What was that weird car I saw?

November 15, 2008 4:27 PM

I saw a weird car today on the road and I want to know what it was.

It looked to be pretty old, maybe even pre 50s and it definitely wasn't an American car. The front end of it looked reminiscent of a Volkswagen beetle. The front fenders and how the hood curved at the bottom looked like a beetle but I've never seen a VW beetle ever look like that. The back end of the car was almost completely flat but slanted at about a 45 degree angle. It was white, if that matters. I've tried looking on the internet to what it could possibly be, but I have come up short. I've never seen a car like this in my life and it's bugging me to not be able to find out what it is.

posted by MaryDellamorte to travel & transportation (10 comments total)

Porsche 356?
posted by jonathanbell at 4:35 PM on November 15, 2008

Citroen CV2? (sorry no link---posting from my phone)
posted by sourwookie at 4:39 PM on November 15, 2008

No, the car was much more boxy...the back of it was literally a flat surface slanted down at a 45 degree angle.
posted by MaryDellamorte at 4:39 PM on November 15, 2008

If it wasn't a Karmann Ghia, then it may have been a VW bug that had been converted to look like a Rolls. There's one here, about halfway down the page.
posted by kuujjuarapik at 4:40 PM on November 15, 2008

Hmm, the citroen might be it! I'm going to look through some of the pictures and I'll get back to you.
posted by MaryDellamorte at 4:40 PM on November 15, 2008

hm. The Citroen was gonna be my guess. Karmann Ghia Type III or else some bizarre kit car is all I got.
posted by lonefrontranger at 4:42 PM on November 15, 2008

Yep, its the Citroen! Thanks guys!
posted by MaryDellamorte at 4:44 PM on November 15, 2008

Sourwookie, it's a 2CV, not CV2.
posted by Beautiful Screaming Lady at 4:46 PM on November 15, 2008

Funny. When you said weird car, I thought "Citroen", automatically.
posted by Goofyy at 4:04 AM on November 16, 2008

It is a strange and wonderful mystery that the French consistently produce such beautiful airplanes (1, 2, 3) and such fabulously ugly autos.
posted by dinger at 9:53 AM on November 16, 2008