Citroen 2CV: Can The Classic Still Cut It? - Carfection

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[@jackd.flippin6656]

I would rather have a 2cv than a supercar.

[@Robinmuk]

Me too, it's my car :-) I mean it really is my car, and my mate Rich.

[@hachipanki8634]

Same brother, Who needs a Lamborghini?

[@robertgmorris4953]

My father bought a new one of these in 1967. I've driven everything since and it's still the most fun I ever had in a car. The two tone horn, cockpit adjustable headlights (lamps) and an engine designed to turn petrol into a rattly noise. Brilliant! My brother and I used to love to pick the back end up and turn it to skew his parking. Before safety was invented we used to stand on the back seat with our heads out the roof hanging onto the centre bar with the roof rolled up like the top of a sardine can behind us.

[@AntoineMardhel]

French lad here, and soooo proud of this quirky little cars, my grand dad used to wortk on them for a living. You have to drive it to understand it though. It looks like it's going to be boring, and trust me it's not, it's just a different experience and even if it is by no means a sporty drive, it still makes you appreciate momentum like nothing else. Quite a nice piece of history, and, I mean look at it, how con you not fall in love with that weird little ball of fluffy metal.

[@patricklawson9756]

Antoine Marty I've never driven one or even been in one but I still love them

[@danmccarthy4700]

Chris Harris made a great video on his old 2CV in which he perfectly describes that appreciation for momentum you talk about. Sucks that it's been pulled from KZbin, though.

[@AntoineMardhel]

Exactly mate! I saw that video too and loved it! OG Chris Harris was so good..

[@detaart]

I drove it. I understand it. It's a piece of shit.

[@asddd.]

in this case you don't understand it

[@VerboseSlayer]

Citroen 2CV Fiat 500 Morris Mini Subaru 360 Volkswagen Beetle Ford Falcon w/ i6 Moskvitch-402 Now theres a drag race I'd like to see. The Post-war drag race.

[@exxusdrugstore300]

That Falcon would have to have the automatic to be fair.

[@Darklordkime]

Gotta ad in that Trabant.

[@avdcrx5441]

you should also add renault 4

[@PeterPeter-wh4vh]

are you argentinian?

[@PeterPeter-wh4vh]

@@Darklordkime are you my half apple???

[@AntoineMardhel]

Who the fuck disliked this and why?

[@Mgoblagulkablong]

VW/Audi fanboy becuse they hate everything else.

[@nikosbenopoulos7306]

Antoine Marty I am a group vag lover ,they are the bedt

[@spellward]

Because it was rubbish and they were a couple of dicks.

[@SlobodanStevic]

Didn't hit the dislike button, but I'm honestly not finding this channel likeable. I keep giving it a chance but every episode just feels slightly too arrogant and meh eventually.

[@Punisher9419]

This is cooler then a super car.

[@Punisher9419]

I always get those mixed up. I don't know the difference.

[@JonasRosenven]

Then look it up rather than not knowing.

[@juliethurgood3667]

It’s air cool... ...ed

[@twistedyogert]

Cheaper too.

[@toyotaprius79]

Absolutely. Workers' cars = bougiemobiles

[@Cigar2]

Shouldn't someone be smoking either Gauloise and Gitanes cigarettes for the full French experience???

[@inkno701]

I see them smoking in car shows that are on TV, why couldn't you do it for a joke and if it helps your morals then just put a anti smoking message at the end.

[@Appletank8]

Hold a birthday candle between your teeth.

[@TheGel69]

Boyard Mais mon Ami, dark non filtered tobacco on yellow paper these were the real men test, if you survived smoking one you were set.....

[@yazzw]

Sorry against the law to smoke now

[@Robinmuk]

The car in the video is my car, I'm returning to 2CV's after 21 years, having had plenty of other cars in-between. Let me tell you these cars are brilliant, simply for how much fun you have driving them and getting 10-10ths out of everything. The brakes are powerful and it weighs as much as a crisp packet compared to just about everything else on the road, it's a conserving momentum late braking machine! In modern traffic you get to have a good thrash and you're still doing relatively 'sane' speeds, they are not 'slow'. Instead they are a total laugh to drive fast, buy one while you still can, these things are appreciating.

