"This is the new Volkswagen, Fuhrer."
"Where is the steering wheel?"
"Mmmm, there seems to be a bug, Fuhrer."
"A Volkswagen bug? Heh heh. Ulric,
take this nitwit out and shoot him."
Having had a Renault inflicted on me as a young man, all I can say is this can’t be good fo Fiat (Fix It Again Tony) Chrysler.
And with that, the thread is closed. Nothing more to be said. :-)
“YOU get a Le Car, YOU get a Le Car, YOU get a Le Car!!”
Haven’t seen a Renault vehicle here in the USA in decades. I think they made a cheapo econobox back in the 70’s called Le Car. Le piece of crap.
Not all of them. Renault’s yes, but Renault owns a significant chunk of Nissan and Mitsubishi as well. I wonder if those marques com with the FCA deal as well.
Reading a book, Travels in Siberia, about an American writer making the trip back in the early 2000’s.
His Russian guides bought an old Renault van for the trip as, “It is more reliable than a Lada”.
A common theme throughout the book is the vehicle breaking down.
Bring back the Dauphin
Renault wasn't among the 30.
I had a jewel of a late 50’s British made Morris Oxford at one point in my misspent youth. Approaching a stop light I stepped on the brake which promptly went to the floor. Then pulled emergency brake handle which came off in my hand. Finally...and successfully..I opened the door and dragged my foot to a stop. Sold it shortly thereafter.
totally anecdotal, as are most of the comments so far, but the only Renault ever in my circle of friends was one that needed lots of attention, too.
When I got to Japan in 1958 the taxicabs were mostly little Renaults. You could pack 6 or 8 GIs into one from Yokohama back to the base. Don’t know if they’re any good now. A while back, Mack trucks was in bed with Renault. The trucks really sucked. GROSSLY under-powered. This merger idea makes me nervous.
The worst American car company and the worst Italian car company merging with the worst French car company.
Can’t wait to buy one.
I’m shocked, shocked! to find there are mergers going on in here!
FCA’s main big bargaining chips are the Ram Truck and Jeep divisions, the company’s two big money makers. They’ve allowed the Chrysler and Dodge passenger car divisions to die on the vine. Chrysler is down to two models: the Pacifica minivan and 300 sedan - not much of a lineup. Dodge continues to soldier on by creating special editions of the Challenger and Charger, but there’s been no full redesign of any of their vehicles in almost 10 years. When was the last time Chrysler or Dodge showed off a concept car at an auto show? There haven’t even been any “teaser” sketches from FCA hinting at what a new Dodge or Chrysler model would look like. Their designs are so old, the dealers should issue antique plates with the cars.
I’m waiting for the ‘Tata’ from India to become available here. I’ll buy one , get some stick-on letters and spell ‘bodacious’ on it.
Let’s see: Fiat, Jeep, Nissan, Ram, Maserati, Alfa-Romano under one company? Interesting...
So now it will be a company that breaks down, surrenders, and sells itself cheap.