France's iconic car the Citroen 2CV is turning 60. Conceived with French farmers in mind, the economical car was designed to be able to carry boxes of eggs across muddy fields without breaking any.

Koganei-shi, Tokyo, Japan. On the western edges of Tokyo's sprawling metropolis, this small residential area is tree-lined and serenely peaceful. A few pedestrians and a handful of cyclists thread ...

When the former aeronautical engineer Jules Boulanger sat down to design "a spartan form of transport for those of modest means" in 1938 he is unlikely to have foreseen that nearly 70 years later ...

The 2CV was designed as cheap transportation and had surprising off-road ability thanks to its light weight build, good ground clearance and long travel suspension The 2CV was powered by a ...