The Citroën Mehari 4x4 Is Perfect for People Who Wish Jeeps Were More Like Kiddie Pools

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4 жыл бұрын

The Mehari was one of those now-rare “fun cars,” rugged and cheap variations of popular economy cars that could be used off-road, but weren’t as serious as a hardcore Jeep or other off-roader. They were just silly, enjoyable cars to have a good time in with a minimum of care. Oh we also try to roll a 2CV.
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@ProBenja5 4 жыл бұрын

Chile had it's own Mehari called the Citroen "Yagan" which was Allende's people's car, which ended up being used as a military vehicle after the coup much like the Mehari. The Yagan had a hand made metal body instead of plastic and they only made about 1500 units.

@Eis_Bear 4 жыл бұрын

The Yagan was part of Citroëns FAF program, there were several iterations for different parts of the world but al were aimed at developing countries.

@brettknoss486 4 жыл бұрын

I don't know about that, but the VW thing was developed, both as a people's car, for sale in Mexico, and a fun car, for sale in California.

@Tannerlegasse 4 жыл бұрын

YES!!! I'm so happy to see more Jason Drives:) Thanks Jalopnik folks.

@zekemalachi2899 2 жыл бұрын

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@zakaionyx6405 2 жыл бұрын

@Zeke Malachi Instablaster =)

@Tannerlegasse 2 жыл бұрын

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@snape1464 4 жыл бұрын

Didn't do anything with the mehari that a normal 2cv can't...

@smokeyjoe7251 4 жыл бұрын

Flip the windshield down so you don't have to de-ice it in winter? (but you have to wrap up real warm)

@s4n714g000 4 жыл бұрын

Well it doesn't rust, that's about it I guess

@Danny_Boel 4 жыл бұрын

@@s4n714g000 oh yea it does, and the plastic decays too...

@stephenberry1205 4 жыл бұрын

Jason, could we have a video of the Mehari 4 x 4 really tackling some real off road stuff please. There are two expressions for body roll and 2CV drivers... "The limit of the road holding is when the door handles dig in!!!" - never actually happens except in 2CV Cross motorsport. "You can tell a 2CV driver by gravel rash on their elbows!" A slalom of a 2CV at speed is real motoring Rock & Roll... Please try it... Great fun.

@davedodson8704 4 жыл бұрын

Used to have a FWD Mehari. That was one fun little romper stomper.

@ProlificInvention 4 жыл бұрын

Making that into a mower is actually a really really good idea, tell that young man that's a fantastic idea.

@nikolausbautista8925 4 жыл бұрын

Citroen's return to America, is in Lawnmowers... Honda, BEWARE!!!

@valentinexristov8915 4 жыл бұрын

Another Citroen,Jason?! Gosh I love You! Please keep them coming!

@giuliasprint67 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome video!! Fantastic little car I never knew existed!! Hats off to Adam and Erica too!!! Well done!!

@WhatIfBrigade 2 жыл бұрын

I once saw a Citroën Méhari parked near my apartment and was fascinated. The anti-rollover feature is awesomely amazing. As an appreciator of the 4x6 Gator work vehicle I'd love one of these.

@andyrichardsvideovlogs8835 4 жыл бұрын

Actually it isn't a fun car, it's a Military Vehicle.... Yes its origins come from the need for a light but virtually indestructible military vehicle for use primarily in the Sahara. Virtually unobtainable sadly, it is a great fun car but had immense difficulty with crash regulations so never became a viable civilian car. One final point. You don't cast plastic. It is moulded. Important yes as they are vastly different processes with considerable cost differences. Great video 👍👍👍👍👍

@IOUaUsername 4 жыл бұрын

You don't cast thermoplastics. Thermosetting polymers (still a plastic in layman's terms since it's a polymer) like acrylic and epoxy are cast.

@UnitSe7en 4 жыл бұрын

So, I'm not really clear... Is it a fun car or is it not?

@IOUaUsername 4 жыл бұрын

It's a fun resort/beach car that started as a light military vehicle. They almost all do. Mini Moke, Jeep, VW Thing. Beetle-based beach buggies are actually the exception to the rule.

@horace3673 3 жыл бұрын

@@belliduradespicio8009 I have once (but only 2 wheels drive) I it’s just too fun to drive around une southern France

@VramanNoodles 2 жыл бұрын

@@belliduradespicio8009 OMG, that's the only reason I know about this car, watched Gendarme movies with my dad when I was 7 or 8. Loved them, 'Gendarme and Aliens' is my favorite one. Rest in piece Louis De Funes.

