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The Two Oddest Cars at the 2006 Paris Auto Show

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The Two Oddest Cars at the 2006 Paris Auto Show
2007 PGO Cervennes Front Corner

The Two Oddest Cars at the 2006 Paris Auto Show


By Sam Smith, Erik B. Johnson

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PGO Cevennes and Speedster II

The car itself isn't so much a disaster--it's just a cheap French rip-off of a fifty-year-old Porsche--but we'd like to know who decided it should be gussied up to look like a ten-dollar prom dress. Seriously: this kind of heinous glitz is usually only found on the floor of the local Holiday Inn after fifteen seconds of awkward, Zima-fueled passion. (We would know.)

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Tang Hua Xiao Ya

What the hell is this thing?? It looks like somebody crashed a Richard Scarry-style egg car into the back of a penis.

This roughly nine-foot-long, Chinese-made electric car uses state-of-the-'50s lead-acid batteries and moves forward in one of two speeds: normal and performance. The former is good for up to around 28 mph, while performance mode kicks it up a half-notch or so to nearly 40 mph. Recharging is accomplished in a brisk five to seven hours. If you can swallow every single ounce of pride you've got, the Xiao Ya can be yours for $5000. Or you could, you know, walk.

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