the ironic thing is, it was only known as a "Le Car" in the USA. In Europe it was the Renault 5, and it wasn't the sorry piece of tin we got here, it was a kick-butt econobox, especially in its "Turbo" version. The Turbo version won all sorts of races.

But one of my all time favorite French car is the Citroen 11CV Traction Avant that can be seen in the movie Diva.

"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, at tres, tres precis."