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Renault's
4 CV was, by the end of the fifties, very dated. More powerful than Citroën's
2 CV, it was also more cramped, had poorer road holding, handling and comfort.
The Regie took the decision to build a front wheel drive, independently suspended, utilitarian car, using the 2 CV as a blue print.
Despite protestations from Citroën, the state-owned company blatantly copied the dash-mounted gearchange, tubular-framed removable seats, detatchable body panels, fabric roof and even the "nose down tail up" attitude of the 2 CV.
The allegations of plagiarism continued when Renault launched the Fourgon light van - a copy of the AK and later, in 1968 with the Plein Air - a copy of the Méhari.
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