France? I thought that they'd have higher labor costs...

That grille is gonna be horrible for aero, too...

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The front end is for pedestrian safety, I think -- provides more room to crush before hitting the motor. I have a soft spot for "ugly" French cars:

For car manufacturing Germany and France have lower labor costs per hour than the US because healthcare and retirement are handled by the government. The reason you don't see more cheap cars imported from Europe is shipping cost and exchange rate risk. I suspect you'll see that change now that they are devalueing the Euro and aligning car regulations between the EU and US in a couple of years.

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Oh, that's interesting.

On the regs, what are they aligning? Emissions? Safety? Both? Will we finally be able to import diesels over here?

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"Senior Luna, your sense of humor is still loco... but we love it, anyway." -rickymay ____ "Your sense of humor is still loco... " -MBeige ____ "Señor Luna, your sense of humor is quite järjetön" -Delibes

1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod

2 Samuel 12:13: "David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die."