The French sedan shook up auto design in the 1960s, and was even sold stateside. This weekend Citroën will celebrate the 60th anniversary of the innovative Ami 6, a mid-range car that followed in. The Citroën Ami is a four-door, front-wheel drive economy family car, manufactured and marketed by Citroën from 1961 to 1978.. The Ami was offered in saloon and estate/wagon/break body styles over two generations, the Ami 6 and the Ami 8. The later Ami 8 fastback saloon featured a steeply raked rear window, in contrast to the earlier reverse-raked rear window of the Ami 6 notchback.
AUTOS IMÁGENES AXEL Citroën Ami 6 en 1961 con un estilo inimitable
The Ami 6 had ended up looking "as if it had already run over three pedestrians", sighed chief stylist Flaminio Bertoni of his final design for Citroën. The intriguing lines led to pundits judging the Ami as the world's ugliest car. A less-controversial estate version not only outsold the saloon but did so by a factor of more than three. Enter Citroën's Ami. Based on the 2CV's running gear and mechanicals, it was meant as a mid-range Citroën to plug the yawning chasm between 2CV and DS in both size and cost. The Ami launched in 1961 to immediate praise and high sales at home: More than a million were built through 1968, and there were times when the Ami 6 was the best-selling. The Ami 6 Break, or wagon, was also built alongside the Ami 6 four-door sedan. Citroën introduced the Ami 8, a four-door sedan with a semi-fastback roofline that made it look like a hatchback, at. The Ami is a two-seater, and unlike the Renault Twizy—a sportier 17-hp electric quadricycle from Citroën's rival with tandem-style dual seats like in a fighter jet—your passenger rides.
Citroën Ami 6 (1961). L'atypique compacte aux chevrons a 60 ans
The Citroën Ami 6 was manufactured by Citroën between 1961 and 1978. This vehicle was a supermini and for several years was the best-selling car in the French home market. When the company eventually decided to replace it, a total of 1,840,396 units had been sold globally. The Citroën Ami 6 was often called the Citroën 3CV (Three Horses). Citroën C-Zero. The Citroën Ami is a two-passenger electric quadricycle marketed by the French manufacturer Citroën, produced from 2020 and marketed from June 2020. The vehicle was developed by Groupe PSA (now subsumed into Stellantis) in collaboration with Altran, an engineering consultancy subsidiary of Capgemini as a turnkey program. From its introduction on April 26, 1961, the Ami 6 Berline, or sedan, was a strong seller. A more conventional station wagon version introduced in 1963 did even better, eventually outselling the sedan. Equipped with four round headlamps, the Ami was offered for sale in the USA until 1967, its $1,595 price tag putting it on a par with the. Let's take a quick look at the Citroën range at the end of the 1950's. First the 2CV, then the ID 19. What's between the two? Well, a gap. Or rather an opportunity for the managers at the Quai de Javel factory! The MI Project (meaning "intermediate model", and renamed M Project) gives birth to the Ami 6 in April 1961.
Citroën Ami 6 Évolutions et caractéristiques Auto Forever
On 24 April 1961, Citroën presented AMI 6 to the press, to be manufactured in its new plant in Rennes, France. First launched in a saloon model, the station wagon version was the most successful, with 550,000 sales of the one million total Ami 6 vehicles sold until 1971. It was the model launched by Citroën to complete its range, which featured 2 CV, ID and DS. The Ami 6 was the first derivative of the 2CV to come to market. It was known internally as the 3CV, and had to meet some tight constraints from the Citroen board. These included a large boot, seating for five, no longer than 4m (about 13ft), a saloon not hatchback format, and a strict budget.
Citroën presents on April 24, 1961 to the press AMI 6 which will be produced in its new factory in Rennes (France). First launched as a saloon, it was the estate version that was the most successful with 550,000 sales out of the total million Ami 6 units produced until 1971. Citroën. CITROEN AMI 6. 4-door saloon, station wagon. Really an up-market 2Cv with the same interlinked coil and leading arm suspension and all-indirect four-speed gearbox controlled from the dash. Enlarged flat-twin gives 20bhp and pushes the Ami along at 65mph. Station wagon introduced 1964; also power increase to 26bhp (35bhp from 1968).
Citroën Ami Klassiekerweb
Bid for the chance to own a No Reserve: 1967 Citroen Ami 6 Berline at auction with Bring a Trailer, the home of the best vintage and classic cars online. Lot #39,515. The Citroën Ami 6 was launched in 1961 as "the world's most comfortable medium class car." The arrival of the Ami 6 filled the demand for Citroën to produce a middle-price, mid-size car. While derived from the mechanical components of the 2CV, you can see the Ami has a very different design and appearance-the full-width,. Citroën AMI 6- 1969 Read More »