<VV> Model name question (No Corvair)

[Alan and Clare Wesson]

There was also the 'Floride' (French for Florida), which basically looked 
like a Caravelle - can't remember what the differences were.


Cheers

Alan


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>
> I remember a Caravelle, which was a sporty (pretty) two door, and the
> Dauphine which was an upright two-door sedan.  I think they also had 
> "Gordini"
> performance versions of one or the other. Distant memories all.   I've 
> heard that
> even when new, the Dauphine was pretty underwhelming in terms of  power 
> and
> realibility.  I remember my dad admiring the Caravelle in its  day.
> Craig Nicol
>
> <snip>Back in the late 50's and early 60's  Renault sold a couple of
> different models of cars.  One was called a  dauphine (sp) or something 
> like that.
> What was the other one, and which  one was the larger of the two.  If I 
> remember
> correctly the larger one was  a four door and the smaller one a lower 
> powered
> 2 door.  Both rear  engine.<unsnip>
>
>
>
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