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From: http://www.askmen.com/With the release of From Paris with Love, director Pierre Morel (The Transporter, Taken) pairs a rank-and-file U.S. embassy employee, played by Jonathan Rhys Meyers, with a blunt-force FBI agent portrayed by a hairless John Travolta. Given the director and cast, we hope this works for Travolta as an adrenaline-filled segue back to action flicks after dabbling in comedy for the past couple of years.It’s the same way with the French cars you’ll see in the film or, for that matter, French cars in general. They have massive reputation issues in the American market. Most were econoboxes that trickled over in low numbers over a few odd decades, and odd they were. Even if you liked their interpretation of style, they were typically crude and crabby. Sadly, we were never fully exposed to France’s best stuff. And yes, they have made great cars — still do, in many cases. Read on and see why these top 10 French cars are welcome additions to our fantasy garages.10Renault Sport Spider © Public Domain Renault hasn’t been missed after leaving North America over 20 years ago, thanks to the bitter aftertaste of models like the 12, Le Car and Alliance. In the years since, Renault has come back from the brink (thanks in no small part to Carlos Ghosn) and produced cars like the Sport Spider. Built in seriously limited numbers between 1996 and 1999, the mid-engine Spider was a lot like the Lotus Elise in the way it was engineered to maximize the driving experience without being dulled by creature comforts.9Bugatti EB110© Lothar Spurzem/Wikimedia CommonsThe Bugatti marque’s brief 1987 resurrection may have had an Italian accent, but the EB110 produced between 1991and 1995 was fully French in spirit and paved the way for much better things in the Veyron we know and lust after today. Like the Veyron, the EB110 was all about extremes: A mid-mounted, quad-turbo V-12 with up to 592 horsepower; a 0-60 of as little as 3.2 seconds; and, a top speed of up to 216 mph. Even now, after almost 20 years, few cars touch the numbers achieved by Michael Schumacher’s onetime daily driver.8Citroen C4 Coupe© EyOne/Wikimedia CommonsFamously raced (and crashed in the 2009 Acropolis Rally) by Sebastien Loeb, the production Citroen C4 Coupe doesn’t come in a rally-inspired street version like Subaru’s WRX or Mitsubishi’s Evo, and it definitely isn’t fit to tumble down Greek mountains

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