|
The Citroën Méhari is an off-road compact SUV produced by the French automaker Citroën, a variant of the Citroën 2CV. 144,953 Méharis were built between the car's French launch in May 1968 and 1988 when production ceased.〔Cars & parts - Volume 13 1969 - Page 23 "If you were a Franchised Mehari dealer in 1969, you could have cashed in on a $1 billion market. Mehari by Citroen is the newest entry into the booming recreational/utility market. A market that had retail sales of $1 billion in 1969."〕 A méhari is a type of fast-running dromedary camel, which can be used for racing or transport. A ''méhariste'' was a French ''Armée d'Afrique'' and Army of the Levant cavalryman that used these camels. The Méhari was based on the Citroën Dyane 6, and had a body made of ABS plastic with a soft-top. It also employed the 602 cc flat twin gasoline engine shared with the 2CV6 and Citroën Ami. This is similar to the way the mechanical parts of the 1960 Mini became the 1964 Mini Moke. A four-wheel drive version of the Méhari was produced from 1980 to 1983 and had excellent off-road qualities, due to the lightness of the vehicle. The standard Méhari weighs just and has the interconnected fully independent long-travel 2CV suspension used by all of the Citroën 'A-Series' vehicles. ==Origin== The Méhari was designed by French World War II fighter ace Count Roland de la Poype, who headed the French company - SEAP, Société d'Etudes et d'Applications des Plastiques. This company was already a supplier to Citroën, and SEAP developed a working concept of the car before presenting it to their client. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Citroën Méhari」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|