Vive la: France! High fuel costs - and one small shop in New Jersey - help the Citroen 2CV thrive in the U.S.

摘要

WHILE GM, FORD AND EVEN SOME ASIAN manufacturers are struggling to maintain their share of the North American market, Noel Slade is selling cars as quickly as he can build them. Slade, owner of Citroen Import Services in Lakewood, New Jersey, is the largest -and apparently the only - manufacturer of French automobiles in the United States. He has been rebuilding, servicing and restoring Citroens since he arrived in the United States from England nearly five years ago.