{"id":799451,"date":"2026-10-11T20:02:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T20:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/799451\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T20:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T20:02:10","slug":"citroen-revives-the-2cv-for-an-electric-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/799451\/","title":{"rendered":"Citroen revives the 2CV for an electric age"},"content":{"rendered":"

But the retro-nostalgia trend has accelerated recently, as carmakers have looked for ways to sell electric cars to sceptical consumers.<\/p>\n

Citroen’s French rival, Renault, has led the charge. It started with the Renault 5 E-Tech, which visually echoed the distinctive boxy styling of the original Renault 5, once an ever-present sight on French streets. It has since revived the Renault 4 and Twingo brands as well.<\/p>\n

VW has the distinctive ID-Buzz minivan, a throwback to the classic T2 Transporter, while Ford is working on a new EV which is widely expected to be called the Fiesta.<\/a><\/p>\n

Rachel Burgess, senior editor of Autocar magazine, thinks it is a strategy that makes perfect sense.<\/p>\n

“It’s a brilliant differentiator from all-new car brands”, she says. “An older audience might remember the originals and feel warmly towards them, and a younger audience might find an appeal in the retro aspect.”<\/p>\n

Finding new ways to make cars appealing has become more important than ever, at a time when European manufacturers are facing growing competition from Chinese brands.<\/p>\n

“Many in the industry believe the big automotive players in Europe\u2026face a very serious existential threat from aggressive Chinese manufacturers,” says David Leggett, automotive editor at Global Data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"But the retro-nostalgia trend has accelerated recently, as carmakers have looked for ways to sell electric cars to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":799452,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[84,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-799451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=799451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799451\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/799452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=799451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=799451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=799451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}