an observation about european cars vs the rest of the world....

[Tom Nas]

Larry C Leung <l.leung at juno.com> wrote:

>BTW, AFAIK, the Renult R5 was called just that all around the world,
>except, of course, the US. Same for the old Appliance (oops, I mean,
>Alliance) but I forgot what it's "R" designation was. The Fuego (pretty
>car!) was actually called that, though it too had an "R" designation.

The Fuego was just a Fuego. The Alliance was a Renault 9 if it was a sedan, 
an 11 (both best forgotten!) if it was a hatchback.
Interestingly, there was a special edition of the Renault 5 in Europe 
called the 5 'Le Car'.

Tom