Renault's Ghosn says electric car draws Gulf interest

afp ^ | 5/1/08 | afp

[Flavius]

CASCAIS, Portugal (AFP) - The head of French automaker Renault, Carlos Ghosn, said Thursday that a country in the Gulf region is interested in his company's environmentally friendly electronic car project.

"We are negotiating to launch an electric car with a Gulf state," Ghosn told a news conference here near Lisbon.

[traumer]

[Flavius]

how ugly get they make them

[clee1]

Who in their right mind would ever buy a Renault in the first place?

They are, without a doubt, the ugliest, most unreliable cars in the world.

[Flavius]

im pretty sure about 60% of all the cars use Chinese components

they are all equally worthless

[Army Air Corps]

Aw c'mon, how could you say that about the folks who developed this fine machine.

[clee1]

Le Car????? Le Garbage!!! ;)

[Army Air Corps]

Sure it rusted and had sloppy handling, but at least it wasn’t as bad as Alfa Romeo’s Alfasud. :-)

[clee1]

Granted, but any car maker can produce a work of trash. Alfa Romeo at least has a decent overall track record. Renault?

[Siberian-psycho]

Renault's Ghosn says electric car draws Golf interest

[Army Air Corps]

True. So, what cars make your list of all-time crap cars? The Fiat Strada and Austin Allegro are on my list. Also, the Ford Maverick makes my list. The squishy ride and cart-sprung suspension were an awful combination (especially when the front bushes and gaiters started to wear out). Of course, there are many others on the list.

[Army Air Corps]

Alfa Romeo at least has a decent overall track record.

No argument here. I happen to like Alfas, but I was just referencing another bad model. The Alfasud suffered from cutting too many corners in manufacture. It could have been a winner (it had good performance and handling).

[Army Air Corps]

I recall the reviews of Le Rustbucket in the auto mags. I had a cousin who almost bought a Le Car. She bought a Peugeot instead and loved it.

[wrench]

LeCar, I sold those things new.

They did get good gas mileage. And if driven carefully, you could go almost 25,000 miles between head gasket changes. 2 years was all you would get before the radiator cracked in the lower left corner. And every 2 years you had to rebuild or replace the clutch master and slave cylinders.

Did I mention they did get good gas mileage?

[Army Air Corps]

Holy cow! A new head gasket after 25k miles!?

Were you a Renault dealer?

I also recall the Renault Alliance.

[wrench]

Worked at a dealership.

The Alliance? I remember one that had 12 miles on the odometer. Salesman had just taken a customer for a test drive. While negotiating price, the car burst into flames and pretty much burned up.

No sale that day.