[HN Gopher] Hip to be square - 70 years of the Citroen H Van
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Hip to be square - 70 years of the Citroen H Van
Author : melenaboija
Score : 73 points
Date : 2024-02-19 16:43 UTC (6 hours ago)
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| mytailorisrich wrote:
| I believe that this is from 2017. The H Van launched in 1947.
|
| So this is now 77 years and it's still hip.
| drcongo wrote:
| Over the years Citroen have designed some of the most beautiful
| vehicles ever - the DS being the most obvious, but for me the SM
| is the pinnacle of car design, just stunning.
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citroen_SM
| uniqueuid wrote:
| Yes the SM is awesome, but to be fair, it is more of a Maserati
| than a Citroen.
| drcongo wrote:
| Just the engine. All the rest of the mechanics are Citroen (a
| lot brought over from the DS) and the styling was in-house
| led by Robert Opron.
| hristov wrote:
| I always thought the XM was very pretty.
| trgn wrote:
| Loved that hiss.
| fosk wrote:
| > Over the years Citroen have designed some of the most
| beautiful vehicles ever
|
| Like the Romans say, de gustibus non disputandum est.
| alamortsubite wrote:
| When it comes to automobiles, sometimes it's hard to tell if
| the French are joking or if they're serious.
| Xenoamorphous wrote:
| My uncle had a CX and as I kid it was like getting into a
| spaceship, loved the steering wheel.
|
| A different uncle recently got a second hand C6 and despite all
| its reliability issues it's a pretty cool car.
| UnserMannInK wrote:
| I learned to drive in a CX Break, a 5m beast of a car. Two
| and a half turns of the wheel from left to right, self-
| centering. Brake pedal went from zero to fully engaged in one
| cm. And the suspension was the absolute best. Never again
| drove anything like it.
| melenaboija wrote:
| Agree, my first ever car was a Citroen Visa from my grandpa
| (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citro%C3%ABn_Visa) and even back
| then the design felt special to me.
|
| I think these and the C15
| (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citro%C3%ABn_C15) will become
| desirable at some point in the future.
| timeon wrote:
| > Citroen Visa
|
| Reminds me Oltcit.
| TacticalCoder wrote:
| > but for me the SM is the pinnacle of car design
|
| I raise your french with some italian, german and american
| designs:
|
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maserati_3500_GT#/media/File:P...
|
| https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari_250_GT_Lusso#/media/Fi...
|
| https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari_288_GTO#/media/Fichier...
|
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_GT40#/media/File:1965_For...
|
| https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_Cobra#/media/Fichier:Shelby...
|
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Mustang#/media/File:Ford_...
|
| https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_356#/media/Fichier:Por...
|
| https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_911#/media/Fichier:196...
|
| I find that Citroen SM just horrible. You see it and think it
| cannot get worse but then you see its back...
|
| But as the saying goes: to each his own bad tastes.
| yread wrote:
| From that period I would vote for Jaguar E-type
| https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/768x768/pu...
| dingaling wrote:
| They were in the doldrums for 20 years but seen to be fighting
| back to their old design-driven ethos. The new Ami is a cute
| design that perhaps only Honda would have attempted:
|
| https://www.citroen.co.uk/ami
| dieselgate wrote:
| I've seen one of these my entire life - parked around a
| residential neighborhood in Seattle. It's certainly different and
| exciting.
|
| Citroens are very rare to see in the states but always fun to
| spot. They're usually vintage models. One funny part of traveling
| in Europe is seeing modern Citroen models.
|
| Comedians in Cars getting Coffee had an episode with a Citroen.
| lettergram wrote:
| I've seen a lot of Citroen in the EU, particularly in the UK &
| Ireland.
|
| Never seen any in the US (where I live), which makes sense --
| https://www.citroen.co.uk/about-citroen/citroen-in-a-few-fig...
| Archelaos wrote:
| It is perhaps noteworthy in this context that a lot of the
| new world and old world car companies such as Citroen are now
| part of Netherland based Stellantis.[1] So in a way a Jeep is
| now a Dutch car.
|
| [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellantis#Brands
| Someone wrote:
| Dutch because of the tax regime. Other famous 'Dutch'
| companies:
|
| - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inter_IKEA_Holding: _"Inter
| IKEA Holding B.V. (also known as Inter IKEA Group) is a
| holding company registered in the Netherlands"_
|
| - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus: _"Airbus '
| headquarters are registered in Leiden, Netherlands, but
| daily management is conducted from the company's main
| office, located in Blagnac, near Toulouse, France."_
|
| - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipton_Teas_and_Infusions:
| _"Lipton Teas and Infusions is an American-British private
| company based in Rotterdam, Netherlands, that produces tea
| and other herbal drinks."_
| sofixa wrote:
| Eh, Jeep was an Italian car (FCA, the result of Fiat buying
| Chrysler's remains) and is now a Franco-Italian car (FCA
| and PSA(Citroen , Peugeot, Opel) merged to form Stellantis,
| registered in the Netherlands, like Airbus, for the taxes
| and neutrality) manufactured in the US for the American
| market.
| drooopy wrote:
| That's the van that the monster from Jeepers Creepers drove,
| right?
| burningChrome wrote:
| I thought the same thing, but apparently its a 1941 Chevy
| COE, equipped with a cow catcher on the front:
|
| https://jeeperscreepers.fandom.com/wiki/The_Creeper_truck
| Cognitron wrote:
| The other day I stumbled onto this IMDB for cars site. It
| also says it's a 1941 Chevy COE:
|
| https://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_5326-Chevrolet-Heavy-Duty-
| COE-...
| FirmwareBurner wrote:
| _> I've seen one of these my entire life _
|
| In Europe these retro Citroen vans are used as mobile hipster
| food and coffee shops.
|
| I also saw one retro American School bus here (very rare in
| Europe) selling overpriced American street food, mainly hotdogs
| and burgers. The retro van plus the server having a top-knot
| man-bun add an automatic 20% value to your burger.
|
| Either way, it seems these old busses have found a second life
| in the posh mobile catering industry.
| alamortsubite wrote:
| > In Europe these retro Citroen vans are used as mobile
| hipster food and coffee shops.
|
| There's one like this in the lobby of the Hubert Grand Place
| hotel in Brussels. It's not immediately obvious how they got
| it in there.
| FirmwareBurner wrote:
| The glass and door walls at the entry of many hotels are
| collapsible/removable with a bit of elbow grease to get
| oversized stuff in.
| DerCommodore wrote:
| Great episode!
| upmind wrote:
| Hip to be square just reminds me of American Psycho lol
| nightfly wrote:
| Morgana
| quadcore wrote:
| When I was a kid I've been taken in one of those - by the police.
| All painted black with some white stripes. I wasnt alone in the
| truck, they use to arrest people by the half-a-dozen back in the
| day (drunks, wanderers, brawlers, etc). They'd also release
| everybody after a while at a street corner with a big kick in the
| but.
| paulmd wrote:
| it's always mildly funny how much engine power has increased over
| the years. my bottom-of-the-line SUV gets 184 BHP, these shipped
| with 35-50 BHP depending on model lol
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