Citroen 2CV Quick Review // Supercar Killer
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- The Citreon 2CV ($45,000 CAD) weights only 1300 POUNDS and is able to put a strong 29 Horsepower down to it’s front wheels. It has a claimed 0-60 time of 33 seconds. This is the people’s car of France - but no longer a cheap run around. This is a luxury classic, especially with less than 3,000 KMs on the odo. Thomas and James dive in to see what this French icon has to offer. We hope you enjoy the episode. Subscribe!!
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Honestly the similarity with the Chiron is incredible. Hard to believe it's only coincidence.
Came here for this.
Yep. There's no way that's a coincidence
And it's the Chiron that copied the 2CV - probably the car it always wanted to be.
@@notroll1279 wait wut?!?!.... Oh hahaha they did too. I thought this one was a special paint scheme but it's factory.
You really weren't trolling ;)
That side-scallop motif goes back to at least Jean Bugatti in the early '30s. It's embedded in the French auto DNA.
videos like these, seeing you two just generally have a great time, with the humor & pure enjoyment is why I've became a fan & supporter of both channels a long time ago. Thanks guys. This one is your best yet.
Agreed. Best one yet. It's got this "Je ne sais quoi" to it! 😁
Wise words were spoken here
These kinds of "having fun videos" are just the best
More of this please
It’s like 2/3 of top gear
I was smiling through the whole video
Pause the video at any time while they're driving and you'll see both of them genuinely happy and smiling. That is exactly what old cars are about...
The 2CV actually has one safety feature: It's so slow, it hasn't got into the accident site yet when the accident happens.
And when it does, it collapses into itself like tinfoil so it can be fed easier into compacting machines. Not only is it safe, it's also environmentally conscious. Truly ahead of its time
One of the best comments I've read in both TH channels, Jaakko! 🤣
🤣🤣🤣
More than 100kmh speed is not « slow »
@@leneanderthalien like 60 mph lmao
They were built to take eggs over a ploughed field without breaking them. Worked in the motor trade and drove many very good fun.
If I remember correctly the 2CV was the result of a very specific design brief. Its a bit of an urban myth but apparently the Citroen director wanted a car that was very affordable car to a wide population, was extremely simple, easy to drive even for complete beginners, had good enough suspension to drive over any road with a box of eggs and have none of them break as well as the cabin must allow a grown men to sit in with his hat on. How much of that is true is apparently still a bit in debate.
Jokes and rumours aside, I do have a fascination with the 2CV the same way I do with the Beetle regardless of how awful they could be. Simple, yet clever engineering.
The 2cv is not a urban car: the engine doest like city driving and wear fast in such condition
It's actually true. It were requirements by the main engineer. Prototypes of the 2cv were hidden from the Germans in WWII and with much delay it was introduced in 1948. Was meant 'pour la campagne' so rural France. Greetings from neighbouring Belgium!
It was a bit more specific in the sense you should've been able to go over a freshly plowed field with the eggs withoout breaking, and they did a great job with the suspension, there is avideo that explains it very well but briefly: front and rear suspension on each side share the same spring so when the front tyre is compressed the spring translates the force partially on the rear wich rises a little keeping the car levelled, with this trick they managed to reduce ondulation in pitch
Like at 07:55 watch how the car stays horizontal
I can't imagine any other reason too make the suspension that absurdly soft
Many moons ago, I used to work with someone who drove one of these. As he said - "it has central locking - you can reach all 4 doors from the drivers seat".
Out of all the cars that have been on Extra TH, this one deserved a full, high production version on the main channel the most.
It has not been shown before, and it wasn't going to overshadow any of the other main channel videos. I could already hear the jolly background music whilst the both of you jump and bump in this little car around town, gathering thumbs-ups from strangers.
They could have an excuse to show it again by finding a variant
I think the higher production ones take time
Fun fact - it's basically impossible to roll over in a 2CV - going forward - but super easy in reverse. It's virtually untippable.
yup: here is a video where you can see the driver doesn't really slow down in roundabouts or on bumps: ua-cam.com/video/ZVC8_NQisG8/v-deo.htmlsi=ZThbXa-m4gHzR3Ss&t=376
Probably gets more bugs splattered on the rear window than the front
Really enjoying to see you guys reviewing an iconic French car.
Started in just after WWII with scared ressources, hence the simplicity.
As another comment from @lehangars , it was meant to be as soft and agile that you could drive thru destroyed fields and farms landscapes.
