Rare French Sports Cars
Thanks to David Deroy in Vannes France and John A. Peterson from the Panhard USA club, we are pleased to provide a series of links to a website articles from …
13 Best Steering Wheels Ever
Citroënvie member Prakash Raja sent us this link to an article by Gary Axon published on the Goodwood Road & Racing website. Their resident photographer Tom Shaxson came back from …
Finally – A Comprehensive List of Automotive Museums
If you are traveling and looking for automotive museums to visit, look no further than this website by the The Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) in Paris, France – a …
Can you solve this puzzle?
Can you solve this? If so it says something about your past. The answer is pretty much standard and really not that complex but it is not 6. Look …
Handy Tip For Removing Rusty Lug Nuts
(Requires paid member status to access.) As we all know, getting lug nuts loosened from rims that have been on Citroëns for decades can be a back-breaking or worse, sometimes …
Don’t try this in a Tatra!
Tatras are arguably even more eclectic than Citroëns. The Tatra 603 is a large rear-engined luxury car which was produced by the Czechoslovakian company from 1956 to 1975. It was …
Old Car Movies
Here’s a link you will probably want to bookmark; – A source for 187 old car movies! You can spend hours watching them. Though mainly focusing on North American automobiles …
Silly Clip of the Top 70 Ugliest Cars
There are lots of “worst car” videos on YouTube, but this one is interesting because the following Citroëns are mentioned: Méhari XM Xsara Picasso Citroën GT (Playstation vehicle) Ami 6 …
Let’s See a Little Rallying – European Style
Take a look at these die-hard rally fans with a conviction that they’re invincible. Why anyone would position themselves harms way or drive beyond any sane limit of control astounds …
New Citroën Biased Novel Released
Citroënvie member Greg Long has written a novel. It’s called “FOUND, The Lives of Interesting Cars & How They Were Discovered“. It’s a ‘barn-find’ book with a twist: It consists …
60 Rusting Classics Worth £12million Found on French Farm
A treasure trove of 60 rusting classic cars worth £12million has been found rotting in a French farm garage for 50 years The cars were collected from the 1950s to …
Hand Cranking a 28.5 Litre Engine!
Known as the Beast of Turin this Fiat S76 has lied dormant for over a century. Now its restoration has been beautifully documented a 3 minute video clip. The 28.5 litre …
Peugeot’s Epic Ad for the 208 GTi
Peugeot has released this epic ad for their latest 280 GTi model made to look like an adventure chase scene from a Jame Bond movie. Are we just going to …
Michelin Talks Tweel for North America
ABC News today ran an article profiling Michelin North America’s chairman Pete Selleck, and the company’s new airless tire called Tweel. Pete Selleck While we first covered the the …
Frenchman On Rocket-Powered Bicycle Sets World Record, Smokes Ferrari In The Process
Ah the French… Still setting record firsts in the automotive world. This time by taking an ordinary bicycle and fitting a rocket to it. François Gissy has hit a …
TaxTheRich Whips Rolls-Royce Wraith Around English Estate
YouTube channel TaxTheRich100 is known for taking luxury cars that are usually coddled and pampered, and then pushing them to their limits. Their latest video, uploaded on Sept. 30, stars a …
Foreigners: Beware driving your car in the US with cash on hand.
U.S. police are operating a co-ordinated scheme to seize as much of the public’s cash as they can. The CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) reports that the Canadian Government has stated …
A Good Mud Flogging: The VSCC Hereford Trial 2013
For those of us that take great pride in “driving” our Citroëns and not being trailer queens, here is a British perspective on an outing where the Hereford Vintage Sports …
1925 Doble E-20 Steam Car
A real engineers’ car! You had to be a steam engineer, somewhat, to drive it. 150 hp but 1000 ft lbs of torque, and no transmission. (Direct drive)! Arguably the …
It Still Works: The very first Otto Langen engine from 1867.
More than a century has passed and the Otto Langen engine designed by Germans Nikolaus Otto and Eugen Langen still works. This combustion four-stroke engine works on the Otto cycle, …
Running on Fumes
People make fun of rednecks and their ideas but here is one genius who will make you stop and think for a minute. Joshua Lineberry He watched his neighbor do …
And you think Citroëns are weird?
Check out this weekly digest (or daily feed if you’d like) of the most unusual and obscure automobiles ever created. Michael Banovsky produces this blog that make Citroëns appear to …
The ‘Unintended Effects’ of Government-Mandated Ethanol
Ethanol is a strong solvent and cleanser, and while small amounts will keep your engine clean, excess alcohol will wear down engine parts and make the engine run hotter. Ethanol …
Nissan Tests Self-cleaning Paint
Keeping your Citroën clean (especially a black Traction Avant) can be a chore. The engineers at Nissan figured that if an oven can clean itself, why not a car? They …