Because he is so incredibly good at his job as a motoring journalist, Chris Harris gets to drive all kinds of sports, super, luxury, hyper, and family cars day in and day out. So when it comes to buying a personal car, he looks for different qualities in an automobile than you and I do. That is how he ended up with this knackered Citroen 2CV.

Chris’ 2CV is an original car with the corrugated bonnet and a 427cc two-cylinder engine. It has a rebuilt chassis, so it is structurally sound. But the body and the interior are untouched, which is to say they are pretty shabby. That’s shabby chic, mind you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76ktMcCDZvk

It seems to us there is a craze going on in the world of motoring journalism for the Citroen 2CV. Another prominent figure in this business, Andrew Frankel, has also bought himself a 2CV, but his is a neatly restored one. In fact, it’s been restored on TV by Mike Brewer and Ed China from the Wheeler Dealers.