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The Citroën 2CV (French: deux chevaux, pronounced [dø ʃ(ə)vo], lit. "two horses", meaning "two taxable horsepower") is an economy car produced by the French company Citroën from 1948 to 1990. Introduced at the 1948 Paris Salon de l'Automobile, [1] it has an air-cooled engine that is mounted in the front and drives the front wheels.
The Citroën 2CV (French: "deux chevaux" i.e. "deux chevaux-vapeur" is an air-cooled front-engine, front-wheel-drive economy car introduced at the 1948 Paris Salon de l'Automobile and manufactured by Citroën for model years 1948–1990. [1]
The major variants of the Lomax are: [2] Lomax 223: Three-wheeler; Lomax 224: Four-wheeler; Lomax Lambda 3/4: Redesigned rounder versions of the 223 and 224 respectively; Lomax Supertourer: Four-wheeler resembling a 1930s touring car, retaining the 2CV's cooling fan and heat exchanger instead of the simple air cooling of other models
Citroën 2CV Pop [1] 1973 Citroën Buggy GS 1973 Citroën Karin: 1980 Citroën C-44: 1981 Citroën Xenia 1981 Citroën Eco 2000 (SA 103) 1982 Citroën Eco 2000 (SA 119) 1983 Citroën Eco 2000 (SA 109) 1984 Citroën Aventure 1986 Citroën Eole 1986 Citroën Xanthia 1986 Citroën Zabrus: 1986 Citroën Activa: 1988, 1990 Citroën Scarabee d'Or 1990
The Citroën Dyane is an economy family car produced by the French automaker Citroën from 1967 to 1983. The Dyane's design remained almost completely based on the Citroën 2CV and its underpinnings, but at the same time received almost all-new body panels, distinguished by more straight, angular overall features.
The Ami is a rebodied 2CV with certain mechanical upgrades (particularly a larger engine than the 1950s 2CV), to compensate for the added weight. At launch all the cars were powered by an air cooled 602 cc two-cylinder flat engine which would also be offered at extra cost in the 2CV from 1970.
The Citroën 2CV (two tax horsepower) was the car that kept such a name for the longest time. Its use in France dates from 1 January 1913. It was updated in 1956, with further revisions in 1978 and a new emission-based system introduced in 1998. It was originally defined using the following formula:
The Citroën 2CV, produced from 1948 to 1990, was one of the first front-wheel drive cars to use a flat engine. The 2CV was powered by an air-cooled boxer-twin engine. Also in 1948, the Panhard Dyna X was released with front-wheel drive and an air-cooled boxer-twin engine.