Born in
1948 from a difficult project called TPV - Toute Petite Voiture - it saw the
light of day on October 7, 1948, at the Paris Motor Show.
Fifty years later, in 1998, its international production ended and it was up to
Portugal to continue this process from that year onwards, until production
ended with copy nº 5,114,961, including the commercial versions, Dyane and
other variants.
Of the record number of production, there are 81,882 units with the “Made in
Portugal” seal, including, naturally, the last one.
THE WINEMAKER WORDS
When I needed to look outside (from Quinta do
Cruzeiro, where my Mello Family has been producing wine for over 400 years), to
grow, I naturally went to Mangualde and came across, obviously, Citroen's 2CV.
Throughout the city of Mangualde (I would even say in the hearts of the people of
Mangualde, myself included) there is a cult - a passion for the iconic 2CV
“Dois Cavalos”! - which appears in the city's murals, in the roundabouts that guide
traffic, in restaurants, is the name of many activities and the love of many
collectors. - Julia Kemper