Driving A Citroën 2CV Is The Most Fun You Can Have With 29BHP! (1988 2CV6 Dolly Road Test)
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- Опубліковано 26 січ 2021
- These days, cars seemingly can’t get enough power or technology. The Citroën 2CV shows just how little car you actually need and proves just 29BHP can make one of the most fun driving experiences you’ll ever have!
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Yet another 2cv owner in the comments, I know. But thank you for this video, I love the bloody things and having one ten feet from me now doesn't stop me from wanting to consume hours of other people's citroens online. Top job guys.
Thanks Alfie, excellent taste in cars! 😁
Oh yea, Old citroens are bloody intersting machines, I’m probably more of the BX-kind of Citroen guy
I'd buy a 2CV today. Some things should've never stopped being manufactured. Cassettes and vinyl records are making a comeback, why not old car models?
Jay Leno himself said that it is a lot more fun to drive a slow car slowly than it is to drive a fast car at fast speeds.
We couldn't agree more!
Love my 2CV Charleston, I've owned it for 17 years and still get a kick out of driving it around the hills of San Francisco and East Bay every time! Took it down the "most crooked street" Lombard in SF which was so appropriate for a car like that! Had a lot of stares and thumbs up from well wishers. The best part of driving over the Golden Gate Bridge is doing it with the roof open ;)
Now that’s how to drive a 2CV with style! 😎
Had mine for 2 1/2 years, thats a record for me, never get fed up with it
We all love seeing you driving it around!
What color is yours ?
LoL don't wanna confuse yours with all the others 😆
There's a classic Mini in East Bay too, if your riding in a truck you can hear him but only see him when he over takes you.
He fits some where between your door skin and the start of the mirror lol 😆
I love these cars. I think that Citroën should start making them again. Inexpensive, practical, sensible and fun. Lovely!
Modern safety requirements wouldn't allow it I'm afraid.
The 2cv gearbox was laid out like that so that the most used gears (2nd & 3rd) would be on a simple push-pull plane.
2 & 3 gear the most use? not for me: i did drive most on roads, so use at most 3 & 4...2-3 is more use in mountain roads, 1' on the steepest, but it climb!
Reverse & First gear are on the same plain for parking ease, imagine parallel parking - backwards & forwards. Town gears on the middle plain & overdrive... 4th for use on the motorway. Also note - you can simply go from 3rd across to forth without needing to go into neutral. Next top tip - lose the grip of death on the ball... The gearstick is spring loaded so that it automatically centers, just use palm to push forwards. Being now on my 4th lefty, that gearstick ball feels so much more natural in the right hand! As these cars should be! I own a 1974 Ami8 berline & a 1978 Dyane6, the 2cv's sadly unmentioned derivative siblings, I'm not sure how the Ami6 didn't get a mention when it actually outsold the 2cv in France in the 60s becoming the new people's car & indeed a friend.
it's pretty simple: the gear shift layout is a classic 3-speed gearshift (like those in many 1930s cars) with additional 4th gear
I like to describe my 2CV as having everything you really need...... and absolutely NOTHING else! Thanks for a well presented review. Cheers from Canada.
Thanks Bob!
I had one in the 90's. Missed it a lot. Bought a nicely restored 2CV a year ago - and I'm loving it. For a month straight it has been driven "topless" in the danish summer landscape. Pure joy. PS: Loved your video.
Just got my hands on a '64 Argentina built 2CV with the teeny-weeny engine ... apart from some issues with the gears it is a sheer delight to motor with. Charming, individual and so typically French!
2cvs are the best - i own one and i love it
Thanks for the video, loved the 2cv ever since I can remember! Used to be loads around when I was a kid growing up in the 1980s. I remember an aunt and uncle buying a brand new red and white Dolly.. It was way cooler than my parents Volvo 340's. Been a proud owner of a 2cv6 Bamboo since 2016, its so much fun to drive and so comfortable and smooth riding.
In Argentina was very popular car , I was owner 2cv , 3cv , Ami 8 club and Diane 6 .. I can say that I fell in love with them.. and today still have great memories..
and dad has the furgonette..
I would love a 2CV. They're just so out there. Here in Oz they have become VERY expensive now and that just takes the fun out of it. ☹️
Loved and still miss mine. I had so much fun in that car! I still sometimes want to put my current modern car into 4th gear by pushing the stick forward 😂
After 33 years and 185,000 miles from new in my 1990 series Charleston I have gone for a power upgrade... The original 602 cc replaced with a Burton 652 cc plus 'Power Tube' and bigger jets in the carbie...
