Panhard 24

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Panhard 24
Overview
Manufacturer	Société des Anciens Etablissements Panhard et Levassor[1]
Production	1964–1967 28,651 produced
Designer	Louis Bionier
Body and chassis
Class	Mid-size
Body style	2-door coupé 2-door sedan
Layout	Front-engine, front-wheel-drive
Powertrain
Engine	848 cc two-cylinder boxer motor 42 or 50 hp at 5250 or 5750 rpm
Transmission	4-speed manual
Dimensions
Wheelbase	2,286 mm (90.0 in) or 2,550 mm (100.4 in)
Length	4,267 mm (168.0 in) or 4,550 mm (179.1 in)
Width	1,620 mm (63.8 in)
Height	1,220 mm (48.0 in)
Curb weight	840 kg (1,852 lb) (approx)
Chronology
Predecessor	Panhard PL 17
Successor	Citroën GS

The Panhard 24 is a compact two-door coupé automobile produced between 1964 and 1967 by French manufacturer Panhard. It was powered by a front-mounted air-cooled two-cylinder boxer motor: the basic design of this unconventional engine dated back to the 1940s. In 1965, a lengthened Panhard 24 was launched and promoted as a two-door four- or five-seat saloon. Plans for a four-door version which might have enabled the car more effectively to replace the commercially successful Panhard PL 17 saloon were never implemented, however.

Although the 24 had no Panhard badged successor, a number of the features of the Citroën GS which appeared (after an unusually long gestation period) in 1970 respected Panhard traditions. The Panhard 24 may be thought of as the swan song of Panhard automobile production (since 1967 the Panhard business has concentrated on manufacturing light military vehicles).