gcc-opus.ARPA>, <1016@hcrvx1.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Whippany NJ Lines: 36 Xref: watmath net.auto:5129 net.consumers:1507 From watmath!utzoo!hcrvax!hcrvx1!hugh Wed Dec 31 19:00:00 1969 Relay-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site clyde.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site hcrvx1.UUCP Path: clyde!watmath!utzoo!hcrvax!hcrvx1!hugh From: hugh@hcrvx1.UUCP (Hugh Redelmeier) Newsgroups: net.auto,net.consumers Subject: Re: cars in Europe Message-ID: <1016@hcrvx1.UUCP> Date: Tue, 4-Dec-84 09:57:55 EST Article-I.D.: hcrvx1.1016 Posted: Tue Dec 4 09:57:55 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 6-Dec-84 03:35:23 EST References: <133@ur-cvsvax.UUCP> <151@gcc-opus.ARPA> Distribution: net Organization: Human Computing Resources, Toronto Lines: 13 Xref: watmath net.auto:5127 net.consumers:1505 >>... 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?). In Germany, where this car is a very popular car for students, it is known as an 'Ente' ( a duck ) since that is what it reminds everyone of. As it can't meet the safety and emission standards in the US, and would cost more to import than what it is worth, you don't see it here. -- Jon M. Allingham (201) 386-3466 AT&T Bell Laboratories Rm 2A-110 Whippany, NJ