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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: The joy of Engine-Cars
Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2024 21:05:43 -0000 (UTC)
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On Sun, 3 Nov 2024 08:54:10 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> One that did well here was the Renault 4.  More lean than a drunken
> Irishman, but it still kept its tyres on the road.

The French had lots of brilliant engineering, and pioneered concepts 
decades before other car makers adopted them -- like front-wheel drive. 
Renault invented both the hatchback and the people mover.

I looked up the details of Renault 4 suspension after reading the above; 
it didn’t have self-levelling suspension (it was the Citroën 2CV I was 
thinking of), but it did have a clever system nonetheless.