@breo9807 4 жыл бұрын

please, you can do a video form the citroen dyane 6

@N1RKW 4 жыл бұрын

Jason: "It was one of the only independently suspended 4 wheel drive vehicles out there." Subaru owners: "Oh, really?"

@adelaidejones2346 4 жыл бұрын

The Citroen Mehari started production in 1968... What 4WDs were Subaru making back then?

@N1RKW 4 жыл бұрын

@@adelaidejones2346 - According to Wikipedia, the Mehari was only made as a 4x4 from 1979 to 1983. I personally remember 4x4 Subaru's as early as 1976 (my family had one), and Wikipedia shows a 1972 Subaru Leone 4x4. Seems that Subaru beat out just about everyone to the 4x4 car market segment.

@SM-dt1pr 4 ай бұрын

You know what 'one of the...' means, though, right?

@Karmy. 4 жыл бұрын

I always wondered what the Canis Kalahari was based off of...

@benonwheels8481 4 жыл бұрын

There should also be a Citroën sm in gta v, forgot which one but you were able to get it with the updates on ps3 in your garage and found them everywhere on ps4

@joshmoore7300 4 жыл бұрын

I was about to say just that XD

@sergiofreitas9368 2 жыл бұрын

@@benonwheels8481 pigalle

@blankroomsoup666 4 жыл бұрын

Jason: ‘no matter how many doughnuts I do..’ -you’re being a bit optimistic right there

@srenhansen1542 2 жыл бұрын

Just to set things straight. The Mehari is based on the Dyane, not the 2cv. BUT the 2cv, Dyane, Mehari and AMI 6 & 8 are all a-models and based on the same platform. The 2cv was just the first on that platform. The AMI Super has it's own platform as it had the GS 4 cyl boxer

@TheRealHammer 4 жыл бұрын

Jason always epitomizes the JOY of driving... except when he almost makes himself puke. 🤣

@merlijnvanklinken1120 4 жыл бұрын

Best summer weekend car there is 👌🏼

@g00dfeeling 4 жыл бұрын

Some Citroën cars are pure magic!

@Eis_Bear 4 жыл бұрын

I think all Citroën cars from before roughly 1985 are very interesting.

@g00dfeeling 4 жыл бұрын

@the Game, Review and Reallife Channel I thought the same when I was a kid. Then I found how CX, DS and XM are beautiful. Now I understand how 2CV and Mehari are also beautiful. I know it could sound strange but that is how it is.

@Eis_Bear 4 жыл бұрын

@the Game, Review and Reallife Channel It's typical semi-military utility vehicle styling of the era, very much like the VW Kübel or DKW Munga

@obelic71 4 жыл бұрын

@the Game, Review and Reallife Channel even in poison green or orange you want that "ugly" car. On of the few open top cars when it rains it doesn't matter at all

@653j521 2 жыл бұрын

@Gibbon Well, not death or dismemberment, maybe.

@StephaneCalabrese 4 жыл бұрын

6:10 OMG I suffered for this light driver's door.

@banpeinet 4 жыл бұрын

I vividly remember a colleague of my father driving a similar yellow Mehari in the 80s. The man was over 2 meters tall and didn't fit under the canvas top, so he ended up driving without the canvas top. As it rains regularly in the Netherlands he always kept a raincoat nearby. Oh and the 2cv used to do Donuts has a Dutch license plate from the mid 70s

@obelic71 4 жыл бұрын

the other gray 1st generation 2CV with canvas booth has the old style blue Dutch license plate. After the French we Dutch are the most Citroen minded.

@banpeinet 4 жыл бұрын

@@obelic71 Must be the origins of the master I guess! :)

@MelodyOo 4 жыл бұрын

2:40 in the background isn't that the VW RCR reviewed? :'D

@MrMarty77 4 жыл бұрын

You really should do a video on the Vanclee Mungo. A friend of mine owns one.

@benonwheels8481 4 жыл бұрын

Ever tried a Burton from Burton motors (Netherlands) it's also a 2cv chassis

@moviebod 4 жыл бұрын

Great video :) I wonder what would have happened if you had driven the car clockwise so that your body was on the outside, exerting more centrifugal force?

