1961 CITROËN 2CV SAHARA
SIMPLE AND RUGGED
1961 CITROËN 2CV SAHARA
SIMPLE AND RUGGED
Production Years: 1960-1967
Country: France
Number Produced: 694
In the 1960’s France was looking for oil in the Sahara Desert. Citroen 2CVs were widely used at the time and several were in service in the Sahara. One mechanic had the excellent idea to make a four-wheel car with two engines. Imagine, a four-wheel drive car that could go anywhere, was reliable and very inexpensive to maintain. Both engines were designed to run fully independent of each other or with both running at the same time. Each engine had its own gas tank.
In France, Citroen decided to give this idea a try. It manufactured a small number of 2CVs known as the 5CV (2 + 2 for the French Bureaucrat = 5). Over 600 of these cars were made – some for those working in the Sahara desert and some for a variety of others interested in an inexpensive four-wheel-drive car.
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