We drove the Citro n 2CV Sahara for the first time for the April 1966 issue ofFour Wheelermagazine. The machine was the first of its kind to employ two separate engines, one powering its own pair of ...
The 2CV Sahara was an extremely rare model. While the 2CV as a whole has more than 5 million units to its name, the Sahara ...
The Citroën 2CV is minimalism run wild. It’s possibly the most austere vehicle built since the end of WWII. The side windows simply flip up or down, the wipers have no motor and are driven by a small ...
Members of Citroën’s top brass noticed a growing problem in the middle of the 1930s: Most of the company’s blue-collar employees couldn’t afford to buy a new car. Some borrowed money from friends or ...
The Citroen 2CV is not the most popular car (especially on American roads). But despite its awkward exterior and feeble athletism, it’s been in production for 42-years (1948 to 1990). Thomas Holland ...
On October 8th, 1948, the Citroën 2CV debuted at the Paris Motor Show to an unimpressed crowd. One American purportedly remarked upon its reveal, “Does it come with a can-opener?” Meanwhile, a ...
This is part of a feature we call Autoweek Breaks Down, where we bring you a smattering of stories tied to a weekly theme. The aim is to deliver automotive content that entertains and enlightens but ...
There's no turning back anymore. The future of the automotive industry is determined (for now) – it's electric. And every auto manufacturer around the globe is doing its best to update its inventory ...
It feels a little like driving a Citroën 2CV,” explains Siôn Hudson, before I set off in the Tata Nano. With a 624-cc twin-cylinder engine thudding out 33 horsepower, there are definitely similarities ...
Some may dismiss it as nothing more than an old tin can. The BBC Top Gear programme's Jeremy Clarkson wrote it off as a "weedy, useless little engine". But enthusiasts like Xavier Audran who owns a ...
Of all the post-war solutions to affordable, working-man's transportation, the Citroën 2CV (known as the Deux Chevaux) is perhaps the most charismatic. Looking like something that might have been ...
Everyone quotes Ferris Bueller's Day Off the first time they drive a fast Ferrari. The first time I met a slow Citroën, I couldn't shake the film, either. Not the part where Mia Sara pours herself ...