For the Dauphine fans...

[JohnW]

I got a speeding ticket in a 40HP Dauphine in 1982. I also crashed my 1300 cc Dauphine (a different car) in 1982 and swore off them at that point. Despite having the track rods and R10 drivetrain, lurid oversteer was too easily found, and I found it! Still love how they look. My late father bought a new one in 1960.

I got a speeding ticket in my 21 bhp 4CV in 1968. I'll re-advance my hypothesis that the "track rods" were purely to keep the power unit correctly aligned, given the soft rubber mounts that kept the noise levels low.