SH> I think it has something to do with the fact that setting up a working
 SH> dealer chain or meeting North American safety standards is not considered
 SH> wprth it.  At one point Peugeot was distributed here through Chrysler but
 SH> that ended years ago.

I don't think meeting the American standard is the problem. Your standard is our
standard as well.
The problem would rather be that Peugeot don't have any partner in USA such as
GM owns SAAB and Ford owns Volvo.
I think both Peugeot and Renault and even Citroen are stand alone. Take for instance
GM. In there are Fiat, SAAB, Opel, Wauxhal, and is it Subaru in Japan outside of USA.

 BF>> Did it break down that often?  :-)

 SH> No but I enjoyed reading about it.:-)

With the hood open?

 SH> If the car existed, it would be in France.  As for Volvos, they do appear
 SH> to last but we also have VW Beetles running around here as well as some
 SH> American and Japanese iron.  But technology has improved -- my 1974 Toyota
 SH> had a heater which was simply anemic while my 2003 Honda's heater keeps
 SH> the car warm at -50.

The you should have seen the first SAAB 92 2-stroke.
They weren't warm even at 0.

//Bj”rn

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