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2CV classic car meet gets show on the road

The 2CV was designed to get post-war rural France moving, on the worst of roads

DELéMONT (SWITZERLAND): Around 5,000 Citroen 2CVs from across the globe are tootling into the Swiss countryside this week for a mass gathering celebrating the instantly recognisable French classic car.

The 24th World Meeting of 2CV Friends, in Delemont in the Jura region, has brought 2CVs of all shapes, sizes and colours to northwest Switzerland.

The 2CV — which stands for “deux chevaux”, meaning “two horsepower” — was launched in 1948 as French carmaker Citroen’s answer to Germany’s Volkswagen Beetle.

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