Citroën Méhari
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| Manufacturer | Citroën |
| Parent company | PSA Group (from 1976) |
| Production | 1968—1988 |
| Class | Off-roader |
| Body style(s) | Cabriolet |
| Layout | Front engine, front-wheel drive / four-wheel drive |
| Engine(s) | 602 cc flat-2 |
| Related | Citroën Dyane Citroën FAF |
The Citroën Méhari is an off-roader produced by the French automaker Citroën. 144,000 Méharis were built between 1968 and 1988.
The Méhari was based on the Citroën Dyane 6, and had a body made of ABS plastic with a soft-top. It also employed the 602 cc flat twin gasoline engine from the 2CV6. A four-wheel drive version of the Méhari was produced from 1980 to 1983 and had excellent off-road qualities, mostly due to the lightness of the vehicle (the standard Méhari weighs just 1300 lb (590 kg)).
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[edit] Military use
[edit] France
The French Army used Méharis modified to have 24 V electric power.
[edit] Ireland
The Citroën Méhari also was in Service with the Irish Defence Forces and had a total of 12 machines purchased in the late seventies, most were sold at auction about 1985, but one is retained at the DFTC in the Curragh Camp, County Kildare, Ireland
[edit] US import
The Méhari was sold in the United States for one year, 1970, where the vehicle was classified as a truck. As trucks had far more lenient safety standards than passenger cars in the US, the Méhari did not have seat belts.
[edit] In culture
Like the Citroën DS and Citroën SM, the Méhari's distinctive appearance has earned it frequent appearances in television and film. Films the car has appeared in include The Muppet Movie, The Omega Man and The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, while Brian Keith drove a Méhari in Hawaii in the American television series The Brian Keith Show.
[edit] External links
- Méhari at Citroenet
- Méhari links at Citroën World
- Restored Mehari in France
- Méhari modelcars
- Dutch Méhari Club (Méhari Club Nederland)
- Méhari Club Cassis(Méhari Club Cassis, France)
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