It weights ~490kg because it needed to be light enough than 2 persons could move it around.
"in 2022, why would you buy one?" says the guy who just bought a fuqqin toyota century 😭❤️
This happened just before I tried the century!
@@jamesengelsman9369 Somewhere, somehow, for some reason, there's a person that sat in this thing and felt the same way you did when you sat in the Century. ... Metaphorically of course.
omg he noticed me 😳😳😳🥵
We all love the 2CV.
The 2CV is to cars what bread is to food.
Wouldn't it be great if it could go back into production, giving millions of people this transportation option?
Citroen AMI:
The usual response to that wish is that it's impossible because the 2CV can't pass safety regulations. But here's a loophole for that: Citroen itself is selling a car called the Ami, which is legally a "quadracycle" -- I guess that's a motorcycle with 4 wheels. The Ami itself uses the 2CV logo on its grill (see this article called "The Electrek review: This tiny Citroën Ami microcar is just weird enough to work". )
Here's a quote about it's being designated as a quadracycle, "It’s technically considered to be a quadricycle, a type of vehicle classification in Europe that falls somewhere between a motorcycle and a standard car. That helps it thread the needle of low cost and low regulations while still offering much the feeling of an actual car. It may not have a dozen airbags like some cars (or even one airbag), but you weren’t planning on hitting anything anyway, right?"
"Largely an artisanal procedure":
Here's an article about when the 2CV was produced in Iran: "Citroën Saipac 2CV, Jiane Sedan, Jiane Pickup and Mehari". It describes the manufacturing as "largely an artisanal procedure", i.e., they are hand assembled. ... That means a high school kid can put one together in their back yard (!). How many millions of high school kids wouldn't consider that as an option for their first car???
Burton 2CV Parts:
This place in The Netherlands -- Burton 2CV parts -- has several videos about putting together a whole 2CV with purchased parts. They don't come out and say it -- but it's hard not to make that conclusion: "You can build your own 2CV!"
Modded 2CV: 720cc - speed machine!
Can the 2CV hold its own on a highway? This video makes it look like it can: Modded 2CV: 720cc - speed machine! (channel is Hub Nut). It talks about some minor-looking improvements to the spark-advance, giving it highway-capable speeds.
Rust is a problem? Here is a video about hot-dipping the whole body in zinc: Fully Zink coated body!! The daily driver citroën 2cv6 real solution against rust restoration. 2cv
^^ a hot-dipped zinc-coated 2CV will last a lifetime or more, in terms of rust.
Argentina: 2CVs used to be made in Argentina, and now it has an extremely free-market president and administration. I bet Argentina would embrace re-introduction of the 2CV with open arms. (And its mostly a flat, mild-weather country -- it should do well there.)
Let's figure out a way to get this back into production and make it a transportation option for millions.
There must be 20 million high school kids who would be happy with this as their first car (sorry, no macho).
There must be 20 million retirees who would be happy with this as their grocery shopping car.
There must be 20 million 9-to-5ers who would be happy with this as their drive-to-work car.
My dad's fist car was a 2cv. He changed the engine with his friends to a more strong engine and the car was very good daily. He did long trips and he started his business with it.
“I don’t know anything about French. It might be revolutionary” I caught that, James.
I feel like many, even Thomas, missed that!
yes, but that the statement is actually very wrong. England is probably the country the most knowledgable about the 2CV... it was revered there (i remember a lenghty article about the 2 CV in the journal "the Guardian3 circa 2000, while the French had almost forgotten about the 2 cv at that point.)
Glad to see this! Wind it out is the way to drive it, and don't fear the lean! But most glorious when you roll the roof back. Ask Chris Harris about the 2CV - he loves them and has one, I think.
I know I was very surprised that none of them had the idea to check the roof and open it
(maybe the owner told them not to for some reason but even then they could have mentioned it)
@@brunohebert1351 Probably didn't open it because the sn glare would have made the filming terrible.
I love the fact the 2CV is leaning towards Thomas.
I had one o f the successors to this when I was 19, the Diane. It had a few more horsepower but was slower to 60. Drove it from Edinburgh to Plymouth and back for a holiday. That was really a journey.
We all know it's spelled Dyane
@@florjanbrudar692 and it's a Dyane and not a 2CV ! You'll be claiming an Ami is a 2CV next :) My mate Dave from the village I grew up in (a French village in Essex) had a Renault 4, I mean the scandal, a 2CV and a Renault 4 in the same conservative village in Essex ?
