Old Car Trivia #30

[dwasson]

Name the early 90s, French built, Porsche 911 competitor?

[Rob1559]

Would that be Matra?

[Leadfoot281]

Renault Clio

[usgecko]

Venturi ???

[STLR FN]

Puegeot Citroen???

[dwasson]

I found the stuff throws you. Y'all don't know French cars do you?

[the_pack_rat]

This car in question actually didn't have a name at first, the manufacturer was un-decided.

Car & Driver got first dibs on road testing the prototype.

When the test was complete, the C&D testing driver was asked what he thought about the cars performance, from a member of the manufacturers marketing department.

The driver replied .....



"Whew !!! ..... this thing is faster than a black cat with a white stripe down it's back ... trying to get away from an overly amorous skunk !!!.

With that said .....

The "Pepe' Le Whew" was born.

[ctrcbob]

Don't know the answer, however I did see a Facel Vega, a couple weeks ago, right down the road from me. (No, it was not parked in a Holiday Inn Express parking lot).

[dwasson]

Don't know the answer, however I did see a Facel Vega, a couple weeks ago, right down the road from me. (No, it was not parked in a Holiday Inn Express parking lot).
That is a rare one. There were a few cars from that period with European chassis and American V8s. I think we've lost something important without those limited production cars in the world.

[2003 MIB]

My guess is the Renault Alpine. Certainly not the R5...:D

[dwasson]

My guess is the Renault Alpine. Certainly not the R5...:D

We have another winner!

[2003 MIB]

We have another winner!

I used to work with a guy that had one of these (obviously a grey market) car that had an interesting ( although I can't confirm) history. He claimed the car had been a powertrain test mule for what would have been the next generation Delorean- I don't know if that was B/S or not. It had a turbocharged Volvo of some sort for power. Never got a ride in that one...it was probably pretty fast.

[Rob1559]

I don't know French cars?
Thank god!