@stefdnk4428 2 жыл бұрын

Doesn’t really matter which Way you turn. I Think all 2cv owners have tried at least once. (At least all young males 😇). I had a 2cv AZU fourgeonnette and we tested it on a small country road in a t-crossing. Full speed (70-80 kph) and turning right at the crossing. Great fun. Eventually it just understeered into the field, but that is no problem for a 2cv. Lovely charming car. Oh, the brakes at the differential is not such a bad idea, it reduces the weight of the wheels. I suspect they just took the front differential and stripped it of the gearbox and engine.

@xm222 3 жыл бұрын

Unique and beautiful car 👍😊

@frankdenardo8684 4 жыл бұрын

I saw this in the 1971 film The Omega Man with Charlton Heston. He played a character named Dr. Neville.

@Eis_Bear 4 жыл бұрын

Great movie, one of my favourite 'I am legend' movie adaptations.

@peter455sd 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant

@azrifadli7900 4 жыл бұрын

That Citroen Mehari is awesome to owned kinda reminds me a GTA V car Canis btw the car body panel made by Lego plastic material

@VoltTackle11 4 жыл бұрын

The Canis Kalahari is a fun little off-roader in GTAV, and a cheap one to buy too at $40k. I own one, and it can climb Mt. Chiliad's mountain trail with relative ease (even while stock) and handles really well. Though the only downside is that you are really exposed to gunfire (especially with the topless variant), which limits it's use in free-roam when there are tryhards and snipers on nearly every corner. None the less, it's a really good GTA representation of the Citroën Mehari.

@wharris302 4 жыл бұрын

Well it is based on one haha

@EyrthWyrmJym 4 жыл бұрын

@@VoltTackle11 You bought one? You could just steal one if you wait at the highway exit near the beach lol.

@srenhansen1542 2 жыл бұрын

Well you can actually smelt a Lego brick in acetone and repair a crack in body with it 😉

@mougmeduro7017 4 жыл бұрын

Why has everything suddenly become loosely related to a Citroen Mehari?...

@vincentruppert5528 4 жыл бұрын

The only good show on jalopnik

@Pannemat 4 жыл бұрын

I love the Dr. Cox hair.

@frnzklmmrll1012 4 жыл бұрын

the old 2CV factory was off limits to photographers rumor of a worker with a special made boot kicked the hood to align the latch mechanism, hiding a embarrassing method but effective I suppose yet not be exposed

@Armadurapersonal 4 жыл бұрын

So it's like a roofless Crosstrek with half the engine?

@dzarkachi6917 6 ай бұрын

Pls where can i get one to buy? I live in Nigeria. My dad once had one.

@adriancarabajal 4 жыл бұрын

Do you have it for sale?, thanks.

@Bluesbrotherfan 4 жыл бұрын

Why does the 2cv still has the Dutch license plate?

@srfrg9707 4 жыл бұрын

The 2 parts of the flatbed are also part of a hard top.

@EvanMoon 4 жыл бұрын

I would really enjoy that little Plastic truck. Roll up to Lowe’s or Home Depot with that thing

@keithnewton8981 2 жыл бұрын

Jaguar had inboard rear breaks as well .?

@jouhannaudjeanfrancois891 2 жыл бұрын

brings me back to my youth, when my drunk grandpa was driving me around in his white mehari...

@winandd8649 3 жыл бұрын

the 2cv you test on 5:24 is not road legal with that dutch number plate. This license plate is unknown by the government..?

@AtheistOrphan 4 жыл бұрын

On a related note, if you think that’s weird, check out the U.K.-only Citroen 2CV-based ‘Bijou’.

@martian9999 4 жыл бұрын

Trying to make a Citroen roll will normally not cause nausea to the driver. Maybe Torch as well as Otto (he looks unhappily pale) had a bug?

@Gunny426HemiPlymouth 2 жыл бұрын

Think the kids got the idea.... Lol lawn mower. Be a pretty cool little plow truck for parking lots in the winter.

@christopherderrick3745 4 жыл бұрын

Well that's not the case in which the car would roll over. I would be more likely to happen when you have an impulse caused by a sudden shift in loading. That said it may still not roll over.

@brettknoss486 4 жыл бұрын

Looks better than a UTV.

@vandliszt 4 жыл бұрын

Is Jason gonna be ok? Does he bring the kid along because that’s his replacement when he dies? Where does he get all these cars? How can I get to drive some of these?

@nubreed13 4 жыл бұрын

Most of them are at the lane motor museum. He finds them at other museums and random car collections

@littlearsehole75 4 жыл бұрын

All Hail Torch!

