When the car first hit the road in 1948 it was dubbed the French peasant’s car.
Ms Marshall called it a "go anywhere" car.
"They’re on skinny tyres and they just go."
The car was near impossible to tip.
"The only way to tip it was to go backwards and do a [J-turn]."
She had not tested this yet.
It only had a two-cylinder engine because in 1940s France, car owners were taxed per cylinder.
The body and the motor in the car never changed in its 42 years of production.
The car had a hole in the floor when she bought it.
"I had not long bought it and went to take it in for a warrant and they found the hole."
The mechanic had to fix it before the car could get a Wof.
She did not take the car out as often as she would like.
"Each time I drive it I think, ‘why don’t I do this more often?’."
However, she did not like leaving it in some areas when out.
A cut in the roof or dint would be horrible.
"But you can’t not drive it," she said.
On a straight road with no wind it would reach between 110kmh and 120kmh.
"You gotta wind them up but they go."
It had an A push-pull paddle shifter, commonly used in rally cars.
Last February she took the car to a rally in Rangiora.
It was part of the Canterbury Citroen Car Club.
"It doesn’t come to the South Island very often because there is only one Citroen club in the South Island," she said.
From 1948 to 1990, more than 3.8 million Citroen 2CVs were produced.