10% more horsepower plus 20% more torque... There is now a throaty roar to be discovered once it has its 700 mile initial service this week.. I was restricted to 4,000 rpm = 50 mph.
For the next 1300 miles I can use 5,000 rpm. And then go power hungry with 6,000 rpm...
I have been addicted to 2CV6s since 1978 when I worked for a year in the UK before sending my 1-year-old 2CV6 home to Australia in pieces, as I was using my single import license on a large tax free Pommie motor carriage. Two friends in Sydney reassembled it for me.
3 x 2CVs and 330,000 miles of joyous adventures... Now I am aged 70 this 652 cc motor will see me out.... Left in my will to my younger brother....
I owned a Bamboo Green 2CV, E310 UHL registration back in 1997 to 2000.
Not sure where it is now, but I have fantastic memories of my 1st car.
She's still out there, anyway!
YIP taxed until 1 June 2024 😊😊😊
You need to drive a Panhard Tigre. 2 cylinder, 66hp, 96mph. FUN!
I'm old now so I have a comfortable air-conditioned modern hatchback but really miss my deuche.
Pied a Plancher.
I had a 1972 Dyane 6 in the late 70's and loved it. Fantastic car. I followed that with an old Ami 8 Estate, also an early 70's example. Again, an absolute blast. Then in the late 80's I had a Portuguese built (as they all were by then) 2CV Special. The thing I remember about the 80's 2CV is how much less 'roly poly' the car was compared with the 70's version, things had been firmed up a bit. Still hilarious though and extreme. Absolutely brilliant cars and very clever too.
I'm driving a C3 Aircross as my main vehicle and there's hints in it that Citroën are getting their individuality back a bit.
I've had a 1970 Fiat 500L for the past 7 years - 21 bhp no less - and it too is another brilliant piece of design and engineering; proof too that no company makes genuinely small cars these days, even a Smart is bigger! Strangled by regulations of course.
Except of course......the new Citroen Ami...hmm, now there's a thought. (Okay, it's a quadricycle so different rules) As you say, everyone should experience a 2CV at some stage in their life.
Great review, enjoyed it.
I had a bamboo green 2cv and a Beachcomber 🥰 lovely things
Thanks for this, brought back happy memories. As a Student I drove 2 typ of cars. A Citroen 2 CV, in Germany called " Ente" and a Mercedes-Benz. The Ente I owned, the Merci when I worked as a Taxi driver. My favorite? Guess.... So much more fun. During a cold Winter however..... nevermind - plenty cardboard under the front seats kept some warm on the feet.😉😂
I have owned three cars in my life (I am 54 now). The first was a 2cv6 Special (specials were the least special of the range) which I drove for 13 years or so. Loved it. The second was a Lotus Elise type 25, and people laughed when I said it was a spiritual successor to the 2cv. But you don’t laugh. You get it too. Both cars were such fun!
and the third car is a ?????
@@dnickegmx more boring. A fiat 500
i love this video hits very close to home because of financial reasons i recently purchased a 25 year old toyota the car has nothing a radio and a heater and thats about it but its also got less things on it to break i had a fiat that put me in the poor house i never knew if i was gonna get to where i was going and get back home sometimes less is more never thought i would fall in love with a 25 year old toyota but gotta tell you what a great little car never have to worry bout getting where im going or getting home
As a 2CV owner and F1 fan I appreciated the conclusion :)
So sad to have to give up the 2CV, as I got older I doubted my ability to stop it, so gave them up but still love them. Still got a Citroen though, never rarely had anything else.
Drove my Dyane to Croatia and used it there for two years during the war, at the end of contract I flew back having left her parked beside the road near a friends house thinking to return in the summer, unfortunately some hoodlums turned it upside down and pulled the wheels off and she was taken for scrap. One of the best cars I ever owned.
Drove one for a while after passing my test (my mate had one as well) and they were an absolute riot :). Every new driver should have to drive something basic to nail down the fundamentals of driving :).
Agreed! Like a four-wheeled motorcycle!
Great video Joe! Love the 2CV and would love to have one in my stable someday....pity prices for them have gone up so much in recent years!
Arguably worth the money though! ;) -Joe
@@ClassicsWorldUK oh, for sure, but my 126p import will hopefully be cheaper! :P
Loved my 2cv new In 1983 sold her in 1987 for an AX. Always wanted a Beachcomber.
Would love a 4 light or Slough built with opening rear windows.
I just LOVE these cars.....I remember, our Biology teacher had a pale blue one (Manchester registration number), and I was always absolutely intrigued by it.....
I have a 2cv in a party dress (Lomax 224) and it is a hoot. Best car I have ever owned.
