Meet the Fallegger Citroën Ami 6 Aerosport.
This photo (in black & white) was posted on Facebook with a description that it is a Citroën 2CV Fallegger Aerosport and it was not a production model, but rather a kitcar version of a sports car based on the Citroën 2CV produced by the Dutch company Fallegger in the 1960s. It went on to say that these cars were an interpretation of a “Volkswagen” in a sporty style, inspired by the Morgan Bottail [Ed note: as spelled] sports cars, and were offered in various variants.
After some digging it would appear that the description, like a lot what is posted on Facebook these days, is not factual.
For starters, Fallenger is not a Dutch company. Carrosserie Fallegger is in Kriens Switzerland, just southwest of Lucerne. They have been in business for over 50 years, doing classic car restorations and a few one-off creations based on the Citroën 2CV.
In this case the Aerosport is a one-off created in 2021 obviously inspired by the Tatra 600 Tatraplan, (produced from 1948 to 1952) for the front, and from the windshield backwards, the Voisin Type C25 Aerodyne, produced in the mid-1930s.
(Check out the article we featured about the C25 Aerodyne and the video produced by the Mullin Automotive Museum prior to it closing in February 2024.)
Fallegger elected to call it an Ami 6 Aerosport, presumably to give it a more elevated status while still conforming to its Citroën hertitage. Yet there is little to indicate anything “Ami” about the car. Perhaps the frame and serial number?
Even the wheel covers are “Voisin-like”. Much of the dashboard appears tom have come from a Dyane.
The engine bay is packed with the familiar late-model 2CV 602 cc air-cooled engine and 12-volt alternator. What is particularly interesting are what appears to be dual brake fluid reservoirs as can be seen in the upper right of the photo.
The metal roof can slide open in the curved roof track, similar to the Type C25 Aerodyne but only to the point of leaving a restricted slit of rear window visibility, whereas the Type C25 roof travels to the very rear and one of the sunroof windows aligns with the rear window.
The rearward exterior is an interesting visual homage to the Type C25 Aerodyne, save for the oversized rear LED lights.
We wonder what Gabriel Voisin and André Lefèbvre would think if they were alive to see it?
For those that know Citroën history, André Lefèbvre, the principle engineer of the Traction Avant, began his career as an aviation engineer working for Gabriel Voisin. He was also a racing driver and race car designer, and won the 1927 Rallye Monte Carlo. He joined the Renault in 1931 but with a tenuous term working under Louis Renault was hired in 1933 by André Citroën for the hurried development of the Traction Avant. After the death of Andre Citroën in 1935, he continued his work at Citroën on the 2CV, DS and HY Van.
Carrosserie Fallegger has built at least 2 other one-off creations that they show on their website. (https://carrosserie-fallegger.ch/)
