You know who else had a thing for excessively curved air-cooled cars that the average person could afford..

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markie_farkie: You know who else had a thing for excessively curved air-cooled cars that the average person could afford..

Citroen Surrenders.

Thank you subby! Now I know I'm not the only Citroen fan at Fark.

/now if only I could afford the DS of my dreams

Ugliest. Car. Evar.

The best of all the Bondmobiles, if you ask me. (new window)

Hmm not too bad.. Citroen C4 Hatch.. What the Focus should have looked like:

I always thought they looked like a car Dr. Seuss would have designed.

/almost bought a duck in Germany

make me some tea: Ugliest. Car. Evar.

Um, the Fiat Multipla says otherwise.

markie_farkie: Hmm not too bad.. Citroen C4 Hatch.. What the Focus should have looked like:

Looks like a Prius with a Citroen grill.

markie_farkie: Hmm not too bad.. Citroen C4 Hatch.. What the Focus should have looked like:

I like the 2-door better

markie_farkie: Hmm not too bad.. Citroen C4 Hatch.. What the Focus should have looked like:

Negative, sir. The USDM Focus should've looked like it's European counterpart:



Awesomely, Ford is bringing it State-side in a few years if I remember rightly, along with the Ford Fiesta, another brilliantly looking car.

the french are assholes

I was thinking it was designed not to break artillery shells, Not egg shells...

/Now I get it...

My brother once witnessed an inadvertent confrontation between a Citroen and a stop sign. The stop sign won. True story.

Yes, but will the eggs survive when Billy Joel drives one onto a porch.

/doh chavoh

And look how far that tiny vehicle has come:

cracks me up. the french word for "lemon" is "citron".

/frickin frogs

Look at this beauty.

France celebrates 60 years of the Citroen 2CV, originally designed to take 4 people--or sheep--and carry a basket of eggs across a ploughed field without breaking any shells

. . . where they would then surrender to the German soldiers.

make me some tea: Ugliest. Car. Evar.

No...NO!!! I'll not have you say that...

there's always the Citroen Ami 6



Something of a Pyrrhic victory given that it was also a Citroen.

Good god that's farking ugly!!!

blazemongr: And look how far that tiny vehicle has come:

I would buy this car just because I loved this commercial.

It was originally destined as a cheap country round-around for farmers, designed to be able to carry four people (or sheep).

haha

farmers have sex with sheep

Still not my favorite Citroen.

The CX was the best, and Clarkson agrees.



And then you have the insane console. Can you guess where the turn signal switch is located?

Behold, the Citroen H van

Focus > C4.

Here's James May (or actually Oz Clark) testing the 2CV with the field & egg test.

In the even of a rear-eng collision, the 2CV conveniently wraps its occupants in a compact tinfoil coffin, ready for disposal.

I love the James Bond C2V chase scene [LGT youtube] from For Your Eyes Only.

I got driven around Switzerland in a 2CV once. The thing was unlined sheet-metal. The windows folded down because there was no "inside the door" for them to go into. The seats were wire-mesh, like lawn chairs, with tied on cushions. God, I love that car, but in an accident with an American car there wouldn't be enough of you left to bother recycling.

FTA:

Its removable back seats handily doubled up as a picnic bench, saving generations of skirts and trousers from unsightly grass stains.

Yeah, that's what we told her parents.

My grandmother had one of these in baby blue. I think it might have been the only car she ever owned. As a kid, it was a very cool ride. We use to love the crazy loose suspension. I don't know if it would have been street legal here in the US without some modifications.

Eddie Adams from Torrance: markie_farkie: You know who else had a thing for excessively curved air-cooled cars that the average person could afford..

Citroen Surrenders.

I don't know why but that made me laugh hard.

/thanky

Jeremy Clarkson may laugh but the truth is that the humble Deux Chevaux - designed to replace the horse and cart for farmers - revolutionised the French motor industry.

