Equipment
twin 425-cc flat-twin engines, 4-speed, steel wheels, front-mounted spare, Michelin X tires.
Condition
#3 Good
Runs and drives well. Flaws not noticeable to passersby. Most common condition.
Rare, quirky twin-engined Sahara. Very old paint with runs, cracks, and spots rubbed through from panels opening and surface rust showing in spots. Dull marker lenses and scratched door handles. Worn upholstery and interior controls, and the shift linkage is grimy. A driver-quality example of a French oddball, but it reportedly had extensive mechanical work done in Switzerland three years ago, and it is represented with known ownership from new.
Market commentary
Citroen introduced the Sahara (renamed the 4x4 in 1962 following Algeria's independence) model in 1958 to provide a small, lightweight four-wheel drive vehicle for use in its North African territories. Up front it's not much different from the standard car, but out back is a secondary engine with its own separate gearbox to drive the rear wheels. It was an interesting but odd and impractical setup, and just 700 were built from 1958-71, a relative drop in the bucket compared to the regular mass-produced 2CV. A handful of very good examples have sold for over $100,000 before, so this is on the lower end of Sahara sales.