An addiction of great motoring delight... 45 years of joy from 3 new RHD 2CV6s 525,000 manic kilometres. More smiles per mile than anything on 4 wheels... and the bonus of the seats clipping out for picnics...
Ça cetait de la voiture pas chère faible consommation entretient facile les pneus pas chères une tenue de route formidable tous les 20000 km vis platinées j’en ais eu 4 et 1 diane formidable merci Citroën 🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍
When I was little we vactioned in France once in the early 80s and took a cab to Paris. The cab was a 2CV with the cabbie, my parents, and us two kids in it. The cabbie was a Parisien and it was late on a Friday and he apparently couldnt stand being out in the "rest" of France instead of in Paris. So he was driving like a madman. I still remember the odd smell of the uncatalytic converter engine, how it leaned almost over in turns, how the thing sounded like a lawn mower, and him passing on blind hills doing what seemed like 60mph with my dad in the front seat grabbing an OS handle.Well we came up behind a slow gravel truck and on a bump it dropped a load of gravel and completely shattered the front glass. We pulled over. The cabbie broke out the rest of the glass, found us all some sunglasses and away we went! BTW I think 2CV is pronounced "DEAU-schwoe" and Citroen is pronounced "SEE-tro-en"
I LOVE these cars! When I was at school, one of our teachers had one.....Marvellous cars, they ALWAYS look so neat and compact.......My only regret is that I've never owned one.
Nice car. The only new car I ever bought was a 2CV in 1980. I still remember it fondly. Brilliant handling, smooth ride slick gear change a joy to drive.
I totally get this guys enthusiasm - I have owned lots of cars but my 80;s 2CV made evey trip an adventure and friends were always keen to pile in - my biggest journey was Felixtow To Morocco returning via Italy and the Alps - mine had a low compression van engine so it tonked along in a mellow way
Nice for the back roads.. love all the older citroens. Always great ride and great fun.Had a lot of fun with a gs back in the day. 1100cc but still good for over 90 which we could happily do back in the 80s
Good job! I've been thinking about getting one of these for some time. They remind me of my similarly eccentric, low-powered, 4-speed on-the-column, 3-cylinder stroker Saabs. My '64 even had a similar fabric roof. Thanks for the ride!
I like that car since i buy one Schuco H0 1 87 scale model of car, your video learned me about that car. Finally some review. Thanks for uploading this.
Heard one first in Cherbourg it was a Flying Dustbin Van, careered round a cobbled corner and I fell in love. Owned one for several years amazing in all respects, handling in Snow! Carrying capacity (take the passenger and back seats out, easy) and fun to drive! 😍
Thanks, triggers great memories! My first Car in the 80ties in Hamburg Germany. Second Hand of course and affordable as a Uni-Student. An Umbrella on Wheels we jokingly named them. And fun we had.....tons of it. 😉
Same colour I had as an 18 year old. Going to the Disco with 8 friends in it. But in winter you couldn't close the role top cover, as it shrank, once the sun went down. Best of it, you could crank it over by hand if the battery was flat. Nice memories of my first car.
i love this car,as well as Fiat Topolino 500 roadsters from the 30s,Fiat Vignale/Gamine Vignale roadsters, and American Bantams from the 30s too. pretty much any car that resembles a real life Noddy/Mickey Mouse/Toontown Car!! you know those old cartoons roadsters classic Disney,Looney Tunes,etc characters drove. i often nick name this style of mini cartoon looking roadster a "Noddy Car" 😊i dont drive though but I have a small toy collection of "Noddy cars". including an actual Noddy car,two classic Mickey Mouse Roadsters,a old Miss Piggy Mcdonalds happy meal pink roaster car,a multi-colored plastic friction powered clown car type cartoon roadster I found at i think Target,and a Benny the Cab from Roger Rabbit happy meal toy. maybe thats why these cars make people happy it reminds them of classic cartoons and childhood!
so jealous I bought a 1965 in France when traveling through Europe in the 70's I loved that car sold it in Germany for more than I paid for it I wish I had kept it.
I had a 1977 2CV4 in Germany. My first car, bought it brand new. This video brings back great memories. I don’t think there’s an other car in the world with which you can have as much fun as with what we call back home Ente ( Duck)!
