The Dauphine's legacy is largely
dominated by its infamously poor performance and bad handling, as
well as its poor reliability: in many markets (particularly the
United States and the United Kingdom) the car became notorious for
mechanical problems.
In 2002, the auto enthusiasts' radio
show Car Talk named the Dauphine the 9th Worst Car Of The
Millennium, calling it "truly unencumbered by the engineering
process". In 2007, Time named it one of the 50 worst cars of all
time, calling it "the most ineffective bit of French engineering
since the Maginot Line" and noting that it could actually be heard
rusting. |
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