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• DOTS Geneva: Citroen 2CV [Down On The Street Bonus Edition]

  We haven't run the numbers, but there is an assumption the Citroen 2CV makes a decent showing when scored by our official guidelines . We caught this one parked alongside the Eglise Russa (Russian Church) and couldn't help but snap away like it was freshly unveiled. The French horse was tucked in tight and of course passers by assumed we were either French or insane while standing in the road admiring its underpowered glory. galleryPost('geneva2cv', 6, 'Citroen 2CV In Geneva Repose'); Posted Mar 06 2008, 05:30 AM by Jalopnik Filed under: Citroen, Down On The Street Bonus Edition, 2008 Geneva Auto Show, geneva auto show, Geneva, 2Cv, geneva motor show, 2008 geneva motor show, Switzerland, Geneva Switzerland, Citroën 2CV, french cars

• Citroen C5 Touring Must Be French For "Hard To Fold Seats" [Geneva Auto Show]

  The new Citroen C5 Touring is by all rights a big time traveler: comfy seats, a really nice panoramic skylight, all the modern luxury accoutrements, sleek styling if you're into the French thing, and plenty of toting space. The Achilles heel of the car is the folding seats, though. When the fronts seats are positioned for a 6'-tall driver, things get tough when you want to transform to full-capacity mode. The bottom cushion sort of lifts up, rotates over a bar and then does a face plant behind the front seat in a vertical position. The next step is the seat backs. galleryPost('c5touringgeneva', 9, 'Citroen C5 Touring'); As you put your entire body weight on the seat back to cram it into the space where it needs to go, you wonder if you're doing it wrong. Leather squealing and carpet crinkling, the whole process is overly taxing-- très difficile! Once the seat is down, however, the back end becomes commodious, with a wide opening capable of swallowing big gulps... Posted Mar 05 2008, 06:15 AM by Jalopnik Filed under: Citroen, C5, 2008 Geneva Auto Show, geneva auto show, Touring, Wagon, geneva motor show, 2008 geneva motor show, Citroen C5, Citroen Touring, Citroen C5 Touring, Wagon", C5 Wagon, C5 Touring, Citroen Wagon