More room than a Porsche and as many wheels as a Rolls-Royce 😉
Great review, Guys. My first car was a 400cc 2CV back in 1987. Absolutely loved it. Amazing suspension with longitudinally arranged springs. I later graduated to the legendary oleopneumatic suspension of a Citroen Xantia. 5 years ago I foolishly surrendered to the badge snobbery of a BMW 5 series with the suspension of a dung cart. Currently looking at a citroen C5. Vive la difference!
These cars are indestructible. So glad you guys reviewed it
And can be taken apart in minutes with basic tools with a team of at least 3 people
Yea..... my old one would beg to differ
The 2CV has only one enemy: Water. You can watch it rosting.
@@Zarkovision You can now get places which galvanize them with zinc to stop them rusting.
@@freakygoblin3068 I know, I own a 2CV...
My first car was a 1972 Citroën Dyane 6 (a slightly angular hatchback version of the 2CV) with 26 bhp. The most practical car I've ever had, the back seat folded or could be removed and that 602cc engine was capable of giving more than 60 mpg (Imperial) when driven carefully. The roof could be fully rolled back or the front section flipped back and could be closed in seconds. Due to a comparatively heavy flywheel it could be the fastest car away from traffic lights (at least for the first 5 seconds) if you revved it high and dumped the clutch it almost reached it's first gear limit instantly and the change from first to second is just push the the gear lever forward with a flat palm. In 1979 it was the best student car imaginable.
I love this video, thanks guys. I've had two 2CVs to date and as a student with no money, it was the perfect car. There was a famous motoring journalist in the UK, LJK Setright who wrote for Car magazine back in the day and he came out with a great quote about the 2CV. 'The most intelligent application of minimalism ever to succeed as a car'. I think that sums it up pretty well :o)
Correct!
That LJK Setright quote captures it perfectly. I like to say that the 2CV has everything you really need...... and absolutely nothing else!
I used to read his column in car religiously, barely understood half of it but very entertaining. No George Bishop though :)
Surely the colour is burgundy.
It has been my first car…and my first crash 😂 anyway, it is a simple car base on very simple principles, light, confortable (it’s a Citroen after all) reliable and low maintenance. Which was exactly what it was. What many didn’t say, in the middle of the winter time, it was the only car who start (air cooling), and drive (front wheel drive) perfectly on snow.
Then in the summer it was the right cab to go to the beach surfing 😎🏄♂️
These on snow were fantastic, the tiny tires meant so much grip and so much fun. I really wish they could build cars like that again, with a bit more safety obviously, but the same simplicity and repairability. You'll be happy to have one of those when the zombie apocalypse comes :)
Finally, a hypercar worthy opponent
Their battle will be legendary
This is the car I drive every day👌🏻😅 Has been in our family for 30 years. I still love it ❤️
Gimme a 2CV over ANY supercar .... ANY day of the week! My older brother had one when I was still an annoying kid. He took me places in that thing and it was sooooo much fun. I LOVE that car!
I don’t know what “I don’t know what” means. Quote of the day 😆 You two are the best!
Got me Laughing out loud at the end. Though used as an idiom, like the other phrases, it means 'I can't quite put my finger on it'
Dutch here, I still see quite a few of these used as daily drivers, really cool to see. There also used to be a guy that did a engine swap in one, he put a Porsche boxer engine in there. They are actually really nice to drive.
Je kan ook een bmw 2 cilinder blok van een motor er in leggen, maar het is wel zonde van het geluid eigenlijk. Het fluiten van de versnellingsbak is echt iconisch.
The 2CV has always made me happy. More so than Minis and Beetles
Sad there is no real description of the suspension other than how smooth it is. It's a completely unique design that allowed the 2CV to ride smooth yet remain stable and nearly impossible to roll over. It's truly baffling how there is no modern adaptation of it in any car we can buy today.
This car was developed pre WW2. The idea was to offer a cheap means of transportation and that a farmer could transport a basket of eggs to the local market, without breaking any. The car stayed in production for over 40 years. Childhood memories.
"I don't know what "je ne sais quoi" means" is a really good pun James.
The 2CV has sort of a cultstatus in The Netherlands and is connected with anti-establishment dynamics I believe. It's nickname is "ugly duck" and 2CV stands for 2 horses...
Long ago, I drove one for a week. First hour was a driver 'adjustment'. Later, lots of fun. top rolled back, slow driving was perfect to sight-see in small villages having cobble lanes and no places to park. entirely different experience from today - entirely better.
