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Re:A 17k sport car made in France by pcurve on Friday July 05, 2019 @01:55AM (#20360162)
I'm a car guy and I had never heard of this until today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkNga_su--w

Check out the video.

Build quality and fit/finish is worse than Chinese cars from early 2000s. Panel gaps, alignment, interior quality, materials. Absolutely horrendous. Inexcusable even for $17k. For that money, you are better off buying a Honda Fit. I don't see the point of this car at all.

Re:A 17k sport car made in France by namdnay on Friday July 05, 2019 @03:46AM (#20360623)
And the owner of "MPM motors" is not the most trustworthy individual apparently: https://en.crimerussia.com/oligarchs/versailles-mansion-of-t...
Re:A 17k sport car made in France by GordonS on Friday July 05, 2019 @03:21AM (#20360508)
French cars, particularly Renault and Citroën do have a terrible reputation for being cheaply and shoddily made, so perhaps not surprising.
Re:A 17k sport car made in France by will_deBerry on Monday July 08, 2019 @03:24AM (#20380610)
it was true 10 years ago, they are now among the top 5 most reliable in europe
Re:A 17k sport car made in France by scriptproof on Friday July 05, 2019 @02:41AM (#20360353)
The point is that I would certainly buy this car have I the money, despite minor drawbacks (not "horrendous" based on the video).
Re:A 17k sport car made in France by will_deBerry on Monday July 08, 2019 @03:28AM (#20380633)
the link of your video was made by an amateur journalist who had a pre-series (11 490 € full options) this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTJ90CMqMDM shows the tests of one of our cars that came out of the production line 6 months ago, you can see the difference, and this difference is remarkable at this point, every 6 months around in function of the progress that we do
Re:A 17k sport car made in France by kowdermeister on Friday July 05, 2019 @02:26AM (#20360283)
Or a used BMW Z4 :) I'd buy one if I hadn't live in the city center.
Re:A 17k sport car made in France by namdnay on Friday July 05, 2019 @03:25AM (#20360522)
People always say this, until they take into account the insurance difference, the fuel difference, the tyre price difference, the maintenance difference...
Re:A 17k sport car made in France by kowdermeister on Friday July 05, 2019 @05:28AM (#20361091)
Still worth it IMHO. Yes, it's a 10 year old car, but with a semi decent salary it's affordable.
Re:A 17k sport car made in France by namdnay on Friday July 05, 2019 @05:42AM (#20361170)
oh definitely! it's just not the same recurring cost as a cheap honda
Re:A 17k sport car made in France by jakobegger on Friday July 05, 2019 @03:49AM (#20360639)
There are two things that are important for a sports car:

1) it should look cool

2) it should be fun to drive

If it delivers on those two points, things like panel gaps and interior materials are irrelevant.

Re:A 17k sport car made in France by ollie87 on Friday July 05, 2019 @06:57AM (#20361523)
In Europe there are many, many more choices for this sort of money than a Honda Fit (Jazz). A lot of them are faster than this too.
Re:A 17k sport car made in France by inlined on Friday July 05, 2019 @02:06AM (#20360197)
Apparently you haven’t bought a recent model Tesla.
Re:A 17k sport car made in France by inlined on Friday July 05, 2019 @04:27AM (#20360800)
Not sure why I got the downvote. I was snarky but not sarcastic. Ask any Tesla certified body shop. Watch any YouTube video. They’re notorious for bad finishes. Hell, I found out that mine came with undisclosed damage that required bondo to fix. The most common explanation I’ve heard from Tesla is that this is just something that happens on their $100k cars: damage in the factory that they patch and don’t disclose.
Re:A 17k sport car made in France by megablast on Friday July 05, 2019 @02:01AM (#20360184)
> Panel gaps, alignment, interior quality, materials.

None of this is important.

Re:A 17k sport car made in France by yetanotherme on Friday July 05, 2019 @02:10AM (#20360211)
Well, in that case, neither is the car.