Sixty years old for
the legendary 2CV Citroen and a spectacular
anniversary, what to do with open eyes of his admirers as round as its
flagship legendary! The 2CV is the festival at La Villette under the
slogan: "The main thing in essence." The designers of the Cite des
Sciences et de l'Industrie have put the turbo later inventiveness to
encourage us to look with joy and curiosity in the back. And good ideas
fuel to recall how the 2CV has embodied his time in technological
innovation while accompanying missed without changes in society.
Welcomed at the top of the escalator of the great hall by three models
who play the "cars" on the air (suspended 10 meters above the ground,
cars were emptied of their mechanics to be lighter), visitors are not
after their surprises. For this exhibition very playful refrain does
not mean the interludes techniques. Two issues - among others - his
show skillfully run: The parade of stars, undoubtedly the
highlight of the show! Emblematic models take the stage three by three,
slow rolling on the carpet, stopping to afford the eyes of the public
while, behind the stars, screens combine archival images and
advertisements by "personality" of cars with music by pop-rock tempo
variable. A show of thirteen minutes with a loop, in order of
appearance: "classics" (rutilantes old ladies in their elegant gray
mouse); "champions" (competing raids, cross, rally); "starlets 80 years
"(Bicolores and malicious like Dolly or romantic as the Charleston).
For a flirt with it, just slip in the "island of technology" and settle
the wheel of a 2CV, feel, look ... and listen as your hostess describes
itself on its passenger punctuating his explanations of anecdotes. The
highlight of the show : Sunday, May 25 to 15 hours in front of the City
(free access, level 0), strip-tease! A large appointment gather sixty
2CV all times, and sometimes carefully customized by their owners. They
will be delivered to the expert hands of engineers who unmake them and
rebuild them entirely in one hour clock.