Inspired by the great success of the Fiat 500, the Mini, and the more recent Renault 5, and in an increasingly worrying context of declining sales and market share, the French brand Citroën has confirmed the return of the iconic 2CV. The model will once again hit the road in an electric, urban, and affordable format, with the official confirmation that entry-level versions will have a base price of around 15,000 euros.The 2CV is a legendary model, which arrived on the market in 1949 and represented the democratization of the automobile in France just after the Second World War. The original 2CV was in production until 1990, and Citroën manufactured more than 5 million units, both in compact or hatchback format and in its estate car or van version. The model's success was due to its simplicity, reliability, and extraordinary comfort, thanks to its suspension system. The model's legend includes the anecdote that stated that one of the model's quality controls consisted of overcoming an off-road section through a ploughed field with a basket of eggs in the cabin, without any of them arriving broken at their destination.The CEO of the French brand, Xavier Chardon, has announced that the model will maintain the essence of the original based on four adjectives that will define and characterize it: “accessible, electric, simple and versatile”, to which he added the note “highly desirable”. For the moment, the brand has only published an image of the model in shadow, which gives an idea of the general lines of the new 2CV, but in no case has it confirmed power, autonomy or technological equipment.What we can deduce, however, is that the new 2CV will use Stellantis Group's modular platform for affordable electric urban cars, which it will share with the Citroën e-C3 and other Opel and Fiat models. In fact, internal information suggests that the new 2CV will be manufactured from 2028 at the Italian plant in Pomigliano d’Arco, on the outskirts of Naples, where it will share the platform, modular elements, and engines with the future Fiat Panda electric, which will target a different customer profile than the new 2CV. Citroën plans to unveil the final production model and explain the technical capabilities of the new 2CV during the Paris Motor Show, which will be held next October in the French capital.Nostalgia comes

In recent years, several European car manufacturers have joined the retro or vintage trend, especially in France, with stunning success of the Renault 5 and the Renault 4 and Renault Twingo, also in electric, urban, and affordable format. Unlike Renault's models, the Stellantis group wants to bet on affordable and simple cars, which awaken the nostalgic emotional side in new electrified models.

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