I had one in the early 90s and I miss it. Great fun to drive and eccentric. I would love another one. Not as a daily driver though. A car at least 21 years old wouldn't be reliable enough for my daily needs. Just a fun car for occasional fun drives.
I drove one for years although my workmates thought it was ridiculous. Alas it rusted beneath me and the accelerator pulled out of the floor after 100,000 miles. I would love to have another or perhaps an Ami.
Great ! I owned a 2CV6 between 1980 and 1995 , it was a second hand car and had 400000km when I sold it almost for nothing , it was very good peculiarly on the snow and I could climb the mountain pass in Massif Central in winter without special equipment ,the only problem was the rust because these cars were not treated against corrosion in the old time
The 2cv is a old car, discontinued size 1990, but close all parts are available new today (not by Citroën, but only by Citroën specialists like for example the "mehari club de cassis" ) , most the parts are made in France,Belgium, Holland or Germany, inclusive brand new chassis (galvanized steel), or body parts...
@@kitbrown3895 Yes, but not all: the "new" engines and gearbox are all refurbished, but... for lot of money it's possible to buy a brand new engine (standard or up to 800cc and lot of power...), not cast mold but CNC machined, by VGS (Belgium), and it's exists a modification kit to improbe the gearbox from 4 to 5 gears, but very expansive...
Simplicity, that's what I like about this. No complex electronics or crazy bells and whistles, just four wheels, a transmission, and an engine. Wish they would remake it today, perhaps include an electric variant.
Thanks indeed for the 2CV on the road! Anyway, there's a secret way to live a new life... It's a Toyota engine with CVT, try and think about Toyota Pixis, it's 0,66cc too.
the 2cv is not realy a city car: was designed for countryside roads and paths, the engine did a bit overheat in city and did not last long time in such conditions ...
There are always a few for sale. Don't bother importing one yourself, its to much hassle when there are plenty of 2CV's here already! Thanks for watching.
Hi, Very good cinematography, music and dialogue. I very much like he color of your 2CV. Can you please tell me the name of the color and/or it's product number. Thanks, Mike
Mate - I had a 2cv and a Dyane - brilliant cars loved them both to bits but it has to be said the R4 ( sadly I never had one ) lived longer and sold twice as many so is surely the French peoples car?
Not really, actually: R4 lasted from 1961 to 1992, vs 1948 to 1990 for 2CV. And the 2CV had been designed mostly before WW2! The more modern design of the R4 and the fact that Renault was a larger car manufacturer (State-owned) allowed it to be sold broader (up to South America), thus a total of 8m cars produced ww vs 5m for the 2CV. But I believe the number of cars sold in France was probably higher for the 2CV.
miles per galon is unknown in continental europe, but average 6 litres for 100km, 5 litres on flat road without wind at 90km/h, not extremly economic because the aerodynamic is'nt good: a british amateur builder didbuilt a ultra aerodynamic body for he's 2cv6 602cc (a Dyane but same chassis and engine): with the original engine, but a modified gearbox it reach 160km/h (original is 115km/h)...
@@leneanderthalienThank you both for the replies. That works out to 47 MPG. I would like to build an aerodynamic roadster similar to a Messerschmidt micro car using a 2CV drivetrain. I would think with higher gearing it would be capable of over 70 MPG.
Not really, the car is very slow the body take gladly any damage, and the suspension is so smooth you can literally take a 180° turn at maximum speed and the car will not roll Edit: also the car already have brakes disc in 1948 so very good stopping power
the 2cv is a very safe car, in France had average much less deaths or heawy injuries in accident as average cars statistics, but in a collision with a common US 2 tons heawy pick up it's doest give the best protection...
@@benjamincharlin6770 not realy 1948: the front wheel disk brakes was adopted in 1981 (heritage from the Dyane 6), before was 4 hydraulic drum brakes...and yes on flat road without obstacles it's impossible to roll a 2cv over in forward motion...
It could carry a basket of eggs across a plowed field! A really elegant piece of design from a period when fuel and materials were in very short supply.
An addiction of great motoring delight...
45 years of joy from 3 new RHD 2CV6s
525,000 manic kilometres.
More smiles per mile than anything on 4 wheels...
and the bonus of the seats clipping out for picnics...
