23/10/2026
That's a Citroën Ami 6 — the one with the famous backwards rear window.
Your photos show a Berline (sedan) in blue with the black roof, circa 1961-1969. The Swiss plate 854.188-GE points to Geneva.
What you're looking at • Maker / years: Citroën Ami 6, produced in France from 1961 to 1969. It was the follow-up to the 2CV, designed to be a more upmarket small family car. • Designer: Flaminio Bertoni — same man who did the 2CV and DS. • The signature detail: that inverted, Z-shaped rear window. On the sedan it slopes inward (like in your top-down shot) to give more headroom and to allow a huge boot lid without needing a big rear glass. People either loved it or thought it looked like a car built backwards. • Body: In your collage you can see all its quirks — super short overhangs, tall narrow cabin, big glass roof area. The Ami 6 came as a 4-door Berline and later as a 5-door Break (wagon). Yours is the Berline. Why it mattered
Citroën wanted something between the basic 2CV and the large DS. The Ami 6 used a lot of 2CV mechanicals but with nicer trim, and in 1966 it became the best-selling car in France — the first time Citroën had taken the top spot.
Tech specs
This is pure 1960s Citroën engineering:
• Engine: 602 cc air-cooled flat-twin (Boxer-2), front-mounted • Power: early cars 22-24 hp, later upgraded to 28-35 hp @ 4750-5750 rpm • Transmission: 4-speed manual, front-wheel drive • Dimensions: ∼3.92-3.94m long x 1.52m wide x 1.485m tall, wheelbase 2.40m • Weight: only 630-660 kg curb weight, so even with 24 hp it could do 105-123 km/h top speed • Fuel tank: 25L
It kept Citroën's interconnected suspension, so it rides incredibly soft for such a small car, and the whole body is super light and simple to work on.
Collectors now love the Ami 6 precisely because of that weird rear window — the later Ami 8 went back to a conventional window in 1969, so the 6 is the oddball icon.
