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Citroën redesigns the 2CV

Brutus

Revolte? 

Alien

That design is most definately revolting!

Eponymous Cowherd

Revolte? 

WTF?

Are they serious?

alan 39

Well I for one 

quite like it. Its a lot better than that shite you had from peugoet.

Now does that make me feminine? I dont know, but I do want a MX5. So what does that say :)

mittfh

Name fail 

FAIL

Who in their right minds would buy a car called "Revolte"?

The word's too similar to Revolt (to rebel against authority - 'leccy cars are hardly revolutionary!), which in itself is too similar to Revolting (disgusting).

Never mind the apparent concept of suicide doors with no central pillar - doesn't exactly inspire feelings of safety...

Psymon

They're certainly right about the feminine design 

Pint

That thing couldn't look more feminine if it was ultra absorbant with an easy applicator.

Clever marketing though. If you want to sell something that's bound to have so little accelleration it should be banned from motorways and uinrestricted A roads then you are best off appealing to the market sector with the least knowlege of how a car actually works.

This is definately aimed at the "what car have you got? "A pink one" sector.

Andus McCoatover

I can hear the guffaws from Clarkson, even from here... 

WTF?

"Suicide" rear doors? Huh? WTF were they thinking???

It'll never see the light of day.

Anonymous Coward

I am 

Joke

revolted

A.N Other

The Citroën Revolting... 

Would you want to own a car called that?

Smallbrainfield

It looks nothing like the 2CV! 

WTF?

Granted, it looks like a development of recent Citroen designs, but no way does it look like a 2CV.

Brettus

Why are manufacturers constantly doing this? 

Our imaginary car is better than your imaginary car...

So what, just make one already, then you can claim to have the better car.

Ian 25

hmmmm 

FAIL

Looks absolutely *nothing* like a 2CV. Apart from that, all good.

Sorry that handle is already taken.

No, that would be too easy 

So I will resist the temptation to make a pun of the car's name and appearance.

captain veg

Looks just like a 2CV... 

... in every way except appearance.

-A.

Bracken Dawson

Concept 

It's a concept, real question is are Citroen planning to do what VW, BMW, and FIAT have done with the Beetle, Mini, and 500.

jackharrer

Another one 

Unhappy

Another of the nicely rendered and photoshopped images. Which will never get on streets as will be deemed too risky, modern and extravagant by execs. Sorry guys, time of revolutions is over, move along...

Lord Raa

Looks 

Considering some concept leccy cars, this isn't too bad looking, and it certainly brings forth more positive thoughts than the old Tin Snail.

John Robson

No plans... 

FAIL

No plans for productions.

So why say anything.

Here's a car we though of over toast this morning...

Just build something, then tell us about it

Bilgepipe

Psymon 

FAIL

Not only is your post offensively sexist, but it also indicates that you probably drive like a moron. Well done.

Mark Serlin

hmmmm 

FAIL

Looks absolutely *nothing* like a 2CV. Apart from that, all bad.

Andrew Culpeck

It accelorate how fast.. 

.. who cares it still spend most of it's time culttering up the side of the road while being charged!

Lionel Baden

WTF !!!! 

As a 2cv driver i am bloody revolted by that pile of purple Shite !!!!

The idea behind the 2cv was its simplicity, which is not something you can duplicate in a modern car

Wtf is that front grill all about it looks more like its off a bloody jag ....

Well let it be said if i ever see one of these if they ever make it to production i will most likley be giving them the finger as i drive past .. and I will do my best to make sure they are not welcome at 2cv meets !!!!!

Much better modern redisgn of the 2cv (prolly done by some student)

http://www.themotorreport.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/citroen-2cv.jpg

The Original Ash

Appeals to women? 

FAIL

Extend the nose by 8", increase the rake on the rear windscreen, and replace those pink interior "mood-lights" with blue "hardcore lighting" and it instantly appeals to blokes.

Daft designers...

Oh, wait, it's a hybrid. FAIL.

jai

pfffffft 

i like it actually

Winkypop

Those crazy French 

Happy

Always with the jokes!

Shades

@Mittfh 

Ever heard of the Mazda RX8?... With suicide rear doors??... and no B pillar???

D@v3

whats the point??? 

WTF?