@653j521 2 жыл бұрын

Sporting the Squiggy look? :)

@MrRussian19 4 жыл бұрын

Cant it just like.. melt?

@IOUaUsername 4 жыл бұрын

It's what the Mini Moke should have been.

@kobayashiharuno 4 жыл бұрын

Kanis Kalahari?

@breo9807 4 жыл бұрын

the mehari is a variant of the citroen dyane 6, the little brother of the 2cv, is was produced to sustitue the 2cv, because the sells of the 2cv down comparate the ranult 4, the competitor of the 2cv, but, the dyan e isn´t popural than the 2cv.

@5610winston 10 ай бұрын

6:45 Try that in a Reliant Robin,

@SimonSaysApple 4 жыл бұрын

Alright, give that kid back to his parents now!

@kidmohair8151 4 жыл бұрын

SEATBELTS!!!!

@n3rdf0xx04 4 жыл бұрын

*recognize the looks from GTA V* Holy shit it does exist....

@user-jo7ry9cq3c 3 жыл бұрын

市販車で初めてABS樹脂製ボディーを採用した2CV派性の小型MPV

@CreatorCade 4 жыл бұрын

So basically it’s a golf cart.

@clarkkent2913 4 жыл бұрын

You can roll each 2CV (and every other car) when you are fast enough. On a parking lot this is difficult, I agree. And the inboard brake discs (drums on the earlier 2CV-models) are a crap when you need to change them since you have to remove the axle drive shafts - and that's no fun. How do I know? A 2CV4 was my first car... By the way - do not shut the doors too powerful with open windows. They tend to slip out of the clamp and when you have your arm outside, the window will hit your hand or elbow. Ouch! How do I know? ...

@Pannemat 4 жыл бұрын

I was looking for the window comment, hah! If your window holder-upper-clamp-thingy is a bit loose, a hard turn will have the same effect and yes, many-a 2CV owner's fingers and elbows have been brutally hit over the years by that french door trap. :-)

@Prestone44 4 жыл бұрын

Removing the axle drive shafts is no such a big issue. 6 bolts each side. And replacing front disc brakes pads is a breeze, you just need a flat screwdriver and it takes 30 seconds each side.

@RomainSandt 2 жыл бұрын

MAHARI ?!?!

@nigozeroichi2501 2 жыл бұрын

I was wondering if he was going to🤮, years ago one of the lads on TG was larking about and did🤣

@johnasbury7511 4 жыл бұрын

The 2CV , when a BUG is too much car

@leneanderthalien 4 жыл бұрын

Objectively is the 2cv a much more advanced car as the VW Bug... the 2cv project starts in 1936 as "TPV", first prototype rolls in 1937 (34 others was built), first preserie of 250 TPV was built in 1939, but never sale because debut of ww2, 246 from this new cars was destroyed, only 4 survive, hidden in the Citroën test center+ 1 mini pick up (main differences VS 2cv:aluminium body, water cooled flat twin engine)...The 1948 2cv was a improvement from the 1939 TPV...

@CPB1 4 жыл бұрын

You son is named Otto, was that a play on "Auto"? Not making fun or trying to be mean..just curious. If it were a family name or just a name you guys like pretty wild given your job. Thank you. PS. Good to see you "bring him to work." Advice, Enjoy him all you can at this age...they grow up amazingly fast."

@coloradorc Жыл бұрын

Plastique

@visekual6248 4 жыл бұрын

sorry, but going around in circles at this speed would not roll over even one of those kei vans that are taller than wide.

@ka4172 Жыл бұрын

Silly enyobale car? This takes you with ease across the Sahara Desert high dunes and Fesch Fesch sand no stock jeep have a chance on! If you stuck two guys recover it with ease .This car was built for military conquare wildest trails in Africa,South America Jungle ,Rocky trails in the Alps (complete skid plate under the car from bumper to bumper) the Mehari have even a rear axel locker no jeep got this in century when the Mehari was built. The Mehari 4x4 was built for though use on small only ATV size passabel Trails. You can transport 6 people 1/4 of fuel a Jeep takes offroad.Watch for 2CV 4x4 (near the same drivetrain) offroad and be amazed what this "silly enjoyabel" car be able to perform in offroad "competition" ha ha!

@martinduxbury6395 2 жыл бұрын

I hi

@aslkdfjhg 4 жыл бұрын

"Sit true in?" It's pronounced, Citroen, as in "sitrone"

@randylahey3988 4 жыл бұрын

Citroën (SIT TRO EN)

@Eis_Bear 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah... No

@SquareoftheyearFM 4 жыл бұрын

Worth noting you can buy a brand new electric one in Europe

@jimmccarley3191 4 жыл бұрын

How much are they? What does it cost to have shipped here to the United States?

