Caravelle

[Charlie Smith]

Earlier, Andrew Buc wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 8 Sep 2001 21:48:19 -0600, CCOHEN wrote:
> 
> >Was not the Caravelle the up market version, their was an earlier one around
> >the time of the R8 and R12?
> 
> A Caravelle was to a Dauphine as a Karmann-Ghia was to a bug. The R8
> came later, the R12 later still.

I'm not sure of the Caravelle.  The Dauphine and 4CV had quite rounded
lines.  The Dauphine was the fancy version of the 4CV.  The 4CV was 
very similar to the VW Bug.  Both of these were made in the late '50s.  
Both the 4CV and Dauphine had a 4 cyl water cooled engine in the rear 
behind the transaxle.

Wasn't the Caravelle a good bit later?

Speaking of French cars of that vintage, the one to have was the Simca Océan
which was the low convertable model of the Simca Aronde.

    - Charlie