"oh yeah, check this out, nice car innit? What, when can /you/ get one? , nah, never mate, nice tho innit?"

TeeCee

2CV 

WTF?

“a lively performer with strong acceleration”.

So, nothing like a 2CV at all then?

Steve Foster

Like the 2CV... 

...by being chronically under-powered perhaps?

Terry Barnes

@psymon 

So logically you'd ban lorries, vans, coaches and buses from A-roads and motorways too?

If it were launched in the UK it might conceivably get a different name - the 'Evasion' was renamed 'Synergie' for the UK market.

Anonymous Coward

Two commenters definately... 

Coat

...can't spell definitely. The kids today *grumble grumble*.

Mine's the one with my pipe and slippers in the pocket.

vincent himpe

they are joking right ? 

Grenade

call the chiropractor.... with seats like that ...

Aaron 10

@Vincent 

That's how you know how far a car is away from reality -- look at the interior. If it looks like the flight deck of the Enterprise, this car ain't gonna see the light of day for at least 10 years.

vincent himpe

Advice to riders wanting to avoid back injury 

Stuff a couple of ripe camemberts down your pants before nestling your 'tush' in those seats.

You also may want to wear a couple of camemberts 'princess leia style' to avoid head injuries from the evil-throne headrest.

If life gives you Citro(e)ns make Citronade ...

SlabMan

Hmmm, let me see... 

FAIL

We're Citroen. We made the DS - one of the best looking cars of all time, which still looks futuristic today. Collectors covet them and they still turn heads wherever they're seen. We also made the 2CV. Which one shall we revive? I know, let's bring back the butt-ugly corrugated-iron pram.

FAIL coz it should have been a gorgeous 'leccy DS as George Jetson (and aManFromMars too, for all I know) would have driven.

TeeCee

@Aaron 10 

Joke

".....this car ain't gonna see the light of day for at least 10 years."

By which time it'll seem rather dated in a slightly quaint "product of its time" sort of way. Just like the 2CV. NOW I UNDERSTAND!!!!!11!!!!

Thank you for clearing that up.

Mike Gravgaard

Nothing like the original... 

First off I'm a Beetle nut and not into 2CVs...

but the original 2CV was made for french peasants and was designed to be easily repairable (ie you black monder could make replacement parts)... it was made to be used by farmers and that sort of people - it I also remember correct Porsche helped design the engine but this maybe myth...

Anyway this car doesn't seem to have any of it's original design trates.

Mike

PS wonder if Citroen will redesign the Amiy 4 and 8. Personally I don't understand why car manufacturers do this with their original designs, the original Beetle was iconic for it's original design (both car and engine) but the new Beetles are based around the Golf and share none of the design other than they look kinda similar - I'm not expecting a new air cooled Beetle but why bother with the same name especially if it's just a poor copy??

Anonymous Coward

Clearly one for the ladies but... 

Joke

...What is that gadget that sits between the drivers legs for exactly?!?

Richard Porter

Looks like a 2CV? 

FAIL

But will it transport a driver wearing a top hat plus a tray of eggs across a ploughed field without breaking any eggs?

Adrian Esdaile

Please give them an English dictionary 

FAIL

and tell them to look up 'revolting'.

They'll see a picture of the new 2CV

What was wrong with the old one? It had charm, just stick a few batteries in the back!

Graham Bartlett

Steal from someone else 

Terminator

Is it just me, or does the whole design look like a Mazda RX-8 squished lengthwise by about a quarter? We have suicide doors. We have a front grille that's identical to the Mazda. We have the bonnet curve. We have swoopy interior and seats. In fact, let's face it, we have the same car.

Except that where the RX-8 goes like shit, the Revolte simply *is* shit.

Lionel Baden

@adrian 

Thumb Up

already been done the 2EV

http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~MR5T-OKB/2ev-e.html

Nigel 11

C3 

Thumb Down

I thought that the Citroen C3 was the reincarnated 2CV - and a rather nice design, which isn't obviously retro like the new mini, but definitely brings the 2CV to mind.

This one just brings its own name to mind. Yuk.

DRendar

That thing between the legs... 

Joke

is obviously a holder for the ladie's mobile phones.

If these ever come to fruition and you see one of them embedded in the central reservation, with a woman behind the wheel with a smile on her face, you know she just got a call and had an orgasm.