Talk:Citroën H Van

Diesel variant?

From the hazy reflections of youth, I seem to remember there were diesel powered variants too, but none are mentioned in the article? Jan olieslagers (talk) 21:20, 12 October 2018 (UTC)

Mission Impossible

In the original 1960s Mission Impossible series, an H Van was frequently used to represent a local large vehicle of whatever country they were in. Not sure whether this would be relevant to the media section, but it's probably many Americans main exposure to this vehicle. Twelfthian (talk) 22:09, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

@Twelfthian: Yes, it was quite typical in the earlier episodes where they were supposed to be undercover in some mythical foreign nation. (In the later seasons, they largely dropped those types of stories in favor of going after criminals of various sorts, often organized crime, so the H Van disappeared). It might be difficult to come up with a proper reliable source that says this, however. The only thing I see is the Internet Movie Car Database, which is not great as sources go - about the level of a blog. Even the one or two articles I see cite the IMCDB as their source. --Krelnik (talk) 00:09, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

Handling

Just to be clear, the gearbox of this van is mounted between the front wheels. The engine is mounted ahead of THAT, out ahead of the front axle. Where anyone got the idea that the engine was 'well back' from the axle, I don't know. Probably someone assuming that they are built the same as a Traction Avant and trying to make sure everyone understood how special French automaking is. It's not true. If it had good handling it was for a van from the 1950s and in spite of the engine placement, not because. But because someone wrote that, apparently assuming that what was true for the TA was also true for the H it makes me wonder if the entire claim about good roadholding is based on similarly shaky grounds. Also, independent front suspension became common on ALL types of vehicles except trucks in the 1940s. It was not unique on the H, even as a commercial vehicle. Again the writer seems to be talking about the TA or 2CV and applying it to the H. Torsion bars are not usually considered better than coil springs. They are often superior to LEAF springs, not coils. I was tempted to just delete that whole part, but contented myself with just removing the most obviously mistaken claims and hyperbole.

64.222.108.200 (talk) 18:49, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Assembly WHERE?

There is a mention in the template of assembly taking place in the Vigo plant of the then Citroen, but the article on that factory does not mention the H series. At the contrary, assembly in Brussels (BE) is mentioned further below in the article - but not in the template. Time for an update? Jan olieslagers (talk) 19:07, 8 January 2023 (UTC)

Capital V?

Is "Van" a proper name in this context? I've come here from this edit. My feeling is that the title of this article should be "Citroën H van", but many web sources use the capital V. Any thoughts? Jean-de-Nivelle (talk) 18:16, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

This is quite the normal way in English. Compare with Grosvenor House Hotel and many others: both "house" and "hotel" are considered to be part of the noun proper. Ils sont fous, ces Anglais :) Jan olieslagers (talk)

I'm not sure it's quite so clear. The hotel example you give is the proper name of a business. "Van" should only be capitalised here if it was part of the actual model name of the vehicle. I've been looking for English-language sales literature for the HY to see how it was referred to by Citroën in English. The closest I've come up with is this heritage brochure which calls the vehicle the "Type H", and doesn't capitalise "van" when the word is used. I think calling this a "Citroën H Van" is a bit like calling the 2CV a "Citroën 2CV Car". And yes, we Englishmen are crazy. Jean-de-Nivelle (talk) 11:53, 1 February 2024 (UTC)