WTF is a "french motor industry"? I don't like it, sounds too french.
And how is designing an 'unbreakable' 8hp car count as 'evolutionary'. Of course it's unbreakable, it tops out at 30mph, 25 if you bring your donkey. (why the fark would you give your Donkey a ride anyways, he's a Donkey, what's he got to do that's so important ?)

Mock all you want, but I once rode around some of the roughest back roads in France in a Citroen, and going from pavement to gravel and back there was no difference. Smoothest ride I ever had. Mind you, this was a high-ender, not the ones that look like storage huts on wheels.

"On the whole it could be said the Marshall plan dollars the French spent on their auto industry could have been put to better use elsewhere"

these are the dumb, slow little cars i always see people pushing off to the side of the road here in berlin.

usually they have a convertible top that's held together with duct tape.

The French liked the car so much because it was easy and quick to reverse....

by the way: for some reason, these dumb cars have only 3 lugnuts per wheel....wtf

ricodued: markie_farkie: Hmm not too bad.. Citroen C4 Hatch.. What the Focus should have looked like:

Negative, sir. The USDM Focus should've looked like it's European counterpart:



Awesomely, Ford is bringing it State-side in a few years if I remember rightly, along with the Ford Fiesta, another brilliantly looking car.

sorry dude, the ford focii here in europe are the same as the but ugly us models....atleast every one that ive ever seen.

What, no love for the Galaxy 500?.



/I don't care if it's american
//It's still a sexy car

re-elect_jimmy_carter

usually they have a convertible top that's held together with duct tape.

So that's why that model is called "The Duck".
And then there's the German "Polente":

uh_huh: Jeremy Clarkson may laugh but the truth is that the humble Deux Chevaux - designed to replace the horse and cart for farmers - revolutionised the French motor industry.

WTF is a "french motor industry"? I don't like it, sounds too french.
And how is designing an 'unbreakable' 8hp car count as 'evolutionary'. Of course it's unbreakable, it tops out at 30mph, 25 if you bring your donkey. (why the fark would you give your Donkey a ride anyways, he's a Donkey, what's he got to do that's so important ?)

if this car is unbreakable, why do i see so many of them broken down?

I've owned a number of Citroens. My all time favourite was the GS (I couldn't afford a DS, and the CX wasn't around yet). Absolutely marvellous car - hydrodynamic suspension, air-cooled flat four engine, power driven (not assisted) brakes. I even drove it for fifty miles with one flat tyre, and didn't notice.

The 2CV, on the other hand, was a foul little car - heaviest steering I've ever used, totally ineffective inboard drum brakes (does a lot for unsprung weight, but a bugger to change brake pads), and of course those fold-out windows, which can fall out of their lock and clout the driver sharply on the elbow. Handling was astonishing, though - they lean and lean, but the wheels stay on the road, regardless of speed or terrain. The trick was to floor the accelerator until you reach cruising speed (around 60mph) then leave the brakes alone until you reach your destination.

The Ami was marginally better than the 2CV, with inboard front disks and slightly more power.

I wish I still had my GS.

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usually they have a convertible top that's held together with duct tape.

So that's why that model is called "The Duck".
And then there's the German "Polente":

i spit on a citroen just like that off my balcony not 10 minutes ago.


no police markings tho.

I had a professor in college who drove one of those hideous little Citroen's. I think he did it just to indicate how avant garde he was.

My dad had an old 1930's Cord. Now that was a hell of an advanced car for it's time.

Tillmaster: The trick was to floor the accelerator until you reach cruising speed (around 60mph) then leave the brakes alone until you reach your destination.


shenanigans.

these things struggle to keep up with rush hour city traffic.

no way you can go 60.....maybe 45....downhill....with no driver or passengers.

Coronach: Thank you subby! Now I know I'm not the only Citroen fan at Fark.

/now if only I could afford the DS of my dreams


DS, you say? 'Cause someone had a CX for sale at work recently. Oh, and you're way down in Georgia.

if it's like french tanks then I bet it's really fast in reverse too....

I hope they produce the smart for another 50 years. :)