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The French car rally at the annual meeting Citro n See you in New York.
Each year, the residents of Saratoga Springs, NY get to see really rare machines in their streets over in the third weekend of June This is because each June their city hosts the largest gathering of French cars in America, annual Citro n Rendezvous This year s had appointments held in the Saratoga National park, not far from the Saratoga Auto museum, a common place for gatherings go past years and for the fifth consecutive year, we joined Citro n the crowd that day.
although the turnout Meharis was on the small side is understandable, visit highlighted the Citro n Mehari as featured car this year, just over 200 examples were sold in America back when the car was new that any examples survive everything is a credit to their current owners Although the number of Citro n Meharis was small, there was no shortage of other Citro n cars this year, including those that we hadn t seen before, and frankly didn you really expect to see.
Not only showgoers treated to a break Citro n XM 1992 they also got a glimpse of an ambulance Citro n CX less spectacular cars included a wonderful selection of sedans Citro n DS, with all versions of the convertibles succession addition, participants were able to see more than a dozen Citro n SMs, actually the latest vehicles officially sold Citro n in America before the withdrawal of the North American company in 1973, but that didn t mean that SMs were younger Citro ns to show because there were more than two dozen Citro n 1980 correctional officers in the field of the show.
Without further ado, let's take a look at some of the highlights Citro n Go this year.
Not something we expected to see, even at the event Go Jay Ramey Photo.
The ambulance Citro n CX supra, always equipped with a beacon and a siren not particularly French-Scary A wide variety of ambulance conversions were made by different companies There is no shortage of examples used on the mainland, so can -be it shouldn t surprise to find one of these here, but even among the eccentric imports, it is definitely in its own category.
A rare break DS made an appearance Picture appointment this year by Jay Ramey.
A rare break Citro n DS They were sold back to the United States in the day, believe it or not, but now they're a rarity even in Citro n circles rather spacious as far as cars go, they came with sliding folding seats in the loading compartment, which allow two passengers seated with the back side windows, parallel to each other, but offset.
A rare GS, which came down from Canada for the photo show Jay Ramey.
Here Sá uncommon Citro n GS that came down from Ontario for the show The GS was never officially sold in North America, but a few dozen copies were brought into the country back when they were new, and some have since trickled in by private car imports impressive in terms of interior design and packaging, but it seems a little understated on the outside - we, at least maybe we see too many of these each year, we even finagled a ride in one of these recently, a later, for example, 1984.
It was one of two dozen present Citro n 2CVs the appointment this year This particular example was restored a few years ago by its current owner, and has since appeared in the Elegance Contest Greenwich.
A classic Van, famous for its snail like shape Photo by Jay Ramey.
Here's a cargo van without which no vineyard or French bistro would be complete Citro n 2CV Furgonnette has been used by thousands of companies throughout the day, from locksmiths in pastries but mostly just pastries.
This year celebrates the appointment Mehari as car featured Jay Ramey Photo.
Built from 1968 to 1988, the Mehari was a small all-terrain vehicle that used the foundations Citro n Dyane If it looks like the body of the car is made of plastic, that art because it is the ABS plastic body gave the small car weighing only 1,300 pounds, and the ability to ignore the bumps and bumps Mehari used a flat-twin engine with 602 cc available in the 2CV, which makes it pretty easy the service Because the body was essentially a tub that sat on the frame, the creature comforts were small in number, but this is not what this car was all about, after all the United States received the Mehari for year 1970 with a grand total of 214 examples sold it was unfortunate in many ways, especially as Citro n spent money creating an American version of the car with revised headlights perhaps the most memorable moment was a brief Aparri tion in Charlton Heston's The Omega Man, a film based on the novel by Richard Matheson I Am Legend in 1954 and now you have a pub on the Mehari is to entertain your frie with NDS, assuming themed cars French conventional manufactured from plastic comes in the conversation.
L'Ami 6, a rare model in the USA Photo by Jay Ramey.
Another rare model Citro n who made an appearance this year was the Citro n Ami6 A car memorably featured a style that looks Ami breezeway-style C-pillar were even polarized by Citro n standards Built from 1961 to 1978 , Friend was powered by the same engine found in the 602 cc actually 2CV, Ami is perhaps best described as a 2CV with a more modern interior available in four-door sedan and five-door wagon, the Ami is a relatively rare model on our side of the Atlantic, and there are only a dozen of these in America.
A great color for a rare Citroen CX Athena Photo by Jay Ramey.
Here Its strong Citro n CX Athena, and a frequent visitor to Citro n Go Athena was a relatively modest level of finish on the Citro n CX, which was in 1974 the production CX never officially imported to the US as Citro n left the US market in 1973 because of government regulation rapidly changing, but many hundreds of examples of the CX had been imported by a number of companies throughout the years 1970 and 1980 a particular company, automotive CXA New Jersey created a complete federalization program for cars CX More than half of the rest Citro n today in the CX countries have been modified by CXA automotive, and stand by four round sealed projector headlights.
It's for this year Citro n Go We loved seeing all those rare cars, and with sunny skies and temperatures in the 70s, we think it is fair to say that a good time was had by all participants, we will be back next year, as always.
Jay Ramey - Jay Ramey is Associate Editor Autoweek, and has been with the magazine since 2013 Jay also like to kayak and bike More by this author.
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