America vs France
The Convoluted fate of French cars in the United States.
PSA Peugeot Citroën sold more vehicles in China in 2015 than it did in any other part of the Renault world still has a lot of catching up to do in the Middle Kingdom, although the French automaker sold a record 2 8 million vehicles in the world in 2015.
That joyful and all art, but a flat question about the success of French manufacturers Why aren t French cars sold in the United States of America One of my friends with a moderate interest in cars asked it there few days that I was interested in looking deeper into the subject and I discovered that it is not easy to understand why the French car didn t work here, but there is some explanation.
Now that DS became an independent brand with upscale ambitions, the French car could return to Earth according to recent reports, including this piece DS car driver could set foot on North American soil by the end of the decade.
Eric Opode, the brand development pattern DS-owned Citroen, said his team has proposed a strategy for being in the top 200 cities in the world, and that is what we follow Do I need to say anything or about the possibility of buying a DS in the United States in the near future.
When you think about it, the DS could work in the US because the DS3 Cabrio supermini is very coquette and DS 5 diesel hybrid is the most advanced family car that I know In addition to these, the Citroën C4 Cactus also ticks the right boxes with its funkiness.
And then there are Peugeot Hot hatchbacks such as the Peugeot 208 GTI 308 GTI are interesting alternatives to diesel hybrid wagon ST-ified Ford Fiesta and Focus 508 RXH and the sports car R RCZ is also meaningful for Renault models such as crossing Qajar and Espace 7 seats would be interesting proposals for buyers in the market for something different, something beyond the predictable.
That's the thing with the French automobile industry since Edouard Delamare-Deboutteville built the first gasoline car in France in 1884, the land of the Franks adopted a different approach to making cars with the rest of the world and people around loved the quirkiness of French cars.
The merger Fiat Chrysler marked the Fiat back in North America 52.675 cars were sold by Fiat in 2015 compared to the Italian brand, the French automakers trio of the most varied models in the range if they were to compete with Fiat in the US, diversity would be their advantage.
Americans began to get a taste of French cars a more or less official channels in 1930, before the outbreak of World War II Exotics such as Bugatti, Delahaye, Facel-Vega, Talbot-Lago donation count t because they have low-volume cars instead, we will focus on the sacred trio of great french public automobile manufacturers.
The first to be imported in North America was Citroën Los Angeles-based Challenger Motor Car Company began selling in 1938 Traction Avant to 895, which is about 15 045 in today's money in 's other words, the price of a 2016 Ford Fiesta SE sedan.
A brochure developed by another importer named Campbell Motors announced the Traction Avant as a sports car for the description of the family such as flashing performance, torsion exceptional handling and suspension were also used if you not believe, check the first picture gallery.
After the war, Citroën Cars Corporation was established in New York and Los Angeles Repair and departments rooms and a small dealer network were online in 1956. All of the 2CV DS and SM sold poorly, but the truth is that those -ci cars were radical for the period and the Americans weren t willing to spend money on these cars tired and weaker than ever after bleeding money for two decades, Citroen has closed all north American operations at the end of 1977.
Renault arrived in North America in the second half of the 1940s, with the rear engine 4CV Ferdinand Porsche worked on this little runaround when he was imprisoned in France, it is not surprising that the Renault 4CV concept is similar to the Volkswagen Beetle Besides that, the Renault 4CV was cheap, he returned to 50 miles per gallon, and he had a few design cues Plymouth to it.
When the Dauphine replaced the 4CV in 1959, Renault was the French automaker's most popular in the US and Canada Everything was going well for Renault in North America in the 1960s when the Le Car was launched in 1976 everything started to go down to 1,300 dealers AMC Brand were supposed to sell the thing, but the sellers were more keen on moving jeeps, Pacers and Eagles.
In the early 1980s, Le car turn in The Flop Renault tried to change things by making sedans in the US Specifically, Renault R9 Alliance and the fate As Still R11 would he both proved much hassle for the AMC dealer network Not even the title of Motor Trend 1983 car of the year could save the evil sale of Alliance in 1987, Renault has decided to sell all of its north American assets Chrysler half of AMC and never come back here.
Peugeot was late to the party, with official imports from 1958 Road Track described the 403 sedan as one of the top seven cars manufactured in the automotive world News said he Sá competitive package Columbo detective Italian original font of the American television series of the same name, led a 1959 Peugeot 403 convertible that has often exposed mechanical problems Thanks to Columbo, the Peugeot 403 sold well in the US His successor didn t, n ' has not the 504, 505 and 304.
The products increasingly annoying rendered Peugeot obsolete in the eyes of Japanese imports post-1973 oil crisis in North America and more fuel efficient in 1986, the manufacturer sold about 14,000 cars in the United States and Canada, was still more dramatically in 1990, Peugeot sold 4,200 cars on 6 August 1991, Peugeot has decided to throw in the towel manufacturer still maintains an office in Michigan, however.
As for Simca and Panhard, they started their American adventure on the wrong foot and ended Simca evil was bought by Chrysler, while Chrysler sold Simca PSA Peugeot Citroën, the brand has completely disappeared Panhard made its last car 1967 after which he started making tactical and military vehicles once great brand now owned by Renault Trucks Defense.
The rise of French cars in the United States and Canada can be attributed to the way they were different in the 30, 40 and 50 compared to intensive full-size sedans in fuel and monotonous vans But French cars aren t unique they re just shifted, which isn ta long-term selling point in a dynamic market.
Another problem is that all the major French manufacturers didn t have big Fiat competent dealer networks was smart and he circumvented this problem by buying Chrysler Other than 500X crossover, Fiat sells a family of models without direct rivals Citroen, Peugeot and Renault didn t think this kind of thing, which is why they failed to compete with the well established domestic auto industry.
Given the history of French cars in contrast, the United States, PSA Peugeot Citroën will incur helluva lot of resources to establish the DS brand in this part of the Renault world, is still selling cars in North America is through a strategic partnership with Nissan for every Nissan and Infiniti sold here Renault profits without lifting a finger Renault was the first carmaker to understand that to sell cars in North America, he first had the brain of a builder Japanese car eccentric in me like the DS, however.
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