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From: doug@terak.UUCP (Doug Pardee)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Re: cars in Europe
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Date: Tue, 4-Dec-84 11:05:17 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec  4 11:05:17 1984
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> By the way, the Citroen referred to is popularly called the 'two horses'
> (in French naturally).  This name apprently comes from the fact that its engine
> has two cylinders. I've never known anyone who drove one of them who wouldn't
> give it up in a second for almost any other car... well, maybe not a Lada.

The car in question is the Citroen model 2CV.  It has so little ooomph
that the French would joke that the model number 2CV stood for
"deux chevaux", or "two horses".  The moniker "Deux Chevaux" (pronounced
DOO shuhVOH) is as universally recognized as the monikers "Beetle"
and "Bug" are for the VW.

Doug Pardee -- Terak Corp. -- !{hao,ihnp4,decvax}!noao!terak!doug