Renault (kind of unusual)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dauphine
Dauphine is the female form of the particular French feudal (comital or princely) title of Dauphin (also Anglicized as Dolphin), applied to the wife of a Dauphin (usually in the sense of heir to the French royal throne). It is roughly analogous to the British title Princess of Wales.

 

Well Andrew twinkietoes was closer than I was. I barely write and speak English.

 

They used to be even slower than a contemporary VW bug. There are ways to deal with it, though: https://www.google.nl/search?q=rena...8#imgdii=MclGfb13DPrHOM:&imgrc=6QZjg7PP6AvQQM:

 

Then there's two spellings, as the Aerospatiale SA360 and SA/AS365 are spelled "Dauphin" and "Dauphin II."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aérospatiale

 

Any way you spell it, my Dolphin ended up with a warped head that wasn't worth the price of the car to replace.
As I look in the rear view mirror, now I wonder why I bought the Renault, VW, Sprite, and other small cars when gas was 25 cents a gallon or less?

 

Probably, because of the same reason I don't wear earings and have no tattoo. Just wanted to be different.
I'm outta here!

 

The larger Renault 16 had their own plant on the Atlantic coast. It was modern and practically semi-automated:



Renault car and truck production 1934. Astonishing how they figured out how to polish ball bearing to within extremely fine tolerances:

 

And another one:

 

A retro is planned, for 2020

 

Here's what looks to be a Caravelle prototype from 1956