Each engine had its own gearbox, starter and fuel tank, one lever worked both gearboxes, and the car could run on either engine or both. It was type-approved as the AZ 4/4 in October 1961 and assembled at the former Panhard works on the avenue d’Ivry in Paris.
It was aimed at oil exploration in the Sahara, but at 9,820 francs it cost twice as much as an ordinary 2CV, and sales peaked at 274 in 1961. The Spanish Guardia Civil bought 80 and the Swiss Post used them for deliveries.
11955 – 1959
Prototypes (1955–1959)
1 VEHICLE IN THIS CHAPTERMaurice Bonafous’s own twin-engined 2CV of 1955 and Citroën’s prototypes of 1957–59, shown to the French Army in July 1959.
Registry records · chapter 1
21960 – 1967
Production (1960–1967)
2 VEHICLES IN THIS CHAPTER694 built: 20 in 1960, 274 in 1961, then fewer each year to one in 1967.
Registry records · chapter 2
Base models
The structural configurations the registry and the Creator build from; each page carries the researched specification.In service
Where the registry's 2CV Sahara records worked; each opens the themed history.Sources
- 2CV 4X4 Sahara – 1959 — 2CV Légende
- 2 CV 4x4 Sahara — Amicale des 2CV Clubs de France (A2CF)
- Citroën 2CV — Wikipedia