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Citroën's remaking the 2CV – here's why the original was a smash hit
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Affordable and sustainable new 2CV aims to ape the success of the original
At the Paris motor show 78 years ago, Citroen unwrapped the 2CV, which was to perform precisely the same role in combustion motoring.
The Deux Chevaux Vapeur ('two steam horsepower') was actually nine years late. Work on the Toute Petite Voiture ('very small car') had begun way back in 1936 as a way to motorise rural France, but its 1939 debut was cancelled as Germany invaded. Prototypes were successfully hidden from the
At the Paris motor show 78 years ago, Citroen unwrapped the 2CV, which was to perform precisely the same role in combustion motoring.
The Deux Chevaux Vapeur ('two steam horsepower') was actually nine years late. Work on the Toute Petite Voiture ('very small car') had begun way back in 1936 as a way to motorise rural France, but its 1939 debut was cancelled as Germany invaded. Prototypes were successfully hidden from the
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