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From: haapanen@watdcsu.UUCP (Tom Haapanen [DCS])
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Re: cars in Europe
Message-ID: <751@watdcsu.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 7-Dec-84 12:13:41 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec  7 12:13:41 1984
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> 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

The 2 CV in fact does refer to the taxable horsepower in France.  They
use some weird formula to calculate it, but you can get an idea from
the fact that the various GTI-type cars in Europe (Golf, Kadett, 205,
R11 and XR3i) are ranked around 9-11 CV.  So, take (2 / 10) * 110 = 22 hp DIN.
Not a real powerhouse, is it?

		\tom
		watmath!watdcsu!haapanen