[@patricklawson9756]

Silverback It's a beautiful car mate. Need to get one someday

[@Munkenba]

I've got one, had it for two years now. I'm glad I'm not the only one saying it, the prices are definitely going up, you can't get a decent one for under 5 grand anymore, 10 even if you want a showroom car.

[@Swordie100]

So true, all of these little classics, especially in Europe, are gaining interest, once again.

[@enronhubbard6149]

was watching a 2cv dolly project earlier and they went through the gears and what not... the guy said he'd been driving an automatic audi s3 for 6 months inbetween and seemed ecstatic to be in it again. apparently they handle like driving a bathtub full of water

[@enronhubbard6149]

video ref : kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqKwpoWMi9Z0bdk

[@OliverPickard]

1million smiles per gallon

[@marcloismanalili9170]

I used to be a fan. Now I`m an air conditioner

[@ostfahrstreifen8421]

wow

[@ImBarryScottCSS]

I used to be a fan, now I'm an impeller.

[@joker_g7337]

The first time I rolled mine out of the garage, a BMW ran into another car because both drivers were looking at the 2CV. Another time sometime gave me a small duck at a red light. And another time, I found people taking pictures of themselves around the car.

[@Mike_Ripper]

Anyone remember the 1970's advertising? "Wheels. We fit 4 as standard and have found that round ones work the best" . . Or words to that effect :-)

[@klaushaunstrupchristensen7252]

One of my life’s motoring highlights was as a pedestrian. Around 15 years ago I was walking down a street where there are some extraordinary vicious speed bumps. A car drove by me approaching the bump with a speed only marginally higher than my walking speed. Literally at the moment it reached the speed bump with 5 miles per hours it was overtaken by a 2CV which rushed over the speed bump/breaker without even lifting off at 30 miles 🤣. The Citroën 2CV was and is a testimony to engineering excellence. By the way, the extremely low center of gravity in combination with suspension geometry with roll axis at ground level front and rear + narrow tires makes certain that the 2CV can newer roll over. It might look like it’s going to capsize, but it will always slide before it rolls, unless it’s driven into a ditch.

[@immatureradical]

"I am used to driving less peasanty things, supercars with big engines" Well, you drive those supercars slower than I used to drive my 2CV.

[@immowycedzacz]

it's spitting fire at 3:45 ! that's a proper supercar :)

[@theothergtgeek9407]

That's a properly tuned 2CV

[@srfrg9707]

Tomasz Urbanski The motor is a boxer, with oil cooling. How one can be more sporty than that?

[@motorpunkmagazine3903]

Top stuff. A well overdue vid on the magnificent Tin Snail.

[@rodneymcgiveron]

That's one of the funniest but coolest vids I've seen for a while..thanks

[@TheBrokenEclipse]

More of this please!

[@ellicopter1]

Really like this one Alex, Supercars are goon and all, but more of this quirky stuff please !

[@seanmiranda9919]

Very nice video. Keep up the good work

[@v_alexiadis]

This was more fun than I expected it to be!

[@HubNut]

Ha! Nice to see a bit of hooning, and others discovering the 2CV magic.

[@MisterDillPickle]

Carfection's regular reviews are good, but weird stuff like this really brings out their best. This is even better than many Top Gear segments.

[@FAT8893]

No, not Top Gear. It should be that Amazon Prime show.

[@marwood1969]

Rufus Hound and Phil Collins taking a 2CV out for a spin. Superb!

[@jaschawinkel]

What a great sound of the car better than every supercar can be.

[@joker_g7337]

When the motor is still cold, the car sound like a Harley-Davidson.

[@peterbonnez]

Great film - thanks I enjoyed that

[@RandomGenera7ed]

Great video! Pity it won't get many views because it isn't a six figure supercar.

[@sergioandre8759]

Driving a 2CV is an adventure but, wherever you stop, it's a gathering for them to take pictures! I LOVE mine (1969).