This channel generally presents better cars than the regular one... love this channel!
One of the mandates of the "Deux Chevaux" was to allow a chicken farmer to carry his eggs to market without breaking any. Hence the insane suspension.
This has a "Je ne sais quoi", means this has something special, hard to explain. Direct translation is "I don't know what".
"I don't know what 'Je ne sais quois' means" is a great sentence because you can translate the French part by just going back and reading the first part again.
The most fun you can have on 4 wheels - More Smiles Per Mile.
I have enjoyed 485,000 kms in 2 new Citroen 2CV6 RHD Charlestons - 1982 & 1990 models.
Top price at auction for a 1990 RHD Charleston In Australia was Aus $40,000 with 40,000 km.
Top speed I have seen on the GPS downhill with a tail wind was 134 kph. Other drivers' eyes popped out... the same as when they see the body roll around corners....
We have 2CV RAIDS in Australia across the way outback with 40 or more 2CVs with a number from overseas.
2023 is the 75th anniversary of the launch of the 2CV in 1948, made until July 1990.
To celebrate 2CV6 ownership from 1978 I have ordered a 'Big Bore' engine for mine. 652 cc instead of 602cc. Plus a Powertube...
Sacre Bleu.....
Well, I’m English and we certainly covered the American revolutionary war at school, and I know all about Citroen. We had four Citroens in our family at various times. I’m only seconds into this so perhaps reason will prevail. 2CV isn’t a patch on the Dyane by the way.
Yes I have a 2cv (the 9hp version), yes I love it, yes I took it to the highway and no, yo can't tip it over (I've tried). Max velocity is 60km/h, and no, I'm not 60 years old (my dad is)
In Europe they would refer to these cars as The Duck. Reason was that going around corners with its interesting suspension setup it would waddle like a duck walking.
I would love to have a 2CV, so delightfully weird…
The nuns car from Louis de Funès le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
I'm a Brit and own a 1988 2CV, and I also own a 1932 Morris Minor Two-Seater (the first MG Midgets were based on the original 1928-1934 Minor). I can say that the 2CV feels very modern, smooth, quick, and easy to drive in comparison to a vintage pre-war Morris Minor. BTW, I'll be embarking on a 180 mile drive across country in the 90-year-old Morris next week. Over the course of 4 days I'll end up doing 500+miles at an average speed of about 30mph (it should do 50mph but I tend not to exceed 40-45mph).
I love these cars!! More of these please. James’ French is an English wreck, but I’m here for it. Reminds me of a time I met an Irishman give some French students a tour. It hurt my ears, but you know what I’ll never forget him!
My signing career summed up in a nutshell.
Cool to see a french iconic car reviewed on this channel, we did a huge video on our channel about it. First of all it as been produce to allow french people to go across a damaged filled while carrying egg. It was made after WWII but conceived before and destroyed to hide it to the german who later build the bug
2CVs were popular in England, so was surprised that James
2:26 I’m going to tell all my friends that the Bugatti Chiron is just a modified 2CV. 🤣
No need to be scared you won't be able to roll it. I have seen people go through roundabouts long ago where you would think the outside mirror must be scaping on the ground, yet they neve lifted an inside wheel.
Also there was a video from someone driving a GTI comming up behind a crazy person in a cargo version.
ua-cam.com/video/W5x9zCO6jsI/v-deo.html
the real 2 mil special
They should starting manufacturing again with electric propulsion ,PERIOD!
I'm not sure but I think there was a company in France that was converting them to electric. I might have to check on that.
I know Renault (the other big French car manufacturer) has released a brand new EV version of the Renault 4 or 5 but so far it has only been in the prototype/concept car stage
“You might roll it!”. Pas possible monsieur!
I remember my 1979 Wedgewood blue 2CV6 with great fondness. I have never driven such a comfortable, fun loving vehicle in my life. The word that sums up this car is the word fun. I know of one close to me here in Western Australia, a bright yellow one that lives in Wannanup and I'm almost envious of the happy faced owner when I see it out on the road. Fancy stopping for a pique-nique? Grab your basket from the rear with some Brie or Camembert and of course mandatory baguette and bottle of wine in a perfect location and unlatch your front seats. Et voila, you have seating for two anywhere you fancy. Love it. Someone will make an EV version I hope.
My car is a 2012 Polo, which from factory had 69 horse power, I think it’s extremely possible this car has a better power to weight ratio.
