>>>>Not so sure. I understood it was the Citroen Traction Avant (which means front-wheel drive). I guess the engine wasn't tranverse. Come to think of it, a car with such a long elegant bonnet (hood) - it would be daft to put the engine in sideways. Anyway, a most beautiful car (you always see them as German staff cars in WW II movies).
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>>>>http://www.citroenet.org.uk/html/t/traction2.html
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>>>I haven't been in Britain in over 20 years. So this is what you guys are building these days? I didn'know there was such a demand for WW II movies' staff cars. Doing good I see.
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>>Ha Ha, very funny. I wish they did build cars looking like this. I love the retro look - the new Mini, new Beetle, 1960's look-alike Jaguar, etc. I've got a PT Cruiser myself and can't take my eyes off it, even after a year.
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>Actually the Traction Avant was a fine looking car indeed (not so their 2CV though <g>).

Did you know that "2CV" stands for "Deux chevaux" or "2 horse-power"?

>The Jaguar XK-E (http://www.etypejag.com/) was one of the nicest looking cars ever made.

You ain't whistlin' Dixie

>The Jaguar XK-140 was beautiful too (http://www.jag-lovers.org/xk-lovers/members.html).

It's this genre of Jag that the new retro-looking one emulates

>As for the PT Cruiser. I always thought it looks like a hearse. Ugly if you ask me. But to each his own.

Well mine's a cranberry-red hearse then! I actully like the look of hearses. Nearly bought a Daimler hearse with a RR engine in my youth.