File:1956 Citroën 2CV - Flickr - skinnylawyer.jpg
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[edit]Description1956 Citroën 2CV - Flickr - skinnylawyer.jpg |
Seen at Imperial Palace Auto Collection, Las Vegas, Nevada, over the Fourth of July weekend 2010, and for sale for $35,000. The 2CV is the car that put France on wheels. Equipped with a 2-cylinder engine and a 4-speed manual transmission, this example can be driven at 60 MPH and can run 60 miles on a gallon of gasoline. It is also touted as being reliable, something that cannot be said of most other French cars. A key characteristic of the 2CV was a very soft suspension system that allowed farmers to transport eggs to local produce markets without breaking them. The narrow tires also allowed the 2CV to dig into mud and snow on France's poor postwar roads to get added traction. Of course, these provisions mean a tradeoff - poor cornering - but postwar France needed a simple car everyone could easily drive, not a performance car. The 2CV had a long production run much like its German counterpart Volkswagen Beetle; introduced in 1948, the 2CV remained in production until 1990. A small number entered the US in the 1960s when Citroën had official US distribution network, though this example is a European model. |
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Source | 1956 Citroën 2CV |
Author | skinnylawyer from Los Angeles, California, USA |
Camera location | 36° 07′ 05.94″ N, 115° 10′ 15.16″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 36.118317; -115.170879 |
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by skinnylawyer at https://www.flickr.com/photos/56619626@N05/5663779522. It was reviewed on 30 December 2011 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-sa-2.0. |
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Camera manufacturer | Canon |
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Camera model | Canon DIGITAL IXUS 870 IS |
Exposure time | 1/40 sec (0.025) |
F-number | f/2.8 |
ISO speed rating | 200 |
Date and time of data generation | 15:15, 3 July 2010 |
Lens focal length | 5 mm |
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File change date and time | 23:27, 27 April 2011 |
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Date and time of digitizing | 15:15, 3 July 2010 |
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APEX aperture | 2.96875 |
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Flash | Flash did not fire, compulsory flash suppression |
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Custom image processing | Normal process |
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Scene capture type | Standard |
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Date metadata was last modified | 16:27, 27 April 2011 |
Unique ID of original document | xmp.did:018011740720681188C6DDEA7B04DD7A |