So that's where the expression "sh*tting Peugeot" comes from!
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The 505 was a sturdy machine, it would've lasted if it wasn't for the Buick.My Mom had a Peugeot, once, and she loved it. I think it was a 505. It met an early death at the hands of a stop sign running Buick. French cars just don't seem to last long in the US.
Hold it right there! Opel's engines were some of the most reliable ones until 2004/2005, when they started using Fiat material. Their Isuzu diesel engines were (and still are) almost unbreakable. The same goes for the petrol engines: the 19 year old 1.4 16V Astra I drive has 270.000kms and only had minor problems in the 11 years I've been driving it.they don't last long in europe, too (like opel/vauxhaul hardly to be considered as a "car" anymore, they used to be good some 30/40years ago)
You must be talking about the newer models because the old ones were in no way underpowered, compared with what was available at the time. The Astra's first generation had a 1.4L engine with 82hp when the best the competition had to offer with the same capacity was 60 or 75. The 1.7L DTI was the first "small capacity" diesel engine to reach 100hp, figures that at the time were only possible with 1.9L and above engines.@Module 79L
the thing with opel-engines is: most people never get the chance to encounter motor-problems with an opel, as the rest of the car sucks badly...
In german, OPEL is used as an abressive for "ohne power ewig letzter" (without power always last); because most models from Opel come underpowered... But in the end, it doesn't matter, as the rest of the car ... well, it's opel (i just don't like opel)
When Fiat and Ferrari became part of the same automotive group, many people started buying red Fiats. I don't think I have to explain why.Fiat.....deserves a thread of it's own...
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