I’ve made the final adjustment of the rules and added one about quality - basically stick to under +3 or have a good explanation for up to +6.
That might change two or so decades later, when the kids are old enough to potentially afford their own car, but that would be a story best left for another QFC.
That story has already been told once, years ago 
As I am home from work with a cold I have some extra time for Automation today, here we go.
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Chipping away, slowly but surely. Not sure if I’ll keep the name plastered across the back though…
And will never touch the likes of the Martinet in terms of styling in an infinite number of years.
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Do the Vaillancourtes prefer manual or automatic? I feel like I might have missed it but I feel I should ask still.
I’ve got some Elvis on and I’m ready to get to work, especially since these sorts of cars are my bread and butter IRL, hell I was working on a 1950s Armstrong Siddeley today 
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Experiment 
Famal is manual, definitely the vast majority of European family cars back then would be too. But you can always try making the auto worth it.
Is double wishbone suspension realistic at all for either front or rear?
I know that, from my experience a surprising number of older cars did have double wishbones on the front, but it was generally solid axle on the rear
If it’s in France, anything is possible! But not McPhersons!! Panhard used to have torsion bars instead of coil springs to return the engine valves back on their closed position. So, starting from there, a lot is possible!!
Citroen had trailing rear and leading front and it was coil or hydropneumatic, the vans had torsion bars front and rear. FF cars
Peugeot was double front wishbone and solid with a single or double leaf for the rear. Usually FR cars
Renault had multiple combinations, FF, FR RR, Torsion bars, solid axles, assymetric wheel base… A bit of everything 
Hope it helps
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Are advanced trim settings allowed by any chance?
Didn’t really think about it, but I’ll allow it within reason, for minor adjustments or chassis visibility. Don’t make the car look like it has different wheelbase, wheel size etc. and you’ll be good.
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Only problem is that if you want to have something cheaper than a Double Wishbone for the front suspension, in Automation it has to be MacPherson Struts…
Are radial tyres allowed?
2CV had radials, so I basically couldn’t ban them. Yes, they are allowed.
I would rather say that french cars are almost pioneers when it comes to McPherson front suspensions. The Ford Vedette was the first car in the world to use them (at least in series production) and the Peugeot 404 was one of the first non-ford applications of them. Now, nothing stated that the vehicle had to be french, just that the round is set in France. Also, DW was overall more commonplace in the 60s, most manufacturers went to McPherson in the 70s, so yeah, DW or McP are both realistic choices in this case.
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YOU WANT SOMETHING HUGE AND CHEAP
IN YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD
WHAT DO YOU BUY?
GLO-BUS!!!
The 1967 Globus Chief Cruiser Wagon still is the same as 65, with one big difference - you can opt for the 42E package. Which means Economy with a 4,2 liter six-cylinder. We still can not understand why anyone would accept less than the standard 7,2 liter monster, buuuuut… if we are asked to, we build what the customers want. The interior lacks our finest Pennsylvanian Plastic Oak wood, and the stereo isn´t nice, but on the other hand, it costs about an apple and an egg.
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You’ve kind of gone for double the maximum engine allowed 
Ah damn, I must have missed that point. Damn.