No, you haven't stumbled onto Road & Track's site. Just some more unobtainable French car blogging - if I hear the words "Iowa caucuses" one more time, I'll grab an automatic weapon and climb a tower.
Yesterday it was Citroëns - you can't get them here, and whether should you care about that. Today, it's Peugeot, which left the U.S. market in 1991.
This is the Peugeot 107 - the platform was developed jointly with Citroën and Toyota. It's a super mini with a 1.0 liter petrol engine (you can also get a couple different diesels). It can be had with side-curtain airbags. There's even a sport version.
If you want something a little bigger, look at the 207 - it comes in sedan, coupe, convertible, and station wagon form.
As for a mid-size car, there's the 407 - coupe, sedan, and wagon. Looks pretty good except for that ridiculous badge on the hood.
Peugeot also makes one of the ugliest SUVs on the planet:
I think I'd rather see Citroën here than Peugeot, but it would be nice to have the choice. You can see the entire Peugeot line here.
You go to work with the car you have, not the car you want!
Posted by: tata | January 03, 2008 at 07:33 AM
I am enjoying your posts on U.S. unobtainable cars and insofar as the French marques are concerned regret that they will stay that way for the forseeable future.
American drivers have long memories and Citroën and Peugeot simply do not have the cred -- nor do the manufacturers have the many millions of dollars -- to establish new beachheads in the States.
A damned shame, but that is a fact of automotive life.
Posted by: shaun | January 03, 2008 at 08:03 AM
Well, in fairness, the Citroens were pretty crappy cars when they came here. Cheap flimsy metal, and they couldn't handle highway speeds.
Posted by: actor212 | January 03, 2008 at 09:06 AM
The new Cooper Minis have Peugeot engines, if I'm not mistaken?
And agreeing with actor, the Citroens were pretty flimsy, if cool-looking, in an ugly-cute sort of way.
Posted by: Lisa | January 03, 2008 at 03:08 PM
I am love with these little cars...wow....Okay...on another front...
Blogenfruede...Rudy is having a very very bad night in Iowa ( and neither is Willard)...thank you for all of your wonderful blogging efforts on exposing what a ass he really is...
Posted by: enigma4ever | January 03, 2008 at 06:16 PM
I rented a Peugeot when I vacationed in France in May of '06 with Mrs DBK. Great car. Great handling, acceleration, gas mileage...silky smooth. It was small, but we had no trouble getting all our luggage in (not like that teensy thing we had when we rented a car in Ireland in '97...can't remember who made it, but I could hardly fit anything into the boot).
Posted by: DBK | January 04, 2008 at 08:23 AM
I wish we could get a lot of the European car models here; call me a weirdo, but I love those tiny little boxy cars they have.
Posted by: dguzman | January 04, 2008 at 10:05 AM
I love them too. We saw the Smart Cars in Italy when we were there and now I hear they're coming here. The Citroen is so cute, I want one. I like your car blogging!
Posted by: Mauigirl | January 05, 2008 at 03:38 PM
I'm still back there lusting after the C6----beautiful! Want one!
Posted by: mandt | January 05, 2008 at 05:33 PM