Absolutely Fabulously True.
The most fun you can have with the least.. More Smiles per Mile.
Gears.. Parking and manoeuvring plane on the bottom.. 1st & Reverse.
Most used plane in the middle.. Straight in and out for 2nd & 3rd.
Top plane for cruising. 4th is an overdrive so you can go insanely fast on a downhill without over revving le petite moteur..
My 1990 2CV6 Charleston will do 115 kph on the flat, but I once recorded 135 kph on the GPS on a very long downill with a tail wind. 25 kph over the max motorway speed in Eastern Australia... Much to the amazement of every car and truck that I flew past. Yippee..
And it is stable at that speed as long as you avoid big cross winds.
CV is the acronym for Cheveaux, horses in french.
2 CV, 2 cheveaux, 2 horses.
For information, the unit of measurement for power is Watt: 1 horse = 736 W.
Cheveaux vapeur though, it referred to fiscal horsepower, not normal horse power. The earliest had 9hp, and the last 29hp. A 2hp car would be barely usable.
In my opinion the 602cc 29hp model is the only one thats viable if you want to drive on highways regularly
Hello,
Your 2CV have a really good sound inside and seems in a good shape. According to me, you know how to drive a 2CV. :-)
And this is very nice.
Thank you for this video, it rememberers me so much good times with "Deudeuche" (French affectionate abbreviation and nickname for "Deux Chevaux") since childhood to a recent past. ;-)
There's a saying about driving a fast car slow, or a slow car fast.
I'll tell you one thing,there aren't that many cars you can drive "pedal to the metal" as much as a 2cv while still remaining legal and ticket-free.
Great video buddy! You're addicting and as such, I am a new sub. Thanks!
Thanks Patrick, welcome along!
In 1987 I nearly bought a used one, unfortunately I didn't and still regret it. the 2cv is a genius car because of its outstanding simplicity. Mr Citroen produced some 'exceedingly good' cars like 2CV, DS, CX
And the fabulous SM.
Lovely old classic car. When you said about one aspect of the car being over engineered I thought you were going to refer to the inboard front discs or am i mistaken about this?
No your right the discs are in board
The 2cvs are awesome cars
I love my 2 cv it’s great fun to drive, I agree don’t knock it until you drive one
HubNut's Elly appears at 5:32 ! Good times!
I guess the flannel roof also saved on weight. I think that's also why a lot of early cars didn't even have a roof because the engines would have trouble hauling that extra weight.
And an interior light.......that's considered a luxury on a 2cv.
...and in bad weather, with strong winds etc, it is a deathtrap. Just look at the tiny wheels, and the windscreen 'wipers'. Summer driving only I think. Unfortunately I have traveled many miles in these vehicles.
Did you die?
One of the few cars you can arrive in confidently at a stately home, yet is innocuous enough not to attract undue attention at a supermarket car park…
They are absolutely dire but I respect your desire to have fun.
I thought it was Elly
I thought that too. Even the number plate was ELi-esque
Elly does make an appearance in a still photo.
@@jonathanholmes6616 hubnut just released a 2cv video. Do I sense competition in the air? :)
I love the concept of the 2CV and its simplicity, but from a safety perspective, you wouldn't want to to be in one in a crash
the 2cv was not so unsafe as you think because the chassis is at high from the bumpers of the modern cars, and so hold pretty good in a accident, and the car is light so did the tires skid easy and so reduce the material consequences from a crash...
Less means more! Pure fun.
I've had one and a Dyne - preferred the Dyane tbf
The Dyane was a bit more aerodynamic and more efficient, i had one but the only thing who was les good, was the door windows who not allow the elbow to the door...
Talking about automotive excess, the new Tesla Model S has 1000hp and 0-60 in 1.9s... madness
Where’s the fun in that?!
I think the 2CV kit cars are more fun! I might be biased though as i have one! 🤣
Great video, fun car, do you have details of the new Podcast please?
Of course, Mark! You can find it on Spotify or Apple Podcasts by searching Classics World or watch it as a video on our channel!
@@ClassicsWorldUK great cheers 👍
Power, less is more eh? 😁👍 I'd love to drive one one day. I like the crazy lean it gets in a corner.
It’s huge fun!
@@ClassicsWorldUK Really looks it!
mine is in the barn with a severe rust under the windscreen air grill and before the engine bonnet...what can i do? it is rusted about 1 inch along the length....wish i could save the little duck.this was my first car....it had soul ..im crying ...i live in zakynthos Greece and people dont know a thing about the duck.. soon or later il make a restoration...good or bad.