My dad used to own a 2cv or 'ugly duck' as we called it in the netherlands. He had a 58 model where the seats were just pieces of cloth on springs attached to a frame and without seatbelts. Regarding safety, there was non felt like driving a tin can. But the ride was so nice, loved the suspension citroen put in their cars from the era. We took it for camping a few times a year, sadly he sold it but i still love these things.
My old man bought one from the last batch ever produced in Portugal brand new. Still looking mint to this day.
Merci pour cette vidéo ! Indeed you need to get use to the gearbox, such à fun car, I have a couple of those, cheers from France !
Je pensais être le seul français à avoir vu la vidéo ça fait plaisir
My dad had one in the early 90s in Serbia, it was a completely normal car to own.
I have learnt to love the 2cv after watching HUBNUT videos 👍
All the wings,doors ,bonnet and boot lid come off in about 5 mins with a spanner and screwdriver.
About 20 years ago I stayed in the Middle East for a summer. The 2cv was my ride and will not go up steep hills. We had to get out and push so many times.
Chris Harris is watching this somewhere, grinning from ear to ear!
This was a huge missed opportunity to tell the incredible story of Emile Leray and his 2CV. But loved the video anyways.
Can you guys review the new Audi RS3?
2cv > rs3
It's not in Canada unfortunately. We will have to wait to do it in the US
The Beetle was the car of the people, the 2CV was the car of le breakfast. The engineers apparently had to make sure that 2 farmers a pig and a basket of eggs could be transported safely and comfortably You have to do a review on the cars the 2CV inspired, the Nissan S-Cargo.
At first I thought you were joking about the 'Nissan S-Cargo' but I be damned, it was an actual car!
@@VladiDusil yep. From a time in the early 90s when Nissan was ahead of everybody else with retro inspired cars, the. Be-1, Figaro and S-cargo.
Hey guys when will you review the new Nissan Z !?
The CV2 is a honest car. What you see is what you get.
And T-H-I-S.... is why you are better than the other guys.
On film it doesn't look all that slow LOL, pretty funny and love the review!!
Cant wait for the day you guys get your hands on a datsun 510 or even the first gen gtr.
Wouldn't be surprised if there were a documentary vibe to it. If the 240Z was the exemplar of Japanese performance and desirability, the 510 was the contact point for the everyman.
Chaps im an Englishman who daily drives a 1963 18bhp 2cv and its brilliant!
Sadly soon all combustion cars including classics will be banned from public streets in entire EU and Scandinavia :-(
In Germany the Green Peoples Party gave order to shorten fuel supply from 2025
on by reducing all conventional fuel stations to only one state operated central gas station per city or county. Now they want to slow down all the gas station pumps from 20 litre per minute to 2 litre per minute...From 2027 on in the EU certain car spare parts will be banned too....as exhaust systems, turbo chargers and even some engine and gearbox oils...California and New York will do the same from 2027 on.... So no investments should be done in oil burning cars any longer....They even created a new kind of crime here, called emissions and smoke crime.!!!! (BABBVEN LAWS AND TEBBVEN ORDERS)
My only claim to fame. I bought a new Charleston in 86. :) It had a ton of extras compared to a standard 2CV as was almost 50% more expensive. :) hehehe Only reason as you said, It was a fun car. :)
I fucking love this car.
a girlfriend in the 80s had one. Southern Germany, driving to the mountains, trips to lakes, just parking it in a field with no worries of getting it out, even if stuck, just push it... being in touch with the world . The 2CV, german pet name "Duck" was everything that other cars aren t, all the things everyone else classifies as sooo important. Just pratical, super fun, converdible... just enjoying life. I wish todays generation to have that, not just sit in there tank like suv s, sound proof, not even feeling the summer.
throughout the video i was worried James is going to break something. the gear, seats, suspension, car
I think that car is awesome. You buy it for car meets and just to meet new people. I'd always love to check something like that out at a local meet. I definitely vote cool. They are iconic cars honestly.
Okay, i live 3km from a SPECIALIZED 2cv shop. Like literally a garage dedicated to fixing 2cv. This is all they do.
A car like this in this day and age is a car you buy because : your grandad had one and you saw it in his garage rusting away, but it reminds you of your old grand pa, so you feel connected to old france and the life in rural france at the time. You buy one because it feels authentic in a era where everything as become foreign and disconnected. You buy it because modding it is just a hammer and screwdriver away. You buy it... Well simply because it is a relic of a bigone era where everything was simpler. Where a car that wheighs about as much as wet shirt is all you needed to go about your day in the community.
