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It's illogical to try to make a 3000 hp car out of a 2 horsepower car. (Yes, 2CV is French for 2HP.)
Except that the 2CV always had way more horsepower than 2, otherwise it wouldn't have moved at all.
The '2CV' name is an abbreviation for Deux Chevaux Vapeur or 'two steam horses', which is actually a technical legal term from the French tax code. France taxes automobiles based on their engine output, and the 2CV was designed to fall into the '2 horsepower' tax class.