Month: December 2022

The French car industry in the post-war period was just a pale shadow of its former glory. In the course of a few years, all magnificent French brands were gone, unable to cope with a lack of demand, high taxes, and harsh post-war reality.

If you think that remastering classic shapes and re-introducing them to modern car buyers is a contemporary idea introduced in the early 2000s with the new Mini or new Beetle, you are very much mistaken.

The pre-war French luxury and performance cars are one of the most sought-after classics of all time. Seductive shapes, powerful engines, and motorsport provenience made those coupes and convertibles a true connoisseur’s dreams and crown jewels of any notable collection.

Retro-futurism is an immensely interesting design style in the automotive industry. It is always amazing to see well-known shapes from the past reinvented for the modern era.

The thing the prominent car manufacturers hate the most is taking risks. Investing enormous sums of money into new concepts, technology, and designs only to fail to sell them in sufficient numbers, disappointing the shareholders and putting the company under financial strain.