Its a way of life, a way to reconnect for people that are enthusiastic about the old days and when everything was slower and more... Connected.
I know these were made for decades but the fact that this is an 87 still blows my mind
In Germany we Call this car „Ente“ meaning duck. Can’t really tell you why though. There is a kids rule when you see a yellow version of this on the street first, you are allowed to punch your sibling. Good times :D
I had one of these back in 1978 thru 1980 when I was stationed in Germany - LOVED IT. So comfortable. Picture a U.S. Army trooper going to work in the morning in one of these. But it was very economical and fun. Oh, and my heritage if French Canadian. Viva la France e Viva Quebec
Whole lot of touching shoulders in this car.
I feel like you guys would be greate reviewing and comparing small city cars(audi A1, Mini, DS3, i20N). Retro or not, you would easily make it fun and lightharted
Love the line at the end, very clever James. Be well.
I love the title. Also In England we know so little about the revolutionary war when James said that’s England and Britain I went “is it”. We literally know nothing about it
And for anyone interested that car weighs just less than 600kgs
This is the type of car they bring out for parades.
First thing to do is: OPEN THE ROOF WHEN THE SUN IS SHINING!!!
Then you gotta ask someone how to drive this car.
It hurts to see someone is pushing the first gear to 30 km/h or the 2nd up to 60 - WANNA KILL THE ENGINE???
It looks like they're only making fun out of this legend - shame on you!!!
My favorite UA-camrs ❤
Isn't there 2CV racing?
You can see the car literally lean like 35 degrees when they make a turn. I'd be so scared that it would flip over.
But it doesn't flip over. Back in the day they had a campaing in France, get a new 2CV if you manage to flip one over. Nobody could.
basically, the car can't go fast enough to be at a speed which could make it flip by just leaning in "regular" corners
maybe if you go top speed, then turn very very hard while breaking equally hard but that would be cheating :p
we french countryside guys made a lot of experiment with these (and also our renault 4) in fields gravel roads back in the day
I was raised with the 2CV and the 3CV. All but good memories. We were 6 in the family, and would go on holidays in that... never a problem.
I've driven one of these on our holiday in the summer from Holland to Spain spread over 2 days. One of the most fun and mentally curing cars out there.
Please don't mock the French, surely when being english, a country not known for there revolutionary motoring, except for the mini.
What a BEAST of a car haha. Love the review guys!
I saw a real 2CV6 the other day and honestly they are sick, change my mind...
I really hope that Clarkson, May, and Hammond see this video. The 2CV is their favorite supercar.
What a fun car.
As a frenchman, I really don't understand why every review of a french car is about : "weird, strange, bizarre, etc...". These 2cvs are extremely cheap and reliable cars. And if you know how to drive those, which is obviously not the case of these two guys, you can also go quite fast on country roads. Those cars were fitted for french country roads, as well as big american cars were fitted for a huge country with cheap gas. That's all. And about enginering, please remember that Peugeot won 500 miles of indianapolis with a double overhead cam shaft and four valves per cylinder engine in 1913, engine that has been later copied by Offenhauser and Duesenberg as everybody knows.
My parents had one of these. My dad had to replace the entire Floor :)
I can drive 120 kmh on the highway why is it slow even my dads with 18 horsepower can drive 100 kmh across the highway.
I don't know what "je ne sais quoi" means is the perfect ending to this video.
I’m sorry, James, I love you, but if I don’t say it:
Unlike Britain, France still has a booming car industry.
Austin RIP
Morris RIP
MG (now Chinese)
Princess RIP
Triumph RIP
Standard RIP
TVR RIP
Daimler RIP
Allard RIP
Humber RIP
Reliant RIP
Austin-Healey RIP
Sunbeam RIP
Rover RIP
Van den Plas RIP
Talbot RIP
Jensen RIP
Hillman RIP
Wolseley RIP
Lanchester RIP
Healey RIP
Jensen-Healey RIP
Riley RIP
Singer RIP
Peel RIP
Alvis RIP
Bentley (Germany)
Land Rover (India)
Mini (Germany)
Lotus (Malaysia)
LTI (China)
Leyland RIP
Bristol RIP
Rolls-Royce (German)
Jaguar (India)
Forgive me James. As an amateur car historian, I had to say something. 😢
You still have Opel and Vauxhall, if that’s any conciliation. (Which are now French)
And:
Noble
Carerham
Morgan
McLaren
David Brown (always a favorite)
Atalanta (which I hope to own one someday)