Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site watdcsu.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!watdcsu!haapanen 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 Article-I.D.: watdcsu.751 Posted: Fri Dec 7 12:13:41 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 8-Dec-84 03:46:32 EST References: <133@ur-cvsva.UUCP> <4000002@uiucdcsp.UUCP>, <212@terak.UUCP> Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 16 > 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