in 2018 one of the classics of the french car industry turned 70. and kristin managed to get behind the wheel to give it a spin. i will definitely need a lesson. guided tours around paris. now where is the gear stick? it is there. so you just turn that. if you want to get into the first one, full and that is first. push and that is second. this is very unusual. this might take. please excuse me if we bunny hop up the street. driving a 2cv feels very different to any kind of modern car. you can feel the engine under your foot. and the noise of the car and it s very physical. and it s not a car that goes very fast, but that s not the goal. it is a very active experience.
now where is the gear stick? it is there. so you just turn that. if you want to press the first one, full and that is first. push and that is second. this is very unusual. this might take. please excuse me if we bunny hop up the street. driving a 2cv feels very different to any kind of modern car. you can feel the engine under your foot. and the noise of the car and it s very physical. and it s not a car that goes very fast, but that s not the goal. it s a very active experience. there s no sitting back and letting the car do its work. exactly. on the left, this
active experience. yeah. there s no sitting back and letting the car do its work. you have to be involved. yeah, exactly. and on the left this is the louvre museum. is there something.? i mean, do you think this is part of french identity? yes, it is, of course, yes. with the baguette and the stripes. they laugh ooh! we ll have to stop for a baguette! yeah. you re very brave, because driving a 2cv car is not easy. driving in paris is not easy. driving for the first time in a 2cv car in paris is really, really brave for you. well, now you re making me nervous! there are no airbags, the windows aren t electric and, as for ac let s just say it s pretty rudimentary. but for some reason, the french really seem to love the 2cv. as long as that remains
so you just turn that. if you want to get into the first one, full and that is first. push and that is second. this is very unusual. this may take. please excuse me if we bunny hop up the street. driving a 2cv feels very different to any kind of modern car. you could feel the engine underfoot. and the noise of the car and it is very physical and it is not a car that goes very fast, but that is not the goal. it is a very tentative experience. there is no sitting back and letting the car doing its work. exactly. on the left this is the louvre museum. is there something that you think is part of the french identity?
there s no sitting back and letting the car doing its work. exactly. 0n the left this is the louvre museum. is there something that you think is part of the french identity? yes, of course, with the baguette and the stripes. 0h, we ll have to stop for a baguette. you re very brave because driving a 2cv car is not easy. driving in paris is not easy. driving in paris for the first time in a 2cv car in paris is really brave of you. there are no airbags at the windows are not electric and for ac, let s just say it is pretty rudimentary. but for some reason the french really seem to love the 2cv. as long as that remains the case, the car that is called the tin snail will keep ploughing its own furrow