French cabinetmaker Michel Robillard shows the details of his handbuilt wooden Citroen 2CV car, built as an exact replica, March 20, 2017, near Loches, France. GUILLAUME SOUVANT/AFP/Getty ...

Maybe you have even owned a French car at one time or another. It’s even possible that you’ve forgotten that they would sometimes, inexplicably, and at the worst possible time, break.