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Citroën Méhari 4x4 - a racing dream car for sun worshippers

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Created on June 5, 2015

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Bruno von Rotz

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Citroën Méhari 4x4 (1980) - die Allradvariante ist sehr selten

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Citroën Méhari 4x4 (1980) - für Strand, Wüste und schweres Gelände

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Citroën Méhari 4x4 (1980) - 3,72 Meter lang und 1,53 Meter breit

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Citroën Méhari 4x4 (1980) - Zweckmässigkeit vor Ästethik

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Citroën Méhari 4x4 (1980) - bis 100 km/h schnell

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Citroën Méhari 4x4 (1980) - sehr luftig ist man im offenen Wagen untergebracht

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Citroën Méhari 4x4 (1980) - plane Frontscheibe

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Citroën Méhari 4x4 (1980) - geschaltet wird wie im 2CV

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Citroën Méhari 4x4 (1980) - weiss war eine von acht über die Bauzeit erhältlichen Farben

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Citroën Méhari 4x4 (1980) - bis der Méharik komplett offen ist, vergehen schon einmal fünf Minuten

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Citroën Méhari 4x4 (1980) - Geländetauglichkeit für vier Persionen

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Citroën Méhari 4x4 (1980) - 720 kg Leergewicht

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Citroën Méhari 4x4 (1980) - mit Kunststoffkarosserie und 2CV-Technik

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Citroën Méhari 4x4 (1980) - für jedes Gelände und jedes Wetter

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Citroën Méhari 4x4 (1980) - Méhari bezeichnet ein schnelles Dromedar

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Citroën Méhari 4x4 (1980) - hochbeinig und damit besser im Gelände

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Citroën Méhari 4x4 (1980) - mit Talenten wie bei einer Gemse

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Citroën Méhari 4x4 (1980) - sogar etwas Gepäck oder Nutzlast kann man mitnehmen

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Citroën Méhari 4x4 (1980) - knapp über 1200 Exemplare der 4x4-Version wurden produziert

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Citroën Méhari 4x4 (1980) - nur die 4x4-Variante hatte das Reserverad auf der Motorhaube

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Citroën Méhari 4x4 (1980) - höher als breit

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Citroën Méhari 4x4 (1980) - bereits 1970 wurde die Karosserie erstmals überarbeitet

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Citroën Méhari 4x4 (1980) - behelfsmässige Türen

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Citroën Méhari 4x4 (1980) - um an den Motor zu gelangen, muss zuerst das Reserverad hochgewuchtet werden

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Citroën Méhari 4x4 (1980) - die Motorhaube legt das Reserverad frei

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Citroën Méhari 4x4 (1980) - unter dem Reserverad bekannte 2CV-Technik

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Citroën Méhari 4x4 (1980) - 602 cm3 und 29 PS

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Citroën Méhari 4x4 (1980) - einfach gehaltene Optik

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Citroën Méhari 4x4 (1980) - auch innen fast ausschliesslich Plastik

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Citroën Méhari 4x4 (1980) - sportliche Armaturen

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Citroën Méhari 4x4 (1980) - mit dem grauen Hebel wird geschaltet, links kann der Allrad zugeschaltet werden, rechts die Reduktionsuntersetzung verlangt werden

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Citroën Méhari 4x4 (1980) - viel offener geht es nicht mehr

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Citroën Méhari 4x4 (1980) - eindeutig beschriftet

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Citroën Méhari 4x4 (1980) - Steigungen bis 70 Prozent sollen damit erklimmbar sein

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Citroën Mehari am Genfer Automobilsalon 1972 - mit 8'315 Franken günstiges Freizeitgefährt dieser Art

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Citroën Dyane 6 Méhari (1968) - auch zum Heuen kann das Kunststoff-Gefährt eingesetzt werden

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Citroën Dyane 6 Méhari (1968) - Badenixen im Strandmobil

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Citroën Dyane 6 Méhari (1968) - auf Tierjagd - mit Kamera und Gewehr

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Citroën Dyane 6 Méhari (1968) - im Einsatz als Feuerwehr-Auto

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Citroën Dyane 6 Méhari (1968) - für die Wachfrauen, samt Wachhunden

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Citroën Dyane 6 Méhari (1968) - als Hippie-Mobil, passend zu den End-Sechzigern

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Citroën Dyane 6 Méhari (1968) - die Bäuerinnen bringen das Heu in den Stall

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Citroën Dyane 6 Méhari (1968) - für Badenixen und Wassersportlerinnen

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Citroën Dyane 6 Méhari (1968) - als Golf-Mobil

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Citroën Méhari (1971) - die Freizeit-Ente

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Die Alternative zum VW-Buggy - Citroën Méhari auf Basis des 2 CVs - Auto e Moto d'Epoca 2014

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Citroën Méhari (1975) - an der Techno Classica 2014

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Corso - Citroën Mehari (1973) - Oldtimerclassic Hittnau 2014

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Winter RAID 2011 - Citroen Mehari (1974)

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Citroën Méhari 4x4 (1981) – RAID Suisse-Paris 2013

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Citroën Méhari 4x4 (1980) - die Nutzlast beträgt rund 400 kg

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Citroën Méhari 4x4 (1980) - Tempo 80 km/h kann innert nützlicher Frist erreicht werden, darüber wird es zähe

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Summary

From 1968 to 1987, Citroën built almost 150,000 of the Méhari leisure vehicle with a plastic body and 2CV mechanics. A very special version was the 4x4 variant, which was sold from 1979 to 1983 and turned the Méhari into a mountain goat. This driving report describes the history of the Méhari 4x4 and provides driving impressions, supplemented by many photos and a sound sample.

This article contains the following chapters

Launched as a leisure vehicle
Plastic, but colored
Proven mechanics
Also for haymaking, hunting and ....
Another all-wheel drive experiment
Sought-after rarity
For patient adventurers and sun worshippers
Lots of fun, lots of attention
Further information

Estimated reading time: 5min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Lawrence of Arabia, played by Peter O'Toole in the 1962 film, had to make do with a camel to cross the desert, as the Citroën Méhari 4x4 was not yet available at the time and even less so around 1920. However, he would have been much better served by the Méhari, which did not need water, offered four seats and even a rain cover, crawled up gradients of up to 70 percent and accelerated to 100 km/h if necessary. But let's take a look back ... VW buggies appeared in the mid-sixties. At the same time, the Mini Moke was launched in England. Citroën did not want to be left behind and launched the Méhari, a lightweight, off-road vehicle with an open plastic body. The car was designed by Count Roland de la Poype, a French fighter pilot from the Second World War, and his company SEAP.

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