What kind of car is this?

[tomato]

Originally Posted by SailDesign

The shifter on those (and the Dyane) was like on the Renault 4 - Reverse was where 1st is on "most" cars, 1st is where 2nd should be, etc. The shift "lever" slides in and out, and rocks side to side, a very different feeling to the regular lever, but quite nice when you get used to it.

Like this:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...ault_4_011.jpg

[SailDesign]

Originally Posted by tomato

Like this:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...ault_4_011.jpg

Yeah, except they seem to have made trhe shift pattern the same as "most" cars with the later models. Ours was an early '76, IIRC. An dright-hand drive, too, since we were in England.