Hot on the heels of the new Citroën 2CV Concept launch, the French automaker that’s now part of the Stellantis group has taken the wraps off another lovable electric concept car at the Paris Motor Show.
This is the Citroën 2CV Fourgonette Concept, a modern reinterpretation of the original working man’s van from the early 1950s. Just like its forefather, the new electric van is pretty much identical to the passenger version from the front bumper to the B pillar.
What follows is quite simply a box that lives where the rear passenger compartment would usually be found on a regular car. It’s simple, it’s cute, and it’s probably going to attract plenty of fashionable businesses simply because it looks cool.
It all hinges on whether Citroën decides to put it into production or not. The rebooted 2CV will get a production version in 2028, with a low starting price of around €15,000. The new 2CV Fourgonette’s fate, however, is not as clear-cut. Citroën said that the funky van is “a passion project” for its designers and that it “does not preview a future production model in the short term.”
That last part might hold the key to the small EV’s future, though. If the regular 2CV has decent success, the automaker may make the case for a commercial version. It’s all about money, after all, but thanks to the European Union’s new E-Car rules, we might see a wave of cheap, no-frills EVs hit the road by the end of the decade.
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