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.
Some impressive Citroëns were on display at Epoqu’auto 2021 in Lyon, France.
The article goes into great detail and shows some good pictures of the process involved, but one needs to stay on top of all stages of a DS restoration.
The film contains some incredible archive footage of a Kégresse track vehicle and then La Croisière Jaune — the trans-Asian expedition in 1931/1932 that was organized by Citroën to promote their Kégresse vehicles and further the company’s reputation for reliability.
MoMA had the car repainted before the exhibition. Things were disassembled, and the parts must have been reassembled by people with no knowledge of a DS.
2CV Charleston model in good to great condition.
Among the Aston Martins and the other exotics that participated in the event, his lowly 2CV continually stood out as the crowd pleaser.
The China Car is a new book by François Castaing that provides much greater detail about a project that has fascinated many of us in the Citroën community.
Kees and Jacobine Kamp from the Netherlands recreated a 1977 CX Rally car, drove it all over West Africa in 2018–19, and now they will race a CX in the 2022 Dakar Classic in Saudi Arabia.
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