We’ve seen plenty of signs that the European car industry is prepared to draw on its heritage as it tries to combat new Chinese entrants.
But if the new Citroën 2CV, Peugeot e-T16, Alpine A310 and Renault Espace are anything to go by, we could be in for a deluge of historically inspired models.
What's curious is that while the 2CV was a very well-known and fondly remembered car, the Peugeot 205 T16 and Alpine A310 were pretty niche sporting cars.
And even though the first Espace was very clever, something that's well known by car enthusiasts, I'm not sure the average car buyer knows or remembers or cares how revolutionary it was or why.
The MPV class is still overlooked in deference to SUVs too.
None of these three, basically, appears to be a product that's so widely and fondly remembered that it's long overdue a revival in the way, say, the Mini or Fiat 500 was, or how the Renault 4, Renault 5 and 2CV are currently tugging at the nostalgia strings.
But as a nerd who remembers the A310 and a 205 T16 with embarrassing enthusiasm, I won't complain if a manufacturer acknowledges even the most arcane of sports models from its past.
The British motorbike industry had its Chinese car moment when it was devastated by the arrival of reliable, good-value Japanese bikes in the 1960s and 1970s.
Decades on, some of the best-selling British brands' bikes are retro models, like Triumph's Bonneville and Royal Enfield's Classic 350.
It's a slightly different business, but there's clearly precedent that this can work not just once but well into the future.