We drove the Citro n 2CV Sahara for the first time for the April 1966 issue ofFour Wheelermagazine. The machine was the first of its kind to employ two separate engines, one powering its own pair of ...
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Meet the rare, luxury Citroën 2CV

The idea of a luxury Citroën 2CV seems incongruous, but it’s what we have before us here. Not only that, but we’re talking of ...
The Citroën 2CV is minimalism run wild. It’s possibly the most austere vehicle built since the end of WWII. The side windows simply flip up or down, the wipers have no motor and are driven by a small ...
The Citroen 2CV is not the most popular car (especially on American roads). But despite its awkward exterior and feeble athletism, it’s been in production for 42-years (1948 to 1990). Thomas Holland ...
Members of Citroën’s top brass noticed a growing problem in the middle of the 1930s: Most of the company’s blue-collar employees couldn’t afford to buy a new car. Some borrowed money from friends or ...
On October 8th, 1948, the Citroën 2CV debuted at the Paris Motor Show to an unimpressed crowd. One American purportedly remarked upon its reveal, “Does it come with a can-opener?” Meanwhile, a ...
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There's no turning back anymore. The future of the automotive industry is determined (for now) – it's electric. And every auto manufacturer around the globe is doing its best to update its inventory ...
Some may dismiss it as nothing more than an old tin can. The BBC Top Gear programme's Jeremy Clarkson wrote it off as a "weedy, useless little engine". But enthusiasts like Xavier Audran who owns a ...
Professor Aniebiet Inyang Ntui is a multi-faceted individual whose expertise spans the worlds of library and information science, environmental advocacy, and – perhaps surprisingly – the automotive ...
Everyone quotes Ferris Bueller's Day Off the first time they drive a fast Ferrari. The first time I met a slow Citroën, I couldn't shake the film, either. Not the part where Mia Sara pours herself ...
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