The finances of Panhard et Levassor forced them into the arms of Citroen in 1955, and this made sense because the Dyna and PL17 models filled a gap between Citroen's own 2CV and its ID and DS models. Panhard confidently went onto to develop the 24 model, with their own Louis Bionier designing it, along with Renee Ducassou-Pehau and Andre Jouan. First exhibited in 1963, the Panhard is restricted to markets where it will not be up against Citroen's Ami 6, and is presented as a 2-door coupe even though it is to be offered as a 2-door Coupe or a longer 2-door saloon. Panhard shelved plans for a 4-door saloon and hoped that Citroen would eventually sign this off, but they didn't. The C and CT were launched in 1963, the longer B and BT in 1964. The 'T' indicates the hotter 60 bhp Tigre engine and these cars were more popular. Production ended in 1967 and the name of 'Panhard' lost to car production, although military vehicles continued. Citroen had the Ami 6 car in this market, and were developing the Citroen GS which had a very similar recipe to the Panhard 24; perhaps that's why Citroen failed to promote this Panhard. Less than 25,000 of the final Panhard were sold.
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Panhard 24BT Coupe 1965 - badge on bootlid. The BT was the 'Berline Tigre'; the long wheelbase 4-seater with the 50bhp Tigre engine
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Panhard 24CT Coupe 1964
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Panhard 24CT Coupe 1964 - badge on bonnet
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Panhard 24BT Coupe 1965, with flat twin air-cooled 848cc engine. The 'T' edition (for Tigre) offered 50hp in both the 24 CT and 24 BT compared to the standard 42bhp
Panhard 24BT Coupe 1965 front
Panhard 24BT Coupe 1965. The B ('Berline') was offered from 1965 on the longer 2.55 metre wheelbase as a 4-seater
Panhard 24CT 1965 front
Panhard 24CT 1965. Introduced in 1964 the Panhard 24 was available as 90-inch wheelbase C (Coupe) or 100-inch B (Berlinette) models. The 'T' stood for 'Tigre', which means the 848cc flat twin engine was tuned for 60bhp.
Panhard 24CT 1966 front
Panhard 24CT 1966. 28,500 Panhard 24s were manufactured from 1964 to 1967. The Panhard 24 was available as 90-inch wheelbase C (Coupe) or 100-inch B (Berlinette) models. The 'T' stood for 'Tigre', which means the 848cc flat twin engine was tuned for 60bhp. 14,181 Panhard 24CT were sold.
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Panhard 24CT Coupe 1964. The final design by Louis Bionier and René Ducassou-Péhau, the body is a monocoque design but then has to be bolted to the sub frames from the PL17.
Panhard 24CT Coupe 1964 rear
Panhard 24CT Coupe 1964. It is claimed the the Panhard PL24 drew is 'bathtub' styling from the Chevrolet Corvette, but there were also BMWs, Fiats and NSUs with the same character
