I mean, I still enjoy a good globe – I have an illuminated one right here not four feet from where I’m typing this, for example, and I always thought one of those huge ones that had a bar inside it would be cool. Anyway, those first-gen Twingos sure were incredible. Did you know the antenna was mounted to the side mirror to save on cable length? It’s true!
So clever, so friendly, so Twingo. A cool bit of style for sure, but is it actually functional as well? (betting it is, as it’s European not American) Engine bay can be seen torn apart here, for a better view: https://cliosport.net/threads/twingo-172.504195/ I love using the vents in my cars, but since the air has to pass through the engine compartment, it’s never as cool as it could be. Frustrating when it’s beautiful outside but I can’t get that inside the car w/o using the a/c. *at least for Peugeot & Citroen, Renault made a serious effort by buying control of American Motors, but they were hemorrhaging cash at home and investing meager resources on growing the US business was not a popular idea with the French government or French labor unions when French workers were being laid off, so they had to cut and run from that to shore up things at home Same idea with Mercedes-Benz incorporating the side turn signal repeaters in the mirror housings—starting with W220 S-Class in 1998—as to save the cost of punching the front fenders and installing the separate cables during the assembly process, especially for the countries, such as Italy, that require the repeaters. Came here for this. You can see it in her face. The four in cars have genuine smiles but she’s sitting there holding her beach ball with a look that says “I’m just happy to be here.” Guaranteed to be one of the first electric things on the car to malfunction/break. We used to have 4 in the family, currently just one is left. Easy to maintain, very good milage (usually between 4,5 and 5,5 Liters/100km (so between 45 and 50 MPG). The only problem was the rust issue with the very first models, but things got better with the models from 2000 on. And in fact, the roof can be deinstalled and installed in other vehicles very easily. A friend of mine buys these roofs on ebay to put in various different cars.