Great review. The Bond movie ‘For Your Eyes Only’ had a great car chase with one of these in it, that film made me want one.......it’s horrible safety record made me think differently!
Its not cars that are having bad safety records its people
@@johndilloway9762 ...it ended production in 89 because it could not meet any safety standards.
@@jimd385 ended production 1990 and met safety standards at the time
Several cars were written off in that chase, but they cheated and fitted the bigger engine from a Dyane to give them more urge. I know someone who has a survivor, still with a row of bullet holes across the boot lid!
There's a clip on UA-cam of an Ugly Duck, as we call them, completely disappearing between two colliding lorries. I used to own a Dyana, and had great fun driving it.
"Launched in 1948... 2nd longest lived single production car... over it's 42 year life..." Possibly. A good debate! The Land Rover was launched the same year and was in production to 2016. 67 or 68 years! The Beetle? 1938 to 2003. 65 years. The VW is often quoted as the longest-running production car on a single platform. A great fun debate. The Land Rover chassis remained pretty well the same from 1948 to 2016...! All good fun only. Great video, cheers.
Lawn Chair seats too haha
Proof that you don’t need eleventy-bajillion horsepower to have huge amounts of fun while driving!
get them on the twisty back roads and you can show most other cars up, hence the dirty look I got from driver of a bmw 7 series once, he said what the hells in that, my reply about 1 of your piston's, the look on his face as I drove off was absolutely magical.
How can you not love the 2CV.... PS, its not a parallel twin, its an opposed twin. I'd love one, but entry price too high (in the US).. Ironic given its original mission! My Mom had a DS21 Pallas and we also had 2cv, truckette and so on when I was a kid. Isn't it some kind of sin to not have the original pattern Michelins on that? :)
The 29 horsepower engine was a beast.
And... How many cars can you clip out the seats for picnics or huge load carrying..
Hubnut will be all over this video... haha
The 2cv is actually the Futur, an excellent Lowtech car
Give me a 9 hp corrugated nose any day. Easy to fix, restore, rebuild. Best car ever built.
Can we just make clear that the 2CV was faster on the motorway than the normal Mini. In the Mini you got tooth ache from the noise at 120 kph, not in the 2CV.
Citroën should start making these cards again in East Africa. Kenya, Tanzania or Rwanda
It's even more fun with a BMW flat twin engine in it.
The world is retro crazy for old cars and Citroen resolutely refuse to build a modern 2cv!Its design principles are still relevant today.Small engine and basic for everyone.......
The truth is that Citroën CANNOT built a modern 2cv because the passive safety law (crash test and sommeting), Was the same cause who did avoid Citroën to modernize a bit the engine to fit the emission laws: use the 652cc 35hp from the Visa (with electronic ignition and single point injection+ cat) was considered in 1990, but need a new approval and this was impossible= was the end from the story...(some export 2cv's to germany was built with motorcycle catalisators and oxydation air injection, to reduce the emissions and fit euro 1) .
And make a 2cv like the new beetle is a non sense: was only a "2cv looking" car but without the advantages from the real 2cv...
@@leneanderthalien crap laws...only for the production of useless cars...who remembers now a toledo or a new beetle?
You alsso got one with 32,5 hp and som club and Charleston delivered a whapping 35 hp🙂
Keywords: "hilarious fun"
29 bhp? Pah! Get an Acadiane with 31 bhp.
That's just extravagent!!
So Cute !
Is that Ellie?
Ironic that they're now commanding very high prices.
I heard that Citroën want to put it out again, but in 100% electric vehicle.
😍
I know another car that has so little and offers so much. FIAT 126.
Owned both and can't fail to have a smile on your face , car therapy.
@@steelcity791 A mate of mine had one. It was hilarious and surprisingly adept in the snow.
126 is much better than 2cv I have one of 1991 fiat 126 bis
And what about fastening your seatbelt ?
hubnut's 2cv!!!
🤪😉😬😬😬✌️👏👏👏
Actually it's not! Ians 2cv is actually 2 years older on a c plate!
no its not ELLY
Yep they are super cars and go like stink once you wind them up .
I thought it said the most fun you can have with 298 HP.
This is almost very good. But why do you refer to yourself in the plural? And why do you refer to me in the plural?
It is impossible to roll the car.
Never Grasp the gear lever in a 2cv
Tin snail haaaa haaaaa
But never get a crash in one of these.
it is stronger as you think because the chassis is at high from the bumpers of the modern cars
En cas d'explosion nucléaire cette voiture continuerait à pouvoir être utilisé car insensible aux impulsions électromagnetiques qui détruiraient nos véhicules actuels bourrés d'electronique ....🤔🤔🤔