Think it might've been the other way around C5. French cars were not selling in the US, Canada etc after Bush (Dubya) declared war on everything French when they failed to back his illegal invasion of Iraq. French Fries became Home Fries etc. Nissan were well up with Toyota when they were Datsun- The Bluebird, Cherry and Stanza being massive successes for them. Renault had a tough time out as a consequence of Yank sentiment........Nissan bailed them out to a certain degree.