French cars are too quirky for the US market. French car manufacturers have a market that is both small enough and large enough to try out experiments that woul

French cars are too quirky for the US market. French car manufacturers have a market that is both small enough and large enough to try out experiments that would fail elsewhere, and innovation that is deemed too costly for the US mass market: Fluid suspension - 1960s; sliding doors on cars - 1990s; avant-gard styling: all down through the many decades. Many French cars are iconic: The Citroen 2CV https://www.erclassics.com/media/catalog/product/cache/2/image/700x/17f82f742ffe127f42dca9de82fb58b1/c/i/citroen-2cv-1957-c0985-037.jpg https://www.erclassics.com/media/catalog/product/cache/2/ima..., The Citroen Parisienne DS https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcSnLQ5QHMABoGiYugMX6MO_kWRYzq21xGrhBK0AKMATJlY8rgSS https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcSnLQ... and the Citroen C4 with those strange door panels https://c4.wallpaperflare.com/wallpaper/340/990/475/women-sitting-sneakers-car-wallpaper-preview.jpg https://c4.wallpaperflare.com/wallpaper/340/990/475/women-si... I spent many years travelling in France, my preference was for a Citroen DS3 with its distinctive 'reverse shark fin' behind the driver's window :) https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2010/10/8/1286530215195/Citroen-DS3-006.jpg?width=620&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=6dc2f346b034e74dc2710afceef48992 https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pict...