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Der Citroën 2CV, in Deutschland üblicherweise Ente und in der Schweiz Döschwo genannt, war ein populäres Modell des Automobilherstellers Citroën mit einem luftgekühlten Zweizylinder-Viertakt-Boxermotor und Frontantrieb.

Zwischen Sommer 1949 und Mitte 1990 wurden 3.868.631 viertürige Limousinen und 1.246.335 Lieferwagen („Kastenente“) hergestellt. Von 1960 bis 1968 (und 1971) wurde in kleiner Stückzahl auch eine Ausführung mit zwei Motoren und Allradantrieb gebaut, die bereits 1958 vorgestellt worden war.

Die Entwicklung begann bereits Mitte der 1930er-Jahre; kriegsbedingt stellte Citroën den neuen 2CV erst am 7. Oktober 1948 in Paris der Öffentlichkeit vor. Von der Fachpresse anfangs belächelt, wurde der 2CV in den folgenden Jahrzehnten zu einem der bekanntesten Automodelle in Frankreich. Der 2CV war unter anderem Basis für die Citroën-Modelle Dyane, Ami und Méhari.

The Citroën 2CV was an economy car produced by the French car manufacturer Citroën between 1948 and 1990. It was technologically advanced and innovative, but with uncompromisingly utilitarian unconventional looks, and deceptively simple Bauhaus inspired bodywork, that belied the sheer quality of its underlying engineering. It was designed to move the French peasantry on from horses and carts. It is considered one of Citroën's most iconic cars. In 1953 Autocar in a technical review of the car wrote of "the extraordinary ingenuity of this design, which is undoubtedly the most original since the Model T Ford". It was described by CAR magazine journalist and author LJK Setright as "the most intelligent application of minimalism ever to succeed as a car". It was designed for low cost, simplicity of use, versatility, reliability, and off-road driving. For this it had a light, easily serviceable engine, extremely soft long travel suspension (with height adjustment by lengthening/shortening of tie rods), high ground clearance, and for oversized loads a car-wide canvas sunroof (which until 1955) also covered the boot.
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Author Tobias Nordhausen from Sondershausen, Deutschland
Camera location52° 31′ 33.08″ N, 13° 14′ 33.99″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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