But who built it? It wasn't a catalogued model - wasn't the Bijou built in Slough for the UK market only?
If I knew who built it I would have made it part of the puzzle!
Just some guy with a saw I think, although he doesn't seem to have made too bad a job of it..
The Bijou was a UK-market special built in Slough, yes, based on the 2CV, which Citroen thought would be too agricultural for UK buyers.
In the end the buyers almost totally shunned the Bijou (which was, incidentally, designed by Peter Kirwan-Taylor, who designed the Lotus Elite!) and only 207 were built. It's said the pathetic performance from the 2-cylinder engine had something to do with its lack of success. I think it struggled to reach the 30 mph limit in towns never mind the limits on the open road (which probably didn't actually exist in those days anyway...).
Motor magazine tested one in 1961 and reported its top speed to be 44.7 mph and it sped from 0-40 mph in 41.7 seconds. They described its performance as 'glacial'!
Attached are a few more pictures of the puzzle car and the case it was based on, from which you can see the differences, which I thought would fool the Rookies!
