What is that, the incredibly rare retractable hardtop Messerschmitt?
*reads copy*

I guess not.

Dang.

Absolutely beautiful, totally French, ahead of it's time, and if you really think about it, with the number of these left in the world, not outrageously priced (though I could never afford it).

Headlights behind the grille? That's worth $295,000 right there!

Are those headlights or fog lights just over the front bumper?

Trust me, guys, the first time you take this baby out, someone will a) key it or in some other way vandalize it, b) a decade-old Civic with a fart can and a park bench strapped to the roof will blow by you in second gear, then the zit-faced teenager with penis envy driving it swerves in front of you and slams on the brakes, and c) every time you stop for gas, a dozen or more senior citizens will climb out of their leather-lined Buick and Silveradio cocoons to tell you about the car they had just like that back when they were your age... and then the '57 Chevy they traded it for, and then the '62 Super Sport, and then the Dodge Charger... and then you'll hear some BS about how they use to race and how the were alpha males to all their drinking buddies.

Ah, the price you pay for driving an old car...

@WilliamG.: Wow, Happy Friday too you, too.

@China_Crisis: Without the superfluous "o".

@WilliamG.: Point c is exactly why driving old cars is fun... It's all about the stories, man.

The old car hobby is the cure to "Bowling Alone". You can't drive an old car and be anti-social. Those two things are mutually exclusive. Car shows build social capital; they help us connect based on something we have in common. And a lot of times, the car connection is a lot more important and real than race, religion, or politics.

I drove my '64 Corvair convertible into work today, and the VP of the company comes over and starts chatting me up over the car. He has 6 beautifully restored Corvettes (I know, he has pictures of them at the office) and he's engrossed in my weathered old 'Vair.

Such is the way, with car nuts.

@WilliamG.: About three more cups of coffee might help there Will

I do not care about the cost or potential headache. I just WANT IT!!

Only folding hard top I have seen that is beautiful with both top up and top down.

I love it

When all's said and done, it's still a sissy little French car.
@smokeydog001
Bad dawg! You know you've been in love with the Citroën 2CV since hitchin' through Europe.

A good friend of mine brought this car into the States a couple years ago. Unfortunately, I didn't (and probably never will) have the money to buy it. It's still nice to dream, though....

That is a beautiful car. Very nice. The front bumper isn't perfect- it should have been treated with the color & chrome all the way or the ends shaped a little differently. But I'd still own it if I could!

It cars like this that makes me want to embrace my long lost French heritage.

@Scroggs!: Once in a while I'm really impressed by the car people that seem to be French.
I think this is a special Peugeot D'arl Mat (sp?). They made a neat coupe too.

Darl Mat
See the coupe
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I just realized that the front bumper looks like lightly stylized steer horns!

Move bitch, get out the way
Get out the way bitch, get out the way
Move bitch, get out the way
Get out the way bitch, get out the way

+ Watch video

@stuntpuppy: I know!

@China_Crisis: I had a superfluous 'o' when I was a kid. I had it removed when the guys made fun of it in the locker room.

I love the European car design from the 30s. This Renault is no exception.

I wish had the money (and the garage space) to buy a car like that.

Super quirk-mobile! Love it.

A Peugeot with that many moving parts! WIN new PCH! Heh heh yesssss... you too could join us in PCH without even knowing it, with a HUGE buy in!

Dammit I need some coffee.

I'm a big fan of those sneaker lights.

@Novaload: It all makes sense now!

My father drove a Peugeot 402, just like this one but USA army green, thru Germany right after the war... looking for his brother who was deported.

I think the 402 Darl'mat roadster is even more Jaloptastic. The headlights aren't behind the grille, as they are with other 402 and 302 models (including a woodie shooting brake!) but the windshield that cranks down into the cowl makes up for that. And you can't argue with a class win at Le Mans. Or LeMons, for that matter.
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Totally awesome. Can't believe the French were building cars like this in 1938. What other prewar French cars are there I need to know about?

@carless: The Citroën Traction Avant

@carless & amblito: And the three prewar French cars in the Fantasy Garage.