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would have been powered by a flat four air cooled engine of either 1.100
cc or 1.400 cc and the larger engined version would have employed hydropneumatic
suspension. Development costs escalated and the decision was taken to commence
a new project - which nearly brought about the demise
of the company and which was indirectly responsible for the Peugeot take
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dash of the C-60 contained styling elements of both the Ami and the DS
- note the horizontal gear lever and the pédalo brake button. The
C-60 offered DS levels of accomodation but with a much smaller engine -
important for tax reasons in France where both the DS and ID were heavily
taxed. This was not a small car but a small-engined car. |
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6 was always viewed as a temporary stop-gap solution to the chasm between the 2 CV and the DS - a chasm
that was not really filled until the launch of the GS.
Having rejected the Cocinelle
, work started in 1960 on a project to fill this gap - the C 60 - longer
and wider than the Ami but employing some of that car's styling elements
such as the reverse rake rear window and with a front end reminiscent of
the DS, here was a singularly attractive looking car that has frequently
been misdescribed as an Ami prototype. |
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C-60 was styled by Flaminio Bertoni who was also responsible for the Traction,
2CV, DS and Ami 6 (he described the Ami 6 as his favourite creation). The
headlamp treatment (using the lamps from the yet-to-be-launched Panhard
24) anticipated the restyling of the DS in 1967. |
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C-60
was abandoned in favour of Projet
F.
The C-60 was displayed at the Classic Motor Show in 2009 |
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