Contrary to popular belief amongst most Kenyans, the ordinary individual will think that the most popular car in Kenya was the PIJOT (Peugeot) or Chevrolet (yes there were there in Kenya in the past). Sure enough there were more exciting cars such as the UHURU, or the failed MOI project Nyayo Pioneer. But nothing came close to what Kenyans epitomized as the ultimate Floss mobile like the Citroen Sedan pictured above.
The Citroen was a sign of Status - it was a symbol of arrival, some people get to destination, but with a Citroen you would arrive. This car was so cool because of the hydrolic shock absorbers that would push the car up or down depending on the ignition mode.
Most Kenyans on the come up owned a Citroen or a Datsun (coincidentally for all folks who didn’t know that Datsun was actually a Nissan). Soon after the Kenyan Market was flooded by reconditioned cars and the Nissan Bluebird became the big mwananchi car.