Ça cetait de la voiture pas chère faible consommation entretient facile les pneus pas chères une tenue de route formidable tous les 20000 km vis platinées j’en ais eu 4 et 1 diane formidable merci Citroën 🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍
When I was little we vactioned in France once in the early 80s and took a cab to Paris. The cab was a 2CV with the cabbie, my parents, and us two kids in it. The cabbie was a Parisien and it was late on a Friday and he apparently couldnt stand being out in the "rest" of France instead of in Paris. So he was driving like a madman. I still remember the odd smell of the uncatalytic converter engine, how it leaned almost over in turns, how the thing sounded like a lawn mower, and him passing on blind hills doing what seemed like 60mph with my dad in the front seat grabbing an OS handle.Well we came up behind a slow gravel truck and on a bump it dropped a load of gravel and completely shattered the front glass. We pulled over. The cabbie broke out the rest of the glass, found us all some sunglasses and away we went!
BTW I think 2CV is pronounced "DEAU-schwoe" and Citroen is pronounced "SEE-tro-en"
I LOVE these cars! When I was at school, one of our teachers had one.....Marvellous cars, they ALWAYS look so neat and compact.......My only regret is that I've never owned one.
Nice car. The only new car I ever bought was a 2CV in 1980. I still remember it fondly. Brilliant handling, smooth ride slick gear change a joy to drive.
I totally get this guys enthusiasm - I have owned lots of cars but my 80;s 2CV made evey trip an adventure and friends were always keen to pile in - my biggest journey was Felixtow To Morocco returning via Italy and the Alps - mine had a low compression van engine so it tonked along in a mellow way
Great ! Good choice , I have had one for about 25 years and we are together for life 👍
Nice for the back roads.. love all the older citroens. Always great ride and great fun.Had a lot of fun with a gs back in the day. 1100cc but still good for over 90 which we could happily do back in the 80s
The 2cv was my first car as well, but only 2 and a half years ago. Still have it as my car at uni, I love it to bits!
Awesome car. After each winter, I am so happy to drive my 2CV once a week too on Ontario roads.
Great cars.I carried a 12 foot ladder in mine.Great suspension.
True classic, thank for sharing this video. I wish I had one.
Me too i wish...
Good job! I've been thinking about getting one of these for some time. They remind me of my similarly eccentric, low-powered, 4-speed on-the-column, 3-cylinder stroker Saabs. My '64 even had a similar fabric roof. Thanks for the ride!
Hello,
Your Deudeuche looks very well and have the real great sound (gear box, motor, exhaust) of an healthy 2CV.
Exactly like him. I live now in Ontario and my 2CV is my "best friend". Amazing car!
A charming, concise profile of the car, your love for it and your life with it!
Thanks for watching!
awsome car. thanks for sharing. Nicely done.
Lovely car. ....makes you smile.
Wonderful, I’m most envious.
La 2cv e' essenziale, pratica, giovane ed eterna !!!!
I like that car since i buy one Schuco H0 1 87 scale model of car, your video learned me about that car. Finally some review.
Thanks for uploading this.
Heard one first in Cherbourg it was a Flying Dustbin Van, careered round a cobbled corner and I fell in love. Owned one for several years amazing in all respects, handling in Snow! Carrying capacity (take the passenger and back seats out, easy) and fun to drive! 😍
Nicely told and a nice one in a nice colour too. Have fun!!!
Really nicely shot and produced video. Hi 5!
Thanks, triggers great memories! My first Car in the 80ties in Hamburg Germany. Second Hand of course and affordable as a Uni-Student. An Umbrella on Wheels we jokingly named them. And fun we had.....tons of it. 😉
love this video made me happy well done very refreshing
Wow, early 2020 I met Simon and the 2CV in St Alphonse Rodriguez, QC!
Great car, excellent video
Brilliant... thanks for posting
Same colour I had as an 18 year old. Going to the Disco with 8 friends in it. But in winter you couldn't close the role top cover, as it shrank, once the sun went down. Best of it, you could crank it over by hand if the battery was flat. Nice memories of my first car.
