914Driver
914Driver SuperDork
12/22/11 12:52 p.m.

French two cylinder diesel automatic? I can't think of an easier way to get mowed over.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1975-LIGIER-COUNTRY-AMBRA-RHD-MICROCAR-DIESEL-RARE-THINK-ONLY-ONE-US-/250957991476?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item3a6e430e34

jrw1621
jrw1621 SuperDork
12/22/11 2:43 p.m.

Titled as a 1975 car sounds like some registration fraud. Some goggling says it is more like a year 2000 model.
If this was a 1975 then this little known product was certainly leading the way with modern design line, styles and processes.
This is what efficient French looked like in 1975

alex
alex SuperDork
12/22/11 2:56 p.m.

Ooh, forward AND reverse! Sophisticated.

DaveEstey
DaveEstey Dork
12/22/11 3:02 p.m.

Needs a motorcycle engine and box flares.

BoxheadTim
BoxheadTim GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
12/22/11 3:37 p.m.
jrw1621 wrote: Titled as a 1975 car sounds like some registration fraud. Some goggling says it is more like a year 2000 model. If this was a 1975 then this little known product was certainly leading the way with modern design line, styles and processes.

Actually, they've had these little runabouts in France for a long time, they're almost a "Rascal replacement" over there. That said, the 1975 ones tend to be designed using an even straighter ruler than Volvo used in the '80s.

They're also very, very slow.

jrw1621
jrw1621 SuperDork
12/22/11 3:59 p.m.

The elder version.

CarKid1989
CarKid1989 Dork
12/22/11 6:18 p.m.

I would love to legally own that.

No joke.

Looks like fun in a Yugo sorta way

irish44j
irish44j Dork
12/22/11 6:40 p.m.

the coolant overflow tank is tres GRM

irish44j
irish44j Dork
12/22/11 6:42 p.m.

also it sitting out front of "Signature Motorsports" seems a bit ironic.

I could probably beat this thing in a race. On foot.

integraguy
integraguy SuperDork
12/22/11 7:08 p.m.

Looks like a collaboration(sp?) between the toy company that builds the Cozy Coupe for small children...and SMART, before SMART was absorbed by M-B.

camaroz1985
camaroz1985 Reader
12/27/11 9:10 a.m.

My guess is being titled as a 1975 is a way around emissions regulations or something like that.

DoctorBlade
DoctorBlade Dork
12/27/11 9:27 a.m.

1975: When it started accelerating to 60mph. 2000: When it got there.

The_Jed
The_Jed Reader
12/27/11 6:18 p.m.

Zing!!

PubBurgers
PubBurgers Dork
12/27/11 8:51 p.m.

Something actually slower than the Ruckus, nice.

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