The Citroën Méhari is an off-roader produced by the French automaker Citroën. 144,000 Méharis were built between 1968 and 1988.
The Méhari was based on the Citroën 2CV, and had a body made of ABS plastic with a soft-top. It also employed the 602 cc flat twin gasoline engine from the 2CV6. A four-wheel drive version of the Méhari was produced from 1980 to 1983 and had excellent off-road qualities, mostly due to the lightness of the vehicle (the standard Méhari weighs just 1300 lb). The French Army used Méharis modified to have 24 V electric power.
The Méhari was sold in the United States for one year, 1970, where the vehicle was classified as a truck. As trucks had far more lenient safety standards than passenger cars in the US, the Méhari did not have seat belts.
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