What's this, what was it commonly known as and from when does it date - for 1 point?
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Project VGD - an early prototype for the Citroen DS from around 1946.
Quote from: tonyola on February 01, 2012, 08:29:35 AM
Project VGD - an early prototype for the Citroen DS from around 1946.
Right so far.
And to complete the questions, what was it commonly known as?
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Hippopotamus, from the odd-for-the-time looks.
Quote from: tonyola on February 01, 2012, 08:37:28 AM
Hippopotamus, from the odd-for-the-time looks.
That's it, yes!
To be precise, it is the ,,Citroen 10 CV" drawing by René Bellu, shown in L'auto-journal from June 1, 1952, an attempt to visualize the VGD prototype, finally becoming the Citroen DS.
Baby Hippotamus ?
It even has the same family name :D
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