Pink Panther Rides The Silver Hornet
You all know who Inspector Clouseau is, right? Are you familiar with the Pink Panther and his car the Silver Hornet? It’s actually a Citroën 2CV which appeared on “Revenge of the Pink Panther” but it was shown with slight modifications and it was just fell apart. The car didn’t have a GMC pickup fifth wheel hitch but the vehicle fits the right description of what the car should be.
The Citroën 2CV is actually a French car which means “two horses” in English and it is known as deux chevaux in French. It was a budget car produced by the French automaker Citroën in 1948 to 1990. It was their very first iconic car which was designed as a low cost, reliability, versatility, simplicity and off-road driving unit.
The car also has these following features:
- a light easily serviceable engine
- extremely soft suspension
- high clearance
- oversized loads
- a car-wide canvas sunroof
The 1948 2CV features:
- four wheel independent suspension that was inter-connected front to rear on the same side
- leading arm front suspension
- trailing arm rear suspension
- rear fender skirts
- suspension design allows wheel change without removing skirts
- front-wheel drive
- inboard front brakes
- small, lightweight, air-cooled flat twin engine
- 4-speed manual transmission
- bolt-on detachable body panels
- front suicide doors
- flap-up windows because roll up windows were considered too expensive in 1948
- detachable full length fabric sunroof and boot lid
This is the Citroën 2CV which is also known as The Silver Hornet:
Class: Economy car
Body style(s): 4-door sedan
Length: 3.83 metres (150.8 in)
Width: 1.48 metres (58.3 in)
Height: 1.60 metres (63 in)
Curb weight: 560 kg (1235 lb)
Designer: Flaminio Bertoni
So if you want to see the car, you better watch Revenge of the Pink Panther.
