The Register® — Biting the hand that feeds IT

Feeds

Citroën redesigns the 2CV

"A lively performer with strong acceleration", apparently

Cloud based data management

Leccy Tech Citroën has joined VW in proclaiming the redesign of an iconic model as a leccy concept for tomorrow, which - in this case – is the 2CV.

Revolte

Citroën's Revolte harks back to 2CV days

The hybrid Revolte e-car is powered by “a small-capacity conventional combustion engine combined with an electric motor and a battery re-charging function”, designer Citroën said.

Apparently this setup makes Revolte “a lively performer with strong acceleration”.

Sadly Citroën hasn’t released anything even close to Revolte’s technical details yet, suggesting that its drive train is little more than a scribble on the back of an envelope.

Revolte_02

Spot the "feminine, cosmetic setting, of bold and elegant design" interior

Citroën has, however, said that while all-electric drive is the car's primary mode of transit – its small petrol engine can drive the wheels directly.

The 2CV heritage can allegedly be seen in the e-car’s styling cues - although we think it looks rather more like a Chrysler Crossfire.

According to Citroën, Revolte’s interior has been designed to place occupants in a “feminine, cosmetic setting, of bold and elegant design”.

That statement is sure to have André Lefèbvre – an engineer behind the 2CV - spinning in his grave, and at a significantly higher RPM than the original deux chevaux’s 375cc engine was capable of.

Revolte_01

Revolte production isn't planned

Citroën doesn’t currently have any plans to put an e-car resembling the Revolte into production. ®

SaaS data loss: The problem you didn’t know you had

Latest Comments

That thing between the legs...

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.

0
0

C3

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.

0
0

@adrian

already been done the 2EV

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

0
0

More from The Register

New material enables 1,000-meter super-skyscrapers
Before you read on, see if you can guess how the new stuff will be used
Boffins build headless robo-kitties
Soft kitty, warm kitty, cuddly little ball of wire kitty
 breaking news
Latest NASA ASTRONAUT class is HALF FEMALE
Newbie 'nauts include lady Marine fighter pilot, male doctor
House bill: 'Hey NASA, that asteroid retrieval plan? Fuggedaboutit'
Republican-led committee also swings budget axe at climate science
 breaking news
You've seen the Large Hadron Collider. Now comes the HUGE Hadron Collider
International Linear Collider ready to rock and roll
Boffins find evidence Atlantic Ocean has started closing
'Embryonic subduction zone' that flattened Lisbon headed for Blighty
Google launches broadband balloons, radio astronomy frets
A careless Loon could blind the square kilometre array
Hubble spies unlikely planet being born in hostile neighborhood
Hoovering a cloud of sand 7.5 billion miles from a tiny star
 breaking news
Jaguar to open new car-making factory in Blighty (virtually)
Britain still makes stuff, it's just not real any more...