CITROEN C-MÉTISSE, 2006

They say that the definition of insanity is repeating the same thing over and over but expecting the same result. Like French carmakers and their luxury barges. They just seem to keep on coming, and nobody seems to keep on buying them.

- ROWAN HORNCASTLE

Take this little showstopper from the Paris Motor Show back in 2006 - the Citroen C-Métisse. Not the Matisse, you understand, they'd already had to shell out a load of money just so they could write Picasso's name on the side of a series of increasingly underwhelming MPVs. This weird looking four-door grand tourer rather deftly encapsulates all that Gallic car manufacturers wish you would buy from them, and they'll keep on building it in various forms until you do, sunshine.