Citroen C-Triomphe – Worlds strongest car?

Dongfeng Automobile Company, Dongfeng Peugeot-Citroën Automobile | | May 27, 2008 at 2:23 pm

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The below Citroen C-Triomphe was crushed by a landslide in the recent earthquake in Sichuan, but despite its roof collpasing the car was able to drive normally according to recent press reports.

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12 Comments so far, please add your thoughts!

  1. avatar M0L0TOV says:
    May 27, 2008 at 3:26 pm

    That’s great but it’s not exactly safe to drive either. It’s driveable, reminds me of the Top Gear stance on the Hilux http://videos.streetfire.net/video/Top-Gear-tries-to-destroy_105017.htm

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  2. avatar Hunxuer says:
    May 27, 2008 at 5:32 pm

    The opposite campaign of the “Lemon Mercedes” paraded around by the irate owner and inviting people to sledgehammer it.

    Bet this owner doesn’t hate the French!

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  3. avatar Jim Corty says:
    May 27, 2008 at 6:52 pm

    I remember when a few people (guys)would drive around without the hood on their rig to show off the engine and get a ticket. I guess you can drive any unsafe vehicle in China and get away with it. Maybe he was taking to the insurance adjuster…

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  4. avatar woxihuanpijiu says:
    May 27, 2008 at 6:52 pm

    I wonder if the insurance policy covers natural disasters… Nothing a backyard mechanic with a sledgehammer and some fibreglass can’t fix.

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  5. avatar Jonny Boy says:
    May 27, 2008 at 9:59 pm

    Well, C-Trimph cannot be the world’s strongest car, but the guy must be the world’s luckiest driver!

    Salute! :)

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  6. avatar Jonny Boy says:
    May 27, 2008 at 10:00 pm

    Long live ChuanF A8512! :)

    All the best!!

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  7. avatar jackson liu says:
    May 28, 2008 at 1:27 am

    well, I wouldn’t really say it was driving “normally” …

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  8. avatar aron says:
    May 28, 2008 at 3:44 am

    Well, if the car is FF-config, of course it’ll be able to “drive” after its rear is crushed. Well, I guess the gas tank had to survive the impact but from the photos, the rear end didn’t really get crushed all that much. Didn’t Top Gear once drive a car with the rear end chopped off in the middle of London? That was amusing :)

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  9. avatar woxihuanpijiu says:
    May 28, 2008 at 6:50 pm

    écrasée de citron

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  10. avatar L. Lovelace says:
    May 29, 2008 at 7:31 am

    Looks like a crushed beer can…At least a beer can had a use prior to crushing. This car is a rolling coffin, I’m surprised a lawyer isn’t following it around waiting for an accident, so he can sue the car company for making a car that an idiot could drive after an earthquake.

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  11. avatar Jack Yan says:
    June 24, 2009 at 10:09 am

    I was thinking more along the lines of Citroën pressé.

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  12. avatar pomoc prawna says:
    December 30, 2011 at 10:45 am

    Das war wie ein hilfreicher Artikel! Ich bin gerade erst mit meinem Blog und ich hoffe, es wird so gut wie Ihre. Grüße!

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