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The Citro n 2CV two horses a French automotive icon.
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When the 2CV appeared, it surprised the world by being a car stripped to the basics to the extreme, being out of fashion with its headlights added on, and its low price in 1948 to 1950, the price of the 2CV was about 650, about half that of a Volkswagen beetle Only the name Citro n stopped the car thought to be a joke.
But the 2CV took a surprising career He received popular approval in the countryside for the go-anywhere suspension was adored by people with low income for its bargain prices, and loved by everbody for that it was a car beyond time, beyond fashion, and who knew all the variants - a 2CV 4 by 4 price Citro n 2CV CV 1948 XC car - and all adaptations of its engine made by fans of the 2CV tractor pump, motorcycle buggy.
Today, this small rustic ageless car was loved by its millions of owners The 2CV is a true symbol and monument of the French car that attracts generations of fans, with over 300 clubs worldwide and gatherings.
Now 2CV can be seen buzzing around French cities and the countryside, some beautifully restored and maintained, further dented and dull difficult to use Show impecunious young touring through France, stopping on the road for picnic -niquer the complete car with camping equipment on board or meet a farmer, bumbling along, on his way to check your corn with their giant irrigation systems, or out of the local farmer suppliers for a room spare down at the local supermarket, proudly renovated 2CV to disgorge a family to go their week's shopping paterfamilias will even show well a manual foot parts, new bible for fans of 2CV, while family waits long sufferingly in a car that is now as good as new.
The deuche represents France for all Made for a time forty-two years, the 2CV was sold all over the world with a total production of over 5 million copies.
The first sales were limited to doctors and farmers, estimated to be the most need a car Firstly there was only one color, gray, to help maximize production Many other colors followed .
Very few changes were made over the years, most of the mechanical rather than the outer body when the United States, the projectors were changed from round to rectangular, they were then returned to round headlights after few years, after all, an ugly duckling has eyes round square stitch.
The 2CV has become as ubiquitous in France as the Ford Model T had previously been in the United States.
Designer Pierre Boulanger Engineer Andr Lefebre Stylist Flaminio Bertoni.
First introduced in 1938 as a small tiny car Car Tr - VPT, but production was delayed by World War II when the 2CV was not produced commercially until 1948.
Production was delayed July 27, 1990, in Mangualde, Portugal.
3,872,583 2CV cars and vans made some demands will more than when changes are included.
The 30 different models built Sedan 2CV was also like van van Minivan, and as 4 x4 - Sahara - with a second motor to drive the rear axle only 694 of them were built.
During its production 42 years, only the technical parts such as engine, transmission and braking system have been updated - the body remained the same.
The first color was a choice - gray - to simplify and speed production.
There were also two colors - 2CV Charleston - yellow and black, red and black, gray and black.
The duck ugly duckling a Hans Andersen fairy tale Before World War II, Citro n has a logo with a beautiful swan on representing the engine floating Floating In The Motor Auto Show in Paris 1948, the 2CV was compared to being an ugly duckling among other beautiful Citro n swans show another version is that the beautiful Citro n swans had given birth to the ugly duckling 2CV nckname It appears in many languages.
Deuche or Deutche or deudeuche - I think shortening and eluding two che che being the first syllable of French double syllables The horses often be affectionate or talk baby-talk, deudeuche is an affectionate release.
Ripple cap until the end of 1960, the cover was 2CV metal body in closely spaced corrugated steel.
Note the open vent below the windshield wipers on the right 2CV - Airconditioning 2CV style.
The 2CV was designed as an economy car, both buy and maintain enabling both fast and slow manufacturing general deterioration.
For easier manufacture, the same screw was used almost anywhere, the engine could be implemented very easily and maintained by four screws is the same for the body sheet metal.
For low deterioration, longevity was favored rather than performance, which technically translated into a greater clearance between the parts in thousandths of a millimeter and particularly simple but effective solutions to problems.
When the famous Michelin tire maker bought Citro n in 1935, the Michelin brothers - founders of the family business - had the idea of creating an economy car for farmers and others with low incomes They asked Pierre Boulanger, the new boss of Citro n, to a market survey to gauge the expectations of future customers about such a project car.
Following this study, Baker defined the specifications that would be so close to the heart of the largest French automaker prewar.
Space for four adults and big enough to take the owner and passengers to church in their Sunday best hats.
gearbox 3 speed In fact, there is also a position supercharging, which acts as a fourth gear.
Capable of carrying a basket of eggs over a plowed field without breaking one of them.
3 liters per 100 km Fuel consumption about 90-95 miles per gallon.
To make this dream a reality, Baker had the Andr Lefebvre services as engineer and Flaminio Bertoni, whose nickname was fingers of gold, as a stylist This team has created one of the most iconic cars of the 20th century.
prototypes before the war Lefebvre form a car sheet and thin corrugated, with a 375cc motor water-cooled two-cylinder and suspension allowing the interaction between the front and rear wheels, he used expensive materials such as magnesium to reduce weight tests were carried out in a top secret center to -Vidame Fert, west of Paris in May 1939, 250 examples of the new type name a, were collected in the plant is Levallois-Perret available for the Paris motor Show in October 1939, but the intervention of the war decided otherwise.
At the outbreak of the war, almost all types A prototype already assembled were dismantled cars, three were hidden in La Fert -Vidame in the lofts of the test center, while another was hidden in the basement of offices Citro n studies of street Op ra, Paris.
During the war, the Nazis, who were up to date with the study of VPT asked Pierre Boulanger to make available the plans of VPT in exchange for seeing the plans of Hitler on the German car would become the Volkswagen, the people s boss car n Citro remained firm and never disclosed the plans.
In 1995, three prototypes have been found in La Fert -Vidame They were apparently hidden under bales of straw in a barn roof had to be special lifting equipment to remove 1.
Three TPVs found after being hidden for 56 years of this image.
1935 Pierre Jules Boulanger studied people's car - the future 2CV.
1937 first prototype of the 2CV, codenamed the Very Small VPT car.
1938 twenty different permutations being tested prototype.
September 3, 1939, the first VPT has been shown to war was declared public and the construction line VPT requisitioned Almost all were dismantled assembled cars.
1942 Many changes were made to the car, including changing a single light, which gave the car a nickname Cyclops Note the ovoid style doors.
1948 A type of grass trimmer was abandoned and the battery and the electric starter are now placed in the car air-cooled, presented at the Motor Show in Paris, the 35th Auto Salon d.
June 1949 production began 2CVA Four vehicles per day were made, and the demand was so great that the delivery time was more than 18 months.
July 27, 1990 at 16:00, the last 2CV left Mangualde factory in Portugal.
Is the French name for a saloon sedan car, carrying at least four passengers, with four side windows and two or four passenger doors is known this type of car as a sedan in the United States.
The name two horses - two horses - refers to the classification of the taxation of the car, not the power of physics in 1968, the 2CV had a 602 cc engine giving 28 bhp May 20 kWatt 7000 rpm Officially this classified 3HP cars but the commercial name of the car remained 2CV; except the original 2CV 1948 in Brazil, which has 3HP call these cars could actually generate power 9hp to 3500 rpm.
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