page_title: Citroën 2CV
section_title: Complete knock down (CKD) locally built cars
hierarchical_section_title: Citroën 2CV / Other Variants / Complete knock down (CKD) locally built cars
caption_attribution_description: Español: citroen yagan 74
context_page_description: The Citroën 2CV is an air-cooled front-engine, front-wheel-drive economy car introduced at the 1948 Paris Mondial de l'Automobile and manufactured by Citroën for model years 1948–1990.
  Conceived by Citroën Vice-President Pierre Boulanger to help motorise the large number of farmers still using horses and carts in 1930s France, the 2CV has a combination of innovative engineering and utilitarian, straightforward metal bodywork—initially corrugated for added strength without added weight. The 2CV featured low cost, simplicity of overall maintenance, an easily serviced air-cooled engine, low fuel consumption, and an extremely long-travel suspension offering a soft ride and light off-road capability.
  Often called "an umbrella on wheels", the
  fixed-profile convertible bodywork featured a full-width, canvas, roll-back sunroof, which accommodated oversized loads and until 1955 reached almost to the car's rear bumper.
  Michelin introduced and first commercialised the revolutionary new radial tyre design with the introduction of the 2CV.
  Manufactured between 1948 and 1990, more than 3.8 million 2CV sedans were produced.
context_section_description: The Greek market Citroën Pony and African market Citroën FAF and Baby-Brousse were flat-panelled Mehari type, 2CV based utility cars, built from kits of mechanical parts, with many components sourced locally. They were built in low technology assembly plants. There was widespread production of similar 2CV-based vehicles in a large number of countries, including Iran (Baby-Brousse, Jyane-Mehari), Vietnam (Dalat), Chile (Yagan), Belgium (VanClee), Spain, Portugal and others.
caption: CKD Citroën Yagán (Chile)
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