[@louloufildezinc9041]

La "Deuche" ou "Deudeu" (emotional abbreviation for 2 chevaux in French) or "la 2 pattes" (2 legs in English, for the number of cylinders), always a fabulous car, even in 2021. The extravagance of the suspensions, its charming convertible face, its purr so particular, its invitation to travel comfortably in a different way makes people laugh and seduces from 7 to 77 years old.

[@EnlightenedPatriot1]

I just made that 77 years old and, after owing a Dyane and a 2CV 35-40 years ago, and fancying a bit of fun in one whilst I still can, I am off to see 2 fully restored ones tomorrow, hoping to buy one. Many such are regularly fetching £20-25k, (new electric ones, a van, £40k) these being around half that, so they should be a better investment (and more fun) than having that depreciating cash in a bank. I can't wait to take ownership of one again. 🙂

[@louloufildezinc9041]

@@EnlightenedPatriot1 Oh, well done ! You are my mother's age, give or take a year. The 2CV and the Dyane have always been his favorite cars. She owned a pinkish gray 2CV Azam, a Mésange blue (or tit blue in English) Dyane (4) and two new 2CV6 Specials (Jade green and Nevada beige) before giving in for a Twingo and a C2. And I also share with my mother and you this preference, this pleasure, for having successively had a Myosotis blue 2CV6 and two Dyane 6s (Jade green and Colorado beige which later became Stratos blue of the Xantia), until 2001 . I sincerely hope you find the 2CV of your heart that will inspire you to love it and adopt it without delay tomorrow. In my opinion it is a good choice because if it is well maintained, it will not lose its value, unlike money in the bank and will be much happier than a bank account. I would love to adopt one too. Maybe one of these days... it would be a great pleasure. :-)

[@bergatube60]

Being a dane, where cars are highly taxed objects, I owned 3 2 CV's in my Youth,.The first a stationwagon with 12 Hp's . It took me over the Gross Glockner Hochalpenstrasse, the highest pass in the alps, with two passengers, slowly, but passing a lot of big cooking Mercedes! I uppgraded this old 63 model with a rather new 24 Hp motor and gearbox from a traffic wreck and doubled the power Wauuuh! I think I had this car for 8 years before I bought my second 2CV , a sedan new in 78. The old model had inertia dampers wich was in practice a 1,6 kg brass weight on a spring in a tube with every wheel. Wheel going up, compressed the spring and forced the wheel down after the bump. A genious invention. The dampers were friction plates on the swingarms carrying the wheels, adjustable with a big nut. Sorry they got too expensive, and later models got the ordinary hydraulic dampers. The spring packets located longitudinally parallel with the the frame, were also spring loaded, so when the front wheel vent over a bump, the rear wheel was raised, giving the ride a very comfortably movement.Later copied by Austins Hydrolastic in the Minies.Sir Alec Guinness was raised to the sky for this, but as many other things , it ws only copies of old Citroên inventions. I now dric a Citroên C5 (X7), but some times I miss the calm travel where You had time to enjoy the landscape, and I can certainly miss the bills for petrol :-)))

[@UniversityOfTurmoil]

I used to work with a chap who had a 2CV, whenever you drove at motorway speeds (it was one of the later models so could just about get to 70mph) the front windows would pop open and flap in the breeze until you slowed down when they would slam shut. It was however an excellent summer car with the full canvas roof.

[@9333867]

i was waiting for this video

[@naveennani1508]

2CV through the country roads of Belgium..... best experience of my life .....

[@tasjaber1]

Great car, drove the 2cv6 Club from 1990 for a long time. Had to go as I prefer my mums Dyane bought new in 1980. Thanks, mum!

[@towers3135]

could you review a Datsun 1200? great video! What a supercar!

[@jimmac]

Best super car review yet.

[@Daniel-gi1cy]

Sound in the intro is a little low but still great vid!

[@pedropinheiroaugusto3220]

2cv's are super fun to drive at any speed and can put a van to shame when its cargo time, or a 4x4 when its rut time, or a class S when its pot bump time.

