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An attempt to start production in Sri Lanka by the Ceylon Transport Board in the early 1970s failed due to a dispute over royalties, but a prototype was displayed at the Republic Day celebrations in 1974. [12] Various kit car style bodies inspired by the FAF and Méhari, such as Belgium's VanClee, were also developed.
The 2CV was a commercial success: within months of it going on sale, there was a three-year waiting list, which soon increased to five years. At the time a second-hand 2CV was more expensive than a new one because the buyer did not have to wait. [16] Production was increased from 876 units in 1949 to 6,196 units in 1950.
The car consists of a fibreglass body mounted on an un-modified Citroën 2CV or Dyane floorpan and engine. Later a steel tube chassis was introduced. A Lomax is usually an open two-seat roadster. The original 1982 prototype had a bespoke four-wheel chassis which was specially constructed, and of shorter wheelbase than the donor car, a Citroën Ami.
The Baby-Brousse is a Citroën 2CV-based utility vehicle, initially privately built, that later spawned the FAF series of vehicles. [1]Similar to a metal-bodied Citroën Méhari, the Baby-Brousse was a success with more than 31,000 being built from 1963 to 1987.
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 Hoffmann 2CV Cabrio is a kitcar based on the Citroën 2CV. Hoffmann 2CV Cabrio. In 1988, Wolfgang Hoffmann developed the design and the first prototypes. A lot of Hoffmann 2CV Cabrios have been built as a homework project. Approximately 250 professionally manufactured vehicles left the workshop in Hohenfurch.
A Burton roadster at Motor-Sport-Museum Hockenheimring. The Burton is a Dutch kit car produced since 2000 by the Burton Car Company. It is a custom two-seater retro-style fiberglass body on a Citroën 2CV chassis and components, and can be built as an open roadster, a hardtop with gull-wing doors, or a custom convertible.
The 2CV pioneered a very soft, interconnected suspension, but did not have the more complex self-levelling feature. This car remained in production, with only minor changes, until 1990 and was a common sight on French roads until recently; 9 million 2CV variants were produced in the period 1948–1990. [24]