The Citroën 2CV is an economy car produced by the French company Citroën from 1948 to the 27th July 1990. Introduced at the 1948 Paris Salon de l’Automobile, it has an air-cooled engine that is mounted in the front and drives the front wheels. Conceived by Citroën Vice-President Pierre Boulanger to help motorise the large number of farmers still using horses and carts in 1930s France, the 2CV has a combination of innovative engineering and straightforward, utilitarian bodywork. The 2CV featured overall low cost of ownership, simplicity of maintenance, an easily serviced air-cooled engine (originally offering 6.6 kW, 9 hp), and minimal fuel consumption. In addition, it had been designed to cross a freshly ploughed field with a basket full of eggs on the passenger’s seat without breaking them, because of the great lack of paved roads in France at the time; with a long-travel suspension system, that connects front and rear wheels, giving a very soft ride. We remind you of the last 2 CV produced with a red 2 CV …
If you like this photo, it is available for purchase at PictRS or ViewBug. Simply click or copy one of the links below:
https://www.pictrs.com/selldonsselectivecoloration/4809572
https://selldonphotography.viewbug.com
I am a member of tree nation and have my own forest. For every photo purchased, I will donate a new tree to tree nation, so in that way we can help to reforest our own beautiful planet (https://tree-nation.com/de/profil/jason-hann ).
July 27
If you are interested what else happened on this day, please click on the calendar or press the button below:
.
.
.
.
.
.
#Citroen2CV #ClassicCars #VintageCars #CarEnthusiast #AutomobileHistory #FrenchCars #CarLovers #RetroCars #CarPhotography #OldTimer #CarCulture #IconicCars #CarCommunity #CarRestoration #AutomotiveDesign #CarLife #CarShow #CarSpotting #CarOfTheDay #DriveVintage #CarPassion #selldonphotography #selldon #selectivecoloration #fyp #foryou #foryoupage