Cavavelle?

[Roger M. Woodbury]

yes, of course!  I forgot that a company that could make such lovely, fine
and well mannered touring cars could produce such a thing as the 2CV, and
then keep on doing it long after reason (and Parisien traffic!) should have
dictated otherwise.

Oh, oh.  Wait a minute.  Then there is that ID/DS19, also known as "The
Angry Clam"....guess I do understand it after all!

Roger
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Nas" <tnas at euronet.nl>
To: <quattro at audifans.com>
Cc: "Roger M. Woodbury" <rmwoodbury at downeast.net>
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 12:58 PM
Subject: Re: Cavavelle?


> "Roger M. Woodbury" <rmwoodbury at downeast.net> wrote:
>
> >When I sold these things it was in the late sixties.  The Renault stable
> >being sold in this country was, as near as I can recall, the Renault 16,
> >which was the French precursor to the Pontiac Azte; the Renault 5 (I
think
> >it was), and the Caravelle, which as I recall was an off-shoot of the
"5".
>
> Getting waaaay off topic here...
>
> The 5 was called Le Car in the US and was intro'ed in Europe in '72.
> Might've been the 4 (Nissen hut on wheels, 2CV rival) but the 8 or 10 are
> more likely.
> The 8 was the squared-up successor of the Dauphine (itself the successor
of
> the 4CV), the 10 was basically an 8 with more room. The 12 also came about
> in the late '60s/early '70s, it's still built in Romania as the Dacia. The
> Caravelle, while we're on the subject, was the cabriolet version of the
> Dauphine. There was also an Ondine, which I think was the stripped-out
> version of the Dauphine.
>
> >I don't believe that the Deux Cheveaux and the Quatre Cheveaux were ever
> >imported for sale in this country, and they certainly were not being sold
in
> >1968.
>
> The 2CV was made by Citroen. Another very weird car that did what it was
> made for very well indeed, but for continuing quality problems until it
> ceased production in the late '80s. Rather a long production run,
remaining
> basically unchanged between '48 and '87...
>
> Regards, Tom
>
>