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Viffermike · 10-16-2015, 11:40 AM

Yeah, a few of these cars either are sold or were sold in the U.S. at one time: the Merkur XR4ti, most TVRs, Mazda2, Smart. What we didn't get were the souped-up versions ...

... and as for Renault: When your main U.S.-market car was called the LeCar, which was marketed as a happy-sunny oil-glut microcar and had roughly the reliability level of a Yugo/Zastava -- at the same time that you were producing the incredible 2G and 3G Alpines and racing all over Europe and F1 -- ummm ... yeah, Renault isn't gonna chance that again. It damn near put the company under back in those days.

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Viffermike Colonel 1753 Rep 2,942 Posts Drives: '18 black-n-blue 718 Cayman Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Big D iTrader: (0)	Yeah, a few of these cars either are sold or were sold in the U.S. at one time: the Merkur XR4ti, most TVRs, Mazda2, Smart. What we didn't get were the souped-up versions ... ... and as for Renault: When your main U.S.-market car was called the LeCar, which was marketed as a happy-sunny oil-glut microcar and had roughly the reliability level of a Yugo/Zastava -- at the same time that you were producing the incredible 2G and 3G Alpines and racing all over Europe and F1 -- ummm ... yeah, Renault isn't gonna chance that again. It damn near put the company under back in those days. __________________ --Life is a journey made more exciting with a fast car.-- --Helmets are for closers.-- <<Current: "Blackened" '18 NBM Porsche 718 Cayman ... Gone (but not forgotten): "Blackened" MG '15 228i M Sport w/aFe filter/scoop, Hertz drivers, P3Cars multigauge, other goodies>>
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