It was loads of fun driving it but it was easily the worst car I ever owned. MG Rust Orange with Navy Blue leather interior - it was hot back in the day.
Posted on 07/19/2018 9:35:57 AM PDT by GonzoII
DETROIT (AFP) - French automaker PSA confirmed Thursday its plan for a gradual return to the US market even if Washington follows through on a threat to impose tariffs of up to 25 percent on auto imports.
PSA, which manufactures the Citroen, Peugeot and Opel brands, "confirms the implementation of its 10-years progressive return project in North America," as announced in April 2016, the company told AFP in a statement.
The automaker, which it left the US in 1991, started its return in 2016 with the introduction of its Free2Move app "that provides access to all car-sharing providers."
The second phase will use PSA vehicles to "develop mobility solutions," followed finally by US sales of the brands for which "local production is considered."
The statement came two-days after PSA North America CEO Larry Dominique told reporters the US auto tariff threat could delay the company's return.
"Tariffs would affect how fast and at what price point we return to the US market," he said.
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I think it could be much earlier than that. Especially if they can get a Citroen-branded electric car on the market by 2021.
I have driven a Peugeot and an Opel in the past few years in Europe. Can’t complain at all. Both nice little zippy cars. No complaints at all. Nice smooth six-speed manuals. If they export those, they will be popular depending on price.
Do they even buy cars in Europe?
Just visited the Opel website. Cars look pretty dumpy compared to the 69 GT I used to have.
Either Jeremy Clarkson or Jay Leno (can't recall which one) loves that car for some reason.
When I went to my officer basic course at Fort Knox, my roommate from NJ had a Peugeot. Way back then heated seats were kind of a novelty, and I was impressed with it... The interior was very comfortable.
Ya, but you had to remove the rear fenders to change the rear tires
I look forward to it. The more choices in the market the better.
Rented a Citroen diesel in Europe. Nice car. I would buy one.
Actually a fantastic car that met a demand in the market. It’s widely considered the French VW Beetle.
Amen. Citroen has made some fantastic cars, very advanced for their time.
And no one has noticed that they are thinking of US production.
“Nice smooth six-speed manuals. If they export those, they will be popular depending on price.”
no one is going to ever again be successful with a manual transmission in a general-purpose passenger automobile in the U.S. ... Fiat even failed with even a semi-auto transmission ...
Good luck selling cars in a CUV world.
It was loads of fun driving it but it was easily the worst car I ever owned. MG Rust Orange with Navy Blue leather interior - it was hot back in the day.
Hope they reintroduce that Opel that looks like a miniature Corvette.
Back in the day, Opels were sold via Buick dealers. The ‘67-‘68 Kadett featured a bullet proof 1.1 liter motor that after markets shops could hop up. The little engine would turn 7,000 rpm over and over. It was like a two stroke Kawasaki of the era.
Unless they can come up with something as advanced as the Citroën SM, they should reconsider.
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