and on October 7, 1948, at the Motor Show, Citroën presents the 2 CV type A almost definitive. It is not yet available and it is not possible to see what is hidden under the hood. She is highly criticized by the press who did not appreciate the silence of the firm around her project. Despite this, the audience is more enthusiastic. A joke is launched: "Do you get a can opener with it?". In 1949, just before the opening of the Paris Motor Show, it was received by the Mining Department and designated "Type A" (like the POS in 1939). The production of the 2 CV type A begins then, with a single model and only one color available. Symbol of an era, but also of a certain art of living, the 2 CV integrates all generations and all social classes. Abroad, the 2 CV represents a certain image of «classic France», with the wand and the Eiffel Tower. The 2 CV marked its time 73 and became a myth of the automobile and the industry.paradise of chevrons. The few kilometres marked on his The 2CV we present to you has simply never been registered.meter are those travelled in the family property, during This German 2CV6 club version has a tasty history. which the father tried to inoculate his son with the virus. The car was stored for 31 years. It was bought new in 1990 by a German collector onIt is not necessary to explain its condition, the car is new! the occasion of the birth of his son. The project was to pass on his passion for cars, and offer him the car forRecognizable by its vertical black bands under the doors, his 18th birthday. Unfortunately, mayonnaise doesn’tits glass windshield washer jar, its rear fog lamps or even come between the wire and the mechanics, and at theits layer of anti-gravel, this 2CV of German origin, which age of 18, the son is more interested in computers thanexplains the round headlights is an opportunity not to be in connecting rods and pistons… The 2CV will thereforemissed to offer a legend of the automobile, as output of remain between four walls for another 13 years, when thethe factory. This car will carry the year of its first release son decides to sell the car, his father having gone to theinto circulation 31 years after its release from the factory! NOITCELLOC ED SELIBOMOTUA 1202 ERBMEVON 70 EHCNAMID