@no1DdC 4 жыл бұрын

@@jimmccarley3191 The E-Mehari has just been discontinued and looks very different compared to the original, although it retains the same concept of a steel frame with plastic body panels. FWD only though. Price was around 25 grand, which was a bit much for a vehicle that was initially sold (keep in mind this came out in 2016) without airbags and even ABS, which were only added later. It only produced 68hp (briefly for overtaking - normally it's just 48) and had a range of just 100 to 200km (60 to 120 miles). You can not import these into the US due to the 25 year rule.

@jimmccarley3191 4 жыл бұрын

@@no1DdC Thanks, that is the only thing I have seen that really sparked my interest. I thought the new jeep Gladiator might be a pickup to consider but they are so disappointing to me. I think they are way over priced and who can they they would want one even at half the price? I like the idea of a plastic body. I would think it would hold up as well as some of these new model vehicles and it just looked cool.

@SquareoftheyearFM 4 жыл бұрын

Not the e-mahari, that was just a badge engineered something else. The Club Cassis Electric Eden is a ‘real’ mehari. Limited speed for legal reasons as it’s registered as a ‘quadricycle’ but I’ve been led to believe it can be opened up a bit.

@lewistillett206 3 жыл бұрын

Why did he say Citroen like that? Is that how Americans say it?

@NatureRecycleFlorida 4 жыл бұрын

pass owning that

@ghgjftythnhcfghdty 4 жыл бұрын

Stop saying Sit-Roh-En, ffs.

@armink9686 4 жыл бұрын

That's how it's pronounced though.

@ghgjftythnhcfghdty 4 жыл бұрын

@@armink9686 Aww crap. You're right. Even though I've spent quite a lot of time in France I've never heard it pronounced like that. It sounded strikingly wrong to my ears. Anyway, I was about to tell you that you were wrong too but thought I ought to just double check. Turns out I'm a dumb ass, lol. I retract my original complaint, please carry on. :)

@duncanmacpherson2013 4 жыл бұрын

Why is he. and more importantly the young boy, not wearing the seatbelts?

@piotrmakulec968 4 жыл бұрын

They wouldn't help anyway

@Thecreeperman111 4 жыл бұрын

Duncan Macpherson Seatbelts weren’t in all cars at the time it was manufactured.

@nubreed13 4 жыл бұрын

His son has a lap belt in

@AtheistOrphan 4 жыл бұрын

Duncan Macpherson - They’re wearing lap belts.

@belcopride 4 жыл бұрын

Is there a reason for pronouncing Citroen “cit-ro-en”? Isn’t it just cit-tren

@Rev-Counter 4 жыл бұрын

Dom Cradick You should hear Americans try to pronounce Peugeot!

@belcopride 4 жыл бұрын

Rev Counter oath, seeing Doug Demuro pronounce it as Poo-geut makes me wince

@Rev-Counter 4 жыл бұрын

@@belcopride Purr-go, Pew-joe, Pwer-joot, the list goes on!

@benjamincharlin6770 4 жыл бұрын

In France we do say the o in Citroën

@Prestone44 4 жыл бұрын

In french we pronounce " sit - ro - enn "

@stefthepef 4 жыл бұрын

Please do not vomit in the nice French car.

@jareknowak8712 4 жыл бұрын

Just like Moke

@leneanderthalien 4 жыл бұрын

but the mehari is bigger, MUCH MORE comfortable and can make real hard 4x4 ...the moke doest because small wheels and low ground clearance

@matthieuvandier2611 4 жыл бұрын

Do your research please, the mehari 4x4 is NOT cheap, not in France at least.

@randylahey3988 4 жыл бұрын

Elle était pas cher à l'époque c'est ça qu'il veut dire

@leneanderthalien 4 жыл бұрын

@@randylahey3988 non, la Mehari 4x4 était très chère à l'époque, ça coûtait juste un peu moins cher qu'une Jeep ...

@randylahey3988 4 жыл бұрын

@@leneanderthalien ah oui peut être pour la version 4x4, sans doute mais je parlais pour la méhari de base

@lapinmalin8626 4 жыл бұрын

@@leneanderthalien sauf que certain militaire m'ont dit qu'ils préféraient conduire des Méhari que des Jeep