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F2004
27th May 2009, 16:35
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/EDITORIAL/CARS/news/prancing_horse_box_f355_meets_citroen_2cv.html



Prancing Horse Box: F355 meets Citroen 2CV


One represents a fully-signed up CND member’s car whereas the other is all about capitalism, showboating and power.

So imagine our surprise to see details of a Citroen 2CV based on a Ferrari F355’s platform, complete with a 3.5-litre V8 engine pop up on the Internet.

This is Bill Bailey mixed with Jeremy Clarkson – and we saw how good they were on Top Gear a couple of years ago.

The Citroen-Ferrari combo is the work of Italian company Nimik who spent a painstaking 1,500 hours creating the ‘2CV Nimik’ – at a cost of £156,500.

Nimik hasn’t released any performance figures but a standard Ferrari F355 engine developed 380bhp – 10 times more than the Citroen 2CV Fourgonnette which it has been slotted into.



In its day the F355 could accelerate from 0-60mph in 4.7 seconds and hit 183mph. The Fourgonnette could just about do 0-60mph, topping out at 69mph.

It’s unknown whether the 2CV can pass its original mission statement of ‘crossing a ploughed field with a basket of eggs on board, not breaking a single one of them. At 150mph’. Ok, we added the last bit but it would be one hell of a sight.

Mixing the Prancing Horse with the ‘Two Steam Horses’ (that’s what 2CV stands for) is one of the coolest modded motors we’ve seen in ages.

There’s even a video of it in action.

We don’t want to give too much away suffice to say the surprise of the car’s exhaust is akin to the moment Susan Boyle opened her mouth on Britain’s Got Talent.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/EDITORIAL/slideshow/ferrari_2cv/2cv_ferrari_1.jpg

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Tommy_F
27th May 2009, 16:55
That thing is ridiculous!

Imagine pulling up to a stop light next to a Porsche and then taking off! :lol

F2004
27th May 2009, 17:05
It looks really ridiculous! But sounds fantastic! :lol

CPU
27th May 2009, 17:32
Fantastic!
Great job!

Red Rocket
27th May 2009, 20:04
I love it.

SoCalF1Fan
27th May 2009, 21:45
the 355 still has one of the best exhaust notes of any car.

vagos
3rd June 2009, 16:10
AMAZING!!!what people can do to have a Ferrari hehehehe

vectra
28th July 2009, 11:21
Mad..:clap

Love it.. Could have some fun with that :thumb

zakfourie
28th July 2009, 17:55
the 355 still has one of the best exhaust notes of any car.

can't disagree with you at all!!!:thumb

MarlboroFA
30th July 2009, 13:57
nice car...but it`s a Ferrari with a 2cv body...the chassis is from the Ferrari...I tought they put in a Ferrari engine , but they bought a crashed Ferrari and changed the body , that isn`t to hard to do (only bodywork)....but still verry cool..

see : https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/attachments/international-automotive-scene/146816d1244718907-f355-berlinetta-citroen-2cv-world-s-fastest-deux-chevaux-vapeur-2cv-nimik-2.jpg

WRX202
30th July 2009, 14:13
Now that would be an awesome pizza delivery van for the Italian pizzeria down the road from where I live!