Attempts at Innovating the 2CV
25 years ago, Chrysler was one of several manufacturers attempting to make small cars cheaper by building them smarter. One project the company undertook, that we have written about a few times, was the creation of a kind of modern-day Citroën 2CV.
Called the Chrysler CCV, the name originally stood for China Concept Vehicle, a nod to its intended audience. (In the late 1990s China’s automotive market was somewhat different from today’s technology-focused behemoth). It was later re-dubbed Composite Concept Vehicle, but in either case one can read that acronym slowly and get the inference: CCV – Two C… V.
An article published the other day in Autopian, features the CCV and also shows the CV 2000 concept where Citroën, 24 years ago, toyed with offering a modernized version of the 2CV — a strategy to counter Volkswagen who offered an updated Beetle in that era, and Fiat who revived the 500 with their new tale on the sub-compact classic.
The CV 2000 concept was on public display at Citroën’s 100th Anniversary Celebration at La Ferte Vidame France in 2019.
