Stir once - make French cars! (8)

I believe the answer is:

citroens

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'french cars' is the definition.
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'stir once make' is the wordplay.
'make' indicates anagramming the letters.
'stir'+'once'='stironce'
'stironce' anagrammed gives 'CITROENS'.

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