French cars have always been quirky and you either get that or you don't, without many exceptions the quirkiness barges on bizarre hence why I don't generally like Renaults, Citroen, Peugeot et all. In the late mids 80s to 90s Peugeot seem to have a nirvana moment with suspension design and made some great handling cars, 205, 309, 405, 306 etc. but they were all cheaply made and the felt like they wouldn't last. In recent years Renault have tried with their performance Clios & Meganes but cheap fit always lets them down IMO.
Strangely the French cars I do like are some of the most bizarre, DS, 504 Coupe, Venturi, Alpine GTA, C6 etc.