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no french cars in the USA?
danny_galaga:
--- Quote from: patrickl on October 06, 2007, 02:18:34 pm ---The US has different safety and emission regulations , but I'd say they are on average less strict than the European ones. The difference might require extra investments though.
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different maybe, but i bet not more stringent. i'm still at a loss as to why the french arent selling cars in the US. peugeot especially has something for everyone. you want a big car? 607 for you.
you want a lil hatch? 206.
groovy lil sports car? 207
i myself aren't the hugest fan of french cars, but it looks to me they are missing out on a lot of sales. those that are saying 'they are too european' have never seen a VW or audi or the new mini cooper. all of which i believe are sold in the US...
about the police cruisers. much as ive been giving americans stick in the other thread, i think a big heavy fast car suits best in the US. best thing for nudging cars off the road. dunno what they use now. i thought no one made rear wheel drives in the US anymore?
Level42:
I personaly love the Peugeot design of the last years. It's great how they maintain one very distinctive style across their prduct range. Whatever model, you instantly recognize it as a Peugeot. And the lines are simply beautiful.
They drive very comfortably too.
About the Police cars: A BMW 1 or 3 series should be big enough. You're not going to tell me that these cost 70,000 bucks over there ! But even so, a regular tuned up European car would beat most American cars in speed and handling easily as well. Dutch highway police uses Volvo stationcars. Big enough, safe, fast, good handling.
I am old enough to remember that Dutch highway police used Porsche Carrera's:
That was in a time where Police were still respected in this country....
O and BMW's are rear wheel driven still. Gotta love them for going totally their own way.
patrickl:
The Citroen C6 looks kinda cool too. A bit too different for the US market maybe:
or the C4 (coupe)
I'm not a big fan of the styling of the current Renault models, but the Megane Sport is still a pretty cool car and the Megane Scenic would be a good soccer mom mobile:
Level42, that police Porsche brings back memories yes. Many kids wanted to be a police officer back then. Now kids want to be part of the police force as much as they want to be highway robbers ...
danny_galaga:
--- Quote from: Level42 on October 07, 2007, 02:21:52 am ---I personaly love the Peugeot design of the last years. It's great how they maintain one very distinctive style across their prduct range. Whatever model, you instantly recognize it as a Peugeot. And the lines are simply beautiful.
They drive very comfortably too.
About the Police cars: A BMW 1 or 3 series should be big enough. You're not going to tell me that these cost 70,000 bucks over there ! But even so, a regular tuned up European car would beat most American cars in speed and handling easily as well. Dutch highway police uses Volvo stationcars. Big enough, safe, fast, good handling.
I am old enough to remember that Dutch highway police used Porsche Carrera's:
That was in a time where Police were still respected in this country....
O and BMW's are rear wheel driven still. Gotta love them for going totally their own way.
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ahh, but you're missing the point of how they use them in the US. you watch any of those 'funniest police video' shows and they often nudge cars off the road. keep hard knocks sometimes. i don't know that they do that anywhere else. so for that sort of work you need something rugged but with some power to keep up. a porsche would be nice, but for some reason the crackheads and ice freaks never seem to drive anything faster than the police cruisers anyway...
patrickl:
--- Quote from: danny_galaga on October 07, 2007, 07:04:01 am ---for some reason the crackheads and ice freaks never seem to drive anything faster than the police cruisers anyway...
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Yeah I always wondered about that. In those american police chase TV shows they claim the driver is driving at ridiculously high speeds. Usually it's something like 70mph or even up to 80mph :o. If it's not one of those 30mph chases with 20 police cruisers in a line behind a single car.
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