Renault 4 — A 2CV Contrast with Similarities
Renault wanted a more modern and versatile utility car to compete with the engineering brilliance of Citroën’s 2CV.
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An informative video about the BBC’s use of various Citroëns for outdoor broadcast events such as horse racing.
Toyota’s 60th anniversary retro AA is painted in a similar manner to Citroën’s 2CV Charleston.
A list of the major milestones to be acknowledged this year and their dates.
A very interesting and astute analysis of the design of the Citroën DS.
Listed in the Parts for Sale section as it presently not running, this 2CV can be repaired and put back on the road.
Last week Hagerty published an article by Eric Weiner who had the opportunity to immerse himself in a 1961 Citroën DS19 and a current Tesla Model 3.
The plan is to travel 3,100kms starting from Algiers to the distant Tamanrasset, city of the Sahara desert, passing through mythical Touggourt, door of the Algerian desert.
You will find it not only a great way to understand how the clutch engages but how the whole assembly is constructed and installed.
We can’t help but notice the similarity in design of VW’s GEN.TRAVEL concept, especially the vertical windshield offset back in a manner almost identical to the Oli.
While some might see a hint of Pontiac Astek or Hummer H2, the Oli makes virtually any SUV attempt that has come before it blandly conservative.
Hagerty has provided information about the Espace in an excellent article titled “Why Citroen’s radical T-Top Espace never took flight”.
It is a design that the brand acknowledges is based on the original oval from 1919 but in a modern “further developed” form that will open a new chapter in its history.
They were in the process of, and were always continuously in the process of tinkering to use American components,
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