The Baby-Brousse is a Citroën 2CV

Citroën 2CV

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 based buggy

Buggy (automobile)

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. The car is like a metal-bodied Citroën Méhari

Citroën Méhari

The Citroën Méhari is a utility car and off-roader produced by the French automaker Citroën. 144,953 Méharis were built between 1968 and 1988. A Méhari is a type of fast-running dromedary camel, which can be used for racing or transport...

 and is similar in concept to the French

France

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 Citroën FAF

Citroën FAF

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. The vehicle was a success with more than 31,000 being built from 1963 to 1987. The entire body was made of folded sheet steel with the other parts being bolted together, with no welding.

Background

The Baby-Brousse was originally conceived in 1963 by two Frenchmen, Mr. Letoquin and Mr. Lechanteurin that owned les Ateliers et Forges de l’Ebri,who were é, a company in Abidjan in the Côte d'Ivoire

Côte d'Ivoire

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 (Ivory Coast).

Sales figures

• Baby Brousse in Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)(1963-1979) 31,305 examples.

Badge engineered Baby Brousses had many names in many places.

• Dalat in Vietnam
  Vietnam
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   (1969-1975) 5,000 examples.
• Mehari in Iran
  Iran
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   (1970-1979) and in Sénégal
  Senegal
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   (1979-1983)
• Yagán in Chile
  Chile
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   (1972-1976) 651 examples.
• Pony in Thessalonika, Greece
  Greece
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  , built by Namco
  Namco (automobiles)
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   with Dyane 6 components in a specifically built factory. These had better build quality and equipment than others 17,000 examples.