Baby-Brousse

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The Baby-Brousse is a Citroën 2CV based buggy. The car is like a metal-bodied Citroën Méhari and is similar in concept to the French Citroën FAF. The vehicle was a success with more than 31,000 being built from 1963 to 1987.[1] The entire body was made of folded sheet steel with the other parts being bolted together,[2][3] with no welding.

Background

The Baby-Brousse was originally conceived in 1963 by two Frenchmen, Mr. Letoquin and Mr. Lechanteurin that owned les Ateliers et Forges de l’Ebri, a company in Abidjan in the Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast).[4]

Sales figures

  • Baby Brousse in Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)(1963-1979) 31,305 examples.

Badge engineered Baby Brousses had many names in many places.

  • Dalat in Vietnam (1969-1975) 5,000 examples.
  • Mehari in Iran (1970-1979) and in Sénégal (1979-1983)
  • Yagán in Chile (1972-1976) 651 examples.
  • Pony in Thessalonika, Greece, built by Namco with Dyane 6 components in a specifically built factory. These had better build quality and equipment than others 17,000 examples.[5]

References

  1. ↑ http://citcity.citroen1.info/2CV/mehari-etc.htm#bb
  2. ↑ http://www.2cvtv.com/Events/2006/eurocitro2006/musee.html
  3. ↑ http://www.citroenet.org.uk/foreign/baby-brousse/index.html
  4. ↑ Marsh/Citroënët,2009
  5. ↑ Marsh/Citroënët,2009


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