Instantly recognizable as a Peugeot 403 convertible.
Renault build big trucks, and very likely their own big diesels.
Peugeot cut a swathe through the usual brands when they came to Australia many years ago, beating Ford,GM etc in several round Australia reliability trials for production cars, and have been here, initially as an assembler/builder and later a pure importer, ever since. Renault came the same time, have come and gone, are currently here and doing ok. I competed in one trial under Renault Car Club banner, but not in a Renault.
. We saw a lot of body welding repairs done on some Renault competitors during the event.
If you want to gauge Peugeot longevity look at pics out of war torn Arabic areas, you`ll see 404s, 505s, etc, 40-50 years old still in use. It took a while for me to be ready(old enough?) to own one, I`m on my second, it`s a turbo diesel, I like it, and I`ve had some cars I loathed, Jaguars for example.
Peugeot also make some very good salt and pepper grinders. And bicycles.
An interesting company.
