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Looks good on Citroen's 2CV

Citroen looks set to revive its iconic 2CV city car with a new electric model. Previewed by the 2CV Concept, the new model has been designed to capture the spirit of the original, both in terms of design and the way it…

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Safe as eggs in a Citroën 2CV

Apparently its designer said he wanted ‘an umbrella on wheels’ Safe as eggs in a Citroën 2CV Apparently its designer said he wanted ‘an umbrella on wheels’ Sir, – My first car was a “preloved” Citroën Deux Chevaux,…

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Citroen’s OUTDOOR editions for C3 and C3

Aircross Citroen has unveiled its OUTDOOR new edition that enhances its C3 and C3 Aircross lineups with an adventurous spirit focused on everyday adventures. These new models were previewed at the Paris Motor Show earlier this month. OUTDOOR models combine bold, distinctive…

About 2CV

The Citroen 2CV is the purest example of a car designed around a brief. In the 1930s Citroen's boss Pierre-Jules Boulanger asked for an umbrella on four wheels that could carry two farmers, a hundredweight of goods and a basket of eggs across a ploughed field without breaking any. The result, delayed by war and finally shown at the 1948 Paris Motor Show, was a featherweight with an air-cooled two-cylinder engine, a canvas roof and suspension so soft that the car leaned extravagantly but kept going over almost anything.

The 2CV stayed in production until 1990, with nearly four million built, plus many more of its derivatives such as the Dyane, Mehari and the Fourgonnette van. It became a symbol of postwar France, a student car, a hippie car, and a staple of rallies and raids across Africa. Its simplicity made it easy to repair and its character made it beloved; a James Bond film even put one through a famous chase. Today clean examples command strong prices, and clubs around the world keep thousands on the road.

Citroen has revealed a modern 2CV concept as an affordable electric car, with a production version planned for later this decade and talk of building it in India for global markets, sharing a platform with a related Fiat. Coverage gathers news on that revival, collector-car auctions, restorations, rallies, museums and the cultural history of a car that proved simplicity could be a design philosophy rather than a compromise. Few cars have aged into such universal affection.

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The tin-snail that carried France for four decades and nearly four million owners, and the subject of a new electric revival concept from Citroen.

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