Your so lucky to own one. The 2cv is still my dream car.
i love this car,as well as Fiat Topolino 500 roadsters from the 30s,Fiat Vignale/Gamine Vignale roadsters, and American Bantams from the 30s too. pretty much any car that resembles a real life Noddy/Mickey Mouse/Toontown Car!! you know those old cartoons roadsters classic Disney,Looney Tunes,etc characters drove. i often nick name this style of mini cartoon looking roadster a "Noddy Car" 😊i dont drive though but I have a small toy collection of "Noddy cars". including an actual Noddy car,two classic Mickey Mouse Roadsters,a old Miss Piggy Mcdonalds happy meal pink roaster car,a multi-colored plastic friction powered clown car type cartoon roadster I found at i think Target,and a Benny the Cab from Roger Rabbit happy meal toy. maybe thats why these cars make people happy it reminds them of classic cartoons and childhood!
Amazing, she's a beauty!
Bellissima più di ogni altra!
This is beautiful french simplicity!
I wish Citroën would bring it back in essence.
My Dad had a 2cv when he studyed too!
Very good presentation of this very nice car. The very spirit of this car, unpretentious but very appealing, is faithfully rendered.
so jealous I bought a 1965 in France when traveling through Europe in the 70's I loved that car sold it in Germany for more than I paid for it I wish I had kept it.
great car, congratulations :)
Esse carro é magnífico!
I had a 1977 2CV4 in Germany. My first car, bought it brand new. This video brings back great memories. I don’t think there’s an other car in the world with which you can have as much fun as with what we call back home Ente ( Duck)!
I had one in the early 90s and I miss it. Great fun to drive and eccentric. I would love another one. Not as a daily driver though. A car at least 21 years old wouldn't be reliable enough for my daily needs. Just a fun car for occasional fun drives.
fantastic
I drove one for years although my workmates thought it was ridiculous. Alas it rusted beneath me and the accelerator pulled out of the floor after 100,000 miles. I would love to have another or perhaps an Ami.
Great ! I owned a 2CV6 between 1980 and 1995 , it was a second hand car and had 400000km when I sold it almost for nothing , it was very good peculiarly on the snow and I could climb the mountain pass in Massif Central in winter without special equipment ,the only problem was the rust because these cars were not treated against corrosion in the old time
Thanks for sharing
Simply the best car of the world.👍👍
Had one loved it
You've got exquisite taste.
So nice and that in Canada! Car for your whole life!
Several of them (and other great Citroens), here in Quebec!
The 2cv is a old car, discontinued size 1990, but close all parts are available new today (not by Citroën, but only by Citroën specialists like for example the "mehari club de cassis" ) , most the parts are made in France,Belgium, Holland or Germany, inclusive brand new chassis (galvanized steel), or body parts...
You can literally buy anything for them brand new. It's great
@@kitbrown3895 Yes, but not all: the "new" engines and gearbox are all refurbished, but... for lot of money it's possible to buy a brand new engine (standard or up to 800cc and lot of power...), not cast mold but CNC machined, by VGS (Belgium), and it's exists a modification kit to improbe the gearbox from 4 to 5 gears, but very expansive...
Great video. I want one.
Best car ever.
Lovely car...
Great! All true. I had two. Be aware, they rust and litteraly fall apart: Don't drive it in Winter on salted roads! Be careful with unleaded fuel.
Nice car.
Nice car
Simplicity, that's what I like about this. No complex electronics or crazy bells and whistles, just four wheels, a transmission, and an engine. Wish they would remake it today, perhaps include an electric variant.
Or maybe one with it hard top
nice👍
Que belleza lovely colour
good video I want to buy one!
I want one so bad!
I have a 1984 2cv6 maroon & black in NZ. I agree hard to part with.
Can you tell me what color is ? It's Blue Azurite ? What reference color is ? Thanks for your informations and goog journey.
It;s an endearing car, there is nothing like else them.
Thanks indeed for the 2CV on the road! Anyway, there's a secret way to live a new life... It's a Toyota engine with CVT, try and think about Toyota Pixis, it's 0,66cc too.
the best carr iam love the good nice carr my dream carr
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W nowym wydaniu.
Looks very similar to the one Dupond and Dupond drove.
interesting gent. a 2cv is fun to drive in cities
the 2cv is not realy a city car: was designed for countryside roads and paths, the engine did a bit overheat in city and did not last long time in such conditions ...
蝙蝠傘に4つの車輪を付けた愛すべき実用車
2ｃｖのエアークリーナーの蓋はダイソウでピッタリのが売っている。これほんと。❗
Nice car. How hard is it to find one or bring one here to Canada? Thanks.
There are always a few for sale. Don't bother importing one yourself, its to much hassle when there are plenty of 2CV's here already! Thanks for watching.