[@alisterbaker-lowe]

This video really shows the pros of a 2cv.A tin beast.

[@erichartke4331]

a boss of mine had one and I got to drive it the gear shift was a bit odd at first but it was a fun quirky car.

[@clairebannister4749]

I used to rent these out in the 80's to aussis and kiwis who had come to Europe to do a tour.. never had 1 breakdown.

[@goldpython2263]

To build that car, meet the design requirements and make the price point, that's damn fine engineering.

[@snape1464]

These things are awesome, we use them with the body removed as glider tugs. I've taught myself to drive in one when I was 15

[@magnusjohansson295]

Brilliant little car!

[@patricklawson9756]

Oh 2cv, I love you so much!

[@robinaxeman]

Best car I ever owned.London to Oban,500 plus miles ten hours at flat out 70 mph and got 50mpg.

[@stephenberry1205]

In 1978 I took my Aussie parents to Oban and then by ferry to circumnavigate round the Isle of Skye before heading to Edinburgh, were we got our only flat tyre I have had in 3 x 2CVs over 43 years and 550,000 kms..... Sheer joy!!!! Joie de vivre...

[@edward002gaming]

That car looks smashing where did you bought it lad?

[@bjrnpedersen3373]

I love the color, can you pls supply the color code for this car?

[@ZioStalin]

What's a 2cv video without accordion background music? xD LOL

[@MrIcecolddd]

I love this car, it’d be a dream of mine to own one

[@isaacmain1410]

The is the best supercar review ever.

[@DimitrisBXL]

I think this is the BEST video ever from you guys. Thank you, you made my day :-)

[@AndrewKNI]

Fantastic review of the 2CV. If only such a characterful and basic car were available today. Citroen Cactus perhaps??

[@Robinmuk]

I agree with you absolutely. The car in the video is my car and whilst we were there driving around we spoke of this. Where is this car's modern equivalent today? It's just the sort of car we should be driving, it's simplicity and pureness are two of it's most endearing qualities, sustainable. It's also a total laugh to drive fast :-)

[@AndrewKNI]

Couldn't agree more. You're so lucky to have such an immaculate example. Happy and joyful motoring :-)

[@workingwonderstv]

I loved my 2CV4. Left hand drive. 6 volt electrics.However it was a deux chevaux (two horses) and not deux cheveux (two hairs). :-)

[@VitariusLaszlo]

look at the flames :) what a monster

[@knowyourroleRocky]

You called it the 'Deux cheveux' instead of 'Deux chevaux'. You basically called it the 'two hairs' instead of 'two horses'. Still, I really appreciate your channel, great work.

[@geoffdearth8575]

You're lucky they were that close.

[@MrSparklespring]

Was thinking the same! Lol. Not an 'eu' but an 'o' sound!

[@srfrg9707]

Paul S. A bald guy calling that car ''deux cheveux" is hilarious though.

[@davidhayes4814]

I had one of these and it rusted like the proverbial. It was an 82 model and I scrapped it in 88. That egg test is no test. Unless you crash or you drop the basket, no eggs will ever ever ever break. Eggs are tough and they fit together perfectly. Eggs don’t break unless you drop them or want them to.

[@leneanderthalien]

the original test from Citroën was take on a laboured field, and egg pannier in the trunk...this is another challenge...take this with another car you have a omelette...

[@vintagegirl1961]

Looks like an armadillo! Cute!

[@sportster88]

I wish they would have sold more Citroens in the U.S. They have some of the most ingenious and innovative ideas!

[@MGA19a]

3:32 DON'T BREAK !!! 😂😂😂👍🏻

[@robertbidochon7949]

Bien joués pour ton Français, Alex! ; )

[@robinaxeman]

Have owned a 2cv and a Dyane and they are the greatest little cars for comfort and fuel economy

[@Nodem1948]

Dit onverwoestbaar wagentje was mijn eerste Citroën.

[@quigonjay9]

Just as I was getting in to a video without Alex in it. Doh!!!

