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TGM New Reader
9/19/11 8:35 p.m.

Going to a French car show next weekend. Renaults, Peugeot's, Simca's, etc. If you had to choose your favortite French Classic, what would it be?

For me, probably a Renault R8 Gordini or Simca 1000 sedan.

Check out the great picture on this site of all the classic Renaults:

http://rsae2010.blogspot.com/p/cars.html

dougie Reader
9/19/11 9:13 p.m.

Without a doubt, it's has to be Bugatti. Everything doesn't come close.........

Dougie

wlkelley3 Dork
9/19/11 9:36 p.m.

Alpine

Shinsen774 Reader
9/19/11 9:50 p.m.

There is a guy around here has an orange Alpine that is nice. There is also a Panhard race car at Sportscar Workshops in Richmond, Virginia that is nice.

www.flickr.com/photos/flckrhanzo/6161274974/in/set-72157627703619334

Shinsen774 Reader
9/19/11 10:00 p.m.

This 1911 Breese Paris is nice too. The owner also has a 1912 Breese Paris.

NOHOME HalfDork
9/20/11 11:34 a.m.

Only one good french car.

Tom Heath Web Manager
9/20/11 1:53 p.m.

I like the Citroen 2CV and DS for their uniqueness.

They aren't terribly sporty, though. The Alpine that wlkelley posted would probably be my favorite.

BoxheadTim GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
9/20/11 3:10 p.m.

I don't think I could settle on a single one, the history of French cars up to the 50s/60s (and even later on) is full of marvelous vehicles.

For example, most of the cars built by Voisin: http://www.supercars.net/Search2?INPUT=Voisin

Or the Facel Vegas, like this HK500:

From the later years, probably a Matra:

Andy Reid Auction Editor
9/20/11 3:21 p.m.

I love the Bugatti cars as well, especially the 51.

NOHOME HalfDork
9/20/11 3:23 p.m.

OK. I will relent cause I have always had a soft spot for this bad boy:

GSCReno Reader
9/20/11 9:44 p.m.

The Renault Alpine and R5 Turbo are very cool. I cast 1 vote for the Pug 505. IIRC, they won a lot of SCCA Showroom Stock races back in the mid-eighties. Cheers, Scott

Ian F SuperDork
9/22/11 1:27 p.m.

Bugatti is the easy choice, but I also go with Citroen for the weirdness. I do like the R5, though... the local Lotus dealer had one for sale on their lot a few years ago. Looked identical to the one NOHOME posted.