Citroen 2CV Spcial
The Citroën 2CV, known as the "deux chevaux" (literally meaning "two horses") is a vehicle that has been around since 1948, an impressive 42 years. It was created by Pierre-Jules Boulanger to be a low-priced car that could handle bad road conditions and carry large amounts of goods. His brief was that the car should be a two-seater, use no more than three litres of gas to go up to 100km and be able to drive over uneven terrain without breaking anything that was in the car.
The engineer in charge of the project was André Lefèbvre, and many prototypes were made. They were made with aluminum or magnesium parts and had water-cooled engines as well as hammock-like seats that were suspended from the roof.
The TPV (Très Petite Voiture - "Very Small Car") project was hidden from the Nazis during WWII by Michelin and Citroën, who feared that it might be used for military purposes. The hiding was so successful that it was thought that none of the prototypes remained until 1994 when three were discovered in a barn. Eventually, a total of five TPVs were accounted for, although some had been scrapped due to an internal memo in the 1950s.
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