[@Supcharged]

whats the 1/4 mile and nurburgring time?

[@robertgmorris4953]

Measured with a calendar!

[@freibier]

Can't tell you about the 1/4 mile time or the Nürburgring time, but I remember I had a "super trumps" card game about cars as a kid, and the 2CV was infamous in that game - it was the only car which had no 0-60 time because *it could not do it* :-)

[@Supcharged]

freibier omg

[@patricklawson9756]

I saw a 2cv last week with a Nurburgring sticker on it

[@renegerritsen6178]

This later model could actually do it, but the first cars were indeed barely able to do 50mph / 80kmph due to lack of power. Top speed depended more on up/downhill and wind direction than on the car itself :P Nevertheless: great cars in a way, I don't think anything handles speedbumps quite as effectively as a 2CV :)

[@RickDeckardMemories]

Plowed field. PLOWED. But seriously, thanks for the video!

[@godfatherbfh431]

For once I didn't get ear fucked in the beginning of the video! Great classic 2CV btw.

[@markfortin421]

It is such a shame...that these wonderful cars are as scarce as hens teeth here in the U.S., and when you can find one they start at 10k and go up to 20k...and most need major rust work. (Salt on the roads in winter) and importing one NOW with crash standards and emmisions (my lawn tractor would do better). But I STILL want one...far better than any transport appliance they sell now! Meep-Meep!

[@filipbaraka468]

my dream car

[@Threetails]

The fuel mileage is great, but it's more like 50 mpg.

[@stephenberry1205]

I once came back to my 1982 2CV6 Charleston to find lip stick marks on the windscreen. It was lime green lips embolden on it's flat glass///// Does this indicate my Deuche was French kissed by a Drag Queen? Sacre vert!!!

[@motosnape]

Great how you called it “two hairs” instead of “two horses”😉

[@robbieelvin4951]

Driving an old, slow, car as fast as it will go is a lot of fun.

[@dacooldragonakadanny7833]

It backfired at 3:46 XD

[@SamCarLegion]

Just put a LS Engine and a couple of Turbos, intercooler, and see that baby fly like a jet plane!

[@TheGel69]

78 mpg.....downhill in neutral maybe.....for having driven daily a 2CV4 during my college years I was never able to achieve those figures, 55 mpg yes

[@FilipGereg]

And there's the Viper with 5 mpg. lel

[@Boz1211111]

Thats great

[@Patchuchan]

55mpg is still amazingly good.

[@dragonballtorture]

I have a feeling these guys weren't sober when they were filming this

[@TheOtherNeutrino]

7:23 for Petit Alex

[@krisnadiimam4556]

too bad they dont sell these anymore... a touch bigger motor, 5 speed / cvt and aircon would be perfect.

[@FasterthaMyou]

Tbh, I thought this was going to suck. I actually learned some things. ;-)

[@MrSamueladerach]

Is it jus me or is the audio of each car fection video kind of muted?

[@TheGreatLoco]

Compared to the Beatle, it was way better engineered.

[@erikhertzer8434]

TheGreatLoco ...then why didnt they build and sell over 23 million of them, like the beetle?

[@TheGreatLoco]

Erik Hertzer Because it's not just the product, also the distribution, publicity and price. The Germans and Japanese automakers are the masters of marketing. Today Germans will sell you the engineering at 2X or 3X the price. And the Japanese will sell you the dependability and cheap parts. Which in both cases is mostly smoke and mirrors. In the case of the beatle, they were selling the hippy counter culture, dependable, cheap parts car, depending on the market. Then, VW unlike Citroën was well established in countries like Brazil, Mexico and the US, which accounted for huge parts of beatle sales.