What is the best way to sneak one into the states? I'm thinking hot air balloon, Montgolfier-style.
Lots of them in Quebec Province!
A 2CV in Canada is not a common car in North America but a 2 cv is an economic car
Several great Citroens cruisin' around in Quebec Province!
Deudeuche,coccinelle mythic car's in Europe!
Hi,
Very good cinematography, music and dialogue.
I very much like he color of your 2CV.
Can you please tell me the name of the color and/or it's product number.
Thanks,
Mike
so nice, so beautyfull, so louis de Funes
Mate - I had a 2cv and a Dyane - brilliant cars loved them both to bits but it has to be said the R4 ( sadly I never had one ) lived longer and sold twice as many so is surely the French peoples car?
Not really, actually: R4 lasted from 1961 to 1992, vs 1948 to 1990 for 2CV. And the 2CV had been designed mostly before WW2! The more modern design of the R4 and the fact that Renault was a larger car manufacturer (State-owned) allowed it to be sold broader (up to South America), thus a total of 8m cars produced ww vs 5m for the 2CV. But I believe the number of cars sold in France was probably higher for the 2CV.
@@Nicolas-wy1wi I agree, 2CVs are much more popular than the 4L in France. I'd love to buy one, but a decent model doesn't sell under 8000€ 😢,
Huh! I thought my 67 Volkswagen Beetle was quirky, I bet the early ones were even stranger to a Yank like me!
where is this airpins road ? surprenant pour l'ontario
That's Forks of the Credit
ok merci
Watch Snoopy drive it in Bon Voyage Charlie Brown
Are snowy winters too much for this car?
Not a car you'd drive in the winter months!
Well, here in St Alphonse Rodriguez (Quebec Province) my neighbour, Rik, drives one, these days.
détrompez-vous, les 2cv ainsi que les Renault R4 (ou 4L) ne craignent pas la neige bien au contraire
@@drivingca la 2cv est une voiture légère qui se comporte très bien sur la neige. Par contre il faut faire attention à la rouille…
How many miles per gallon or kilometers per liter do they acheive?
aux alentours de 5l/100 km
miles per galon is unknown in continental europe, but average 6 litres for 100km, 5 litres on flat road without wind at 90km/h, not extremly economic because the aerodynamic is'nt good: a british amateur builder didbuilt a ultra aerodynamic body for he's 2cv6 602cc (a Dyane but same chassis and engine): with the original engine, but a modified gearbox it reach 160km/h (original is 115km/h)...
@@leneanderthalienThank you both for the replies. That works out to 47 MPG. I would like to build an aerodynamic roadster similar to a Messerschmidt micro car using a 2CV drivetrain. I would think with higher gearing it would be capable of over 70 MPG.
In a race around the world a Citroen 2CV can beat a Telsa because, unlike the Telsa, the Citroen never breaks. Ever.
edinbruh
From 0 to 100 in ten minutes, but with style.
37 seconds for the 0 to 100km/h (2cv6 602cc 29hp)
There's one car that's more fun to drive - the trabant 601
Lors de mon denier commentaire j’ai oubliez de vous dire que c’est la décapotable la mons chère de tous les temps et c’est 🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷😂😂😂❤️❤️
Spachek.
The car designed for the ostrich owner. Plenty of headroom
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Это не машина это консервная банка
C'est toujours mieux qu'une voiture russe.
The antidote to the modern boring useless gadget laden wimpmobiles
It's a death trap.
Not really, the car is very slow the body take gladly any damage, and the suspension is so smooth you can literally take a 180° turn at maximum speed and the car will not roll
Edit: also the car already have brakes disc in 1948 so very good stopping power
the 2cv is a very safe car, in France had average much less deaths or heawy injuries in accident as average cars statistics, but in a collision with a common US 2 tons heawy pick up it's doest give the best protection...
@@benjamincharlin6770 not realy 1948: the front wheel disk brakes was adopted in 1981 (heritage from the Dyane 6), before was 4 hydraulic drum brakes...and yes on flat road without obstacles it's impossible to roll a 2cv over in forward motion...
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En français please.
Oui
Absolutely awful, laughable Hen House on wheels.
It could carry a basket of eggs across a plowed field! A really elegant piece of design from a period when fuel and materials were in very short supply.