Model auta pro sběratele Citroen 2 CV Charleston 1982 ve žlutočerném laku vytvořený podle předlohy originálu designerským týmem v měřítku 1:8 (!) při věrném zachování detailu a kvality zpracování - PR8-004A.

The Citroën 2CV (French: deux chevaux or deux chevaux-vapeur, pronounced [dø ʃ(ə)vo (vapœʁ)], lit. "two steam horses", "two tax horsepower") is an air-cooled front-engine, front-wheel-drive economy car introduced at the 1948 Paris Mondial de lAutomobile and manufactured by Citroën for model years 1948–1990.

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 utilitarian, straightforward metal bodywork—initially corrugated for added strength without added weight. The 2CV featured low cost, simplicity of overall maintenance, an easily serviced air-cooled engine (originally offering 9 hp), low fuel consumption, and an extremely long-travel suspension offering a soft ride and light off-road capability.

Often called "an umbrella on wheels", the fixed-profile convertible bodywork featured a full-width, canvas, roll-back sunroof, which accommodated oversized loads and until 1955 reached almost to the car s rear bumper.

In 1934, family-owned Michelin, as the largest creditor, took over the bankrupt Citroën company. The new management commissioned a market survey, conducted by Jacques Duclos. France at that time had a large rural population which could not yet afford cars; Citroën used the survey results to prepare a design brief for a low-priced, rugged "umbrella on four wheels" that would enable four people to transport 50 kg (110 lb) of farm goods to market at 50 km/h (30 mph), if necessary across muddy, unpaved roads. In fuel economy, the car would use no more than 3 l/100 km (95 mpg‑imp; 80 mpg‑US). One design parameter required that customers be able to transport eggs across a freshly ploughed field without breakage.

In 1936, Pierre-Jules Boulanger, vice-president of Citroën and chief of engineering and design, sent the brief to his design team at the engineering department. The TPV (Toute Petite Voiture – "Very Small Car") was to be developed in secrecy at Michelin facilities at Clermont-Ferrand and at Citroën in Paris, by the design team who had created the Traction Avant. Michelin introduced and first commercialised the revolutionary new radial tyre design with the introduction of the 2CV.

Manufactured between 1948 and 1990, more than 3.8 million 2CVs were produced. The car spawned many variants, as detailed in the "Production" section. The 2CV and its variants are collectively known as the A-Series. Notably these include the 2CV-based delivery vans known as fourgonnettes, the Ami, the Dyane, the Acadiane, and the Mehari. In total, Citroën manufactured 9 million 2CVs and variants.

A 1953 technical review in Autocar described "the extraordinary ingenuity of this design, which is undoubtedly the most original since the Model T Ford". In 2011, The Globe and Mail called it a "car like no other". The motoring writer L. J. K. Setright described the 2CV as "the most intelligent application of minimalism ever to succeed as a car", and a car of "remorseless rationality".

Both the design and the history of the 2CV mirror the Volkswagen Beetle in significant ways. Conceived in the 1930s, to make motorcars affordable to regular people for the first time in their countries, both went into large scale production in the late 1940s, featuring air-cooled boxer engines at the same end as their driven axle, omitting a length-wise drive shaft, riding on exactly the same 2,400 mm (94.5 in) wheelbase, and using a platform chassis to facilitate the production of derivative models. Just like the Beetle, the 2CV became not only a million seller, but also one of the few cars in history to continue a single generation in production for over four decades.

Also in 1981 a yellow 2CV6 was driven by James Bond (Roger Moore) in the 1981 film For Your Eyes Only. The car in the film was fitted with the flat-4 engine from a Citroën GS which more than doubled the power. In one scene the ultra light 2CV tips over and is quickly righted by hand. Citroën launched a special edition 2CV "007" to coincide with the film; it was fitted with the standard engine and painted yellow with "007" on the front doors and fake bullet hole stickers.

In 1982 all 2CV models got inboard front disc brakes, which also used LHM fluid instead of conventional brake fluid—the same as was found in the larger Citroën models with hydropneumatic suspension.

The absolute popular icon of French motoring. The Citroen 2CV was a spartan but extremely rational car, both in terms of space design and mechanics (suspension, engine and so on). For decades it represented the ideal means of transport, simple, robust and very economical. It was produced from 1949 to 1990 in an infinite number of variants, including vans, which were widely used. The displacements ranged from 375 to 602cc, with powers ranging from 9 to 29 horsepower. The drive was front, except for the Sahara, which was a 4x4. Citroen produced over 5 million 2CV units.

SNÍMEK 6 - Model auta pro sběratele Citroen 5 CV, 1922, ve žlutém laku vytvořená podle předlohy originálu designerským týmem v měřítku 1:18 při věrném zachování detailu a kvality zpracování.

Citroën známý i jako Citroen je francouzský výrobce automobilů. Citroën je součástí koncernu PSA Peugeot Citroën. Vozy Citroën se vyrábí v 9 závodech v Evropě. Tři z nich se nachází ve Francii (Aulnay, Rennes a Sevelnord – Hordain), dva ve Španělsku (Madrid a Vigo) a po jednom v Itálii (Sevelsud), v České republice (Kolín), v Portugalsku (Mangualde) a na Slovensku (Trnava). Výroba mimo Evropu probíhá i v Argentině (Buenos Aires), Brazílii (Porto Real) a Číně (Wu-chan). Společnost přímo zaměstnává 12 000 lidí v 70 zemích. V roce 1916 se André Citroën, majitel muniční továrny v Quai de Javel, rozhodl pro velkoobjemovou výrobu silných a hospodárných automobilů. První automobil Type A byl vytvořen v létě 1919 a do konce roku bylo vyrobeno ještě 2810 kusů. Roku 1922 vznikl další automobil Autochenille B2, který jako první automobil v historii překonal poušť Saharu. Později společnost Michelin v roce 1935 přebírá kontrolu nad Citroën. Roku 1976 se Citroën stal součástí koncernu PSA Peugeot Citroën a je jí i dnes.

Skupina PSA Peugeot Citroën v roce 2013 3 nové evropské ocenění

„Cenu pro technologie budoucnosti“ za svůj inovativní hybridní systém Hybrid Air využívající benzínový motor a stlačený vzduch, který představuje klíčovou etapu směrem k vývoji vozu se spotřebou 2 l / 100 km. Cenu za inovace „Fleet World Honours“ „Engine Technology Development Of The Year“, která je udělována partnerům skupiny Bosch.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to the small edition size and the great demand for this item, allocations are expected to occur.

UPOZORNĚNÍ: TITUL JE VYROBENÝ V OMEZENÉM MNOŽSTVÍ JAKO UMĚLECKÝ PŘEDMĚT. UVEDENÁ PRODEJNÍ CENA JE PLATNÁ DO VYPRODÁNÍ TUZEMSKÝCH ZÁSOB.

Sdílet na Twitteru Sdílet na Facebooku