[@MrAluminox]

Because Volkswagen expanded nto a multinational and sold then in Latin America, specially Mexico and Brasil. countries there was no alternative to the big American cars, so these countries were captive markets. I have had the two, Beetle and 2CV. The 2CV is far better engineered: better suspensions, better brakes, far better handling (the beetle is a death trap on wet, snowed or icy road while you're having fun with a 2CV in these conditions) so the 2 CV is safer, good off road ability, far more comfortable, four doors, good seats behind for adults, plenty of room, has a true trunk with a rear door, you could take out in a minute the back seat and charge it like a mule (I took once 6 bulks of 50kg of cement, 300 kg for 10 miles with no problem, and I do not count the number of times I took 8 feet planks, fridges, chairs, boxes, etc...), better mileage, easier to repair and maintain. And more reliable. The Beetle had serious cooling problems in hot climate, and was a piston rings eater. There is no possible comparison in practical every day use between the 2CV and the Beetle, even to park it in a tight place. Other proofs; hundreds maybe thousands of 2CV have made very long travels in very harsh conditions like crossing the Sahara, or South America by the Andes mountains. The Paris Kathmandu was a classic travel; I know at least five guys who did it. It has been used for cross and off road competition with no modifications and even a few 2CV race nowadays with BMW motorcycle engines,and stiffer suspensions. If you try to race a Beetle with a 120 HP engine at the same place as the original with the same gearbox and brakes and just stiffer suspensions you're a dead man at the first curve.

[@Swaggerlot]

It would make a beautiful electric car, plus a motor can be mounted that exceeds anything the IC motor did. I put many tens of thousands of miles on two, commuted between Glasgow and London, trashed lots of tyres and drove on and off road. The removable seats were great for beach picnics.

[@EnlightenedPatriot1]

FYI, you can now buy a new electric van version here in the UK for £40k. I had two 35-40 years ago and, in just reaching 77 years, am off to view 2 fully rebuilt/restored ones tomorrow to choose from. Most such regularly sell for £25k, these being around half that. They are good at hiding rust, with many overlapping sheet metal joints in the welded body shell, a replacement body being £7k. A new Burton engine is available to increase the 602cc to 650cc.

[@Swaggerlot]

@@EnlightenedPatriot1 40k squids is too rich for me.

[@omenakakkuomenakakku-cl6tt]

i wishd id had some day citroen 2cv. fiat 850 and ford escort mk1

[@twistedyogert]

Wouldn't mind a modern electric version.

[@RobBoothAutomotive]

Identical music to the Chris Harris 2CV vid...

[@quadturbo4]

So does the guy with the lady scarf sometimes drive supercars or not?

[@topgun8683]

You can get one and put a Hyabusa motor in it?

[@ostfahrstreifen8421]

i'm for a EJ25. Miss Daisy #2.

[@clairebannister4749]

Sparrow Automotive put BMW air cooled Bike engine in - looks fab and goes well:vimeo.com/67386766

[@leneanderthalien]

no: it's a front drive car, and the original gearbox need to be use, no space for such engine whithout body modifications, but i'ts possible to tune relative easy the original engine up to 50hp, and it's possible to use a BMW flat twin motorcycle engine who drive the original gearbox...

[@TRC98]

do fiat 500 next

[@hjbburkhalter9750]

the Carr for my the best my love carr

[@ZDY66666]

I ship these two

[@cabbartoynakbas200]

citroen wake up and make new 2cv with electric engine

[@gimmieliberty6514]

They don't do retro

[@avdcrx5441]

@@gimmieliberty6514 they can...

[@joaopinto5937]

My dream have one.2cv

[@rogerhudson9732]

To roll one over you have to drive in reverse fast and then try to turn. Otherwise they are perfect.

[@aethelsteadtheunsteady450]

I hate to be 'that guy' but you don't actually need to travel 78 miles to acheive 78 mpg.

[@2adamast]

2:30 A keg of beer? That's clearly revisionist history, just 50 kg of stuff will do

[@Pandamasque]

How come it has such modern seat belts?!

[@srfrg9707]

Pan Damasque It's a 80s production, complyant with the safety rules of that area.

[@bmos02]

not to be that guy but a plowed field is very different than that rolling lawn you drove on...

[@pbfloyd13]

backfire at 3:45!!!

[@woutervanwijk4369]

Just top it of again at the petrol station and look how much goes in again. If you know the distance you have driven you can easily calculate MPG..... Voila!