1990 Teilhol Théva VG32LZAZBL0000076 with just 19,404 kilometers / ~12k miles.

Interesting low-production mini-utility vehicle by specialist French mfg. Teilhol – known for it’s utility body vehicles based on 1960-1990’s Renault and Citroën automobiles. Specificvally the Renault Rodeo and the Citroën Méhari successor, the Teilhol Tengara.

Nice shape inside and out. We spent a little time with it in Japan and starts / stops / sounds good with the limited ddriving we could manage. A few small stress cracks in the body visible in the photos / video here. Fair price for the rarity and condition. 

Container loaded April for arrival in Seattle May/June, 2025. Price subject to change.

More info:

• Automobileancienne.com – Teilhol Theva
• Automobileancienne.com – Teilhol constructeur
• Wikipedia – Teilhol

Translation for lautomobileancienne.com above

After being released by Renault in 1986, Teilhol came close to bankruptcy, but his emerging collaboration with Citroën is strengthening, which allows Teilhol to take off. In a few months, the former Renault Rodeo manufacturer developed a replacement for Citroën Méhari with the approval of Citroën, which was presented in March 1986 under the name of Teilhol Tangara. The car will have promising beginnings, so that Citroën will provide Teilhol with the base of the Citroën Ax to develop …

Citroën proposed in 1988 in Teilhol to work on the basis of the Citroën AX 11 TR, undoubtedly the brand with chevrons knows that the 2CV lives its last years and wishes to prepare its new partner for this judgment. Teilhol will direct in two directions his work on the AX, on the one hand, recover the mechanics and the base to carry out a Tangara 1100, which was available from 1990; And on the other hand, Teilhol will design a new vehicle on the basis of the AX to diversify its products. Thus the Teilhol Théva was born.

Théva is developed during 1988 and offered for sale that same year, the car takes over the spirit of Tangara, with a body in composite materials tinged in the mass, while having a less utilitarian line, with smoother features. However, Teilhol is forced to take up optics from the great series for obvious reasons of cost, and unfortunately the integration of the latter is not happiest and harms the general fluidity of the body. But for a company that came close to bankruptcy two years ago, developing two models in a few months is a feat, and let hope for better days for Teilhol.

If the Théva is a convertible, the hood is only above the back of the passenger compartment, the front places being covered by a hard roof, but with a sunroof through a small window. As an option, the tarpaulin could exchange against a hard top glazed which could accommodate, once dismantled, behind the rear squares.

Despite all these efforts, the general line does not please customers, despite the “devilishly beautiful” advertising slogans used on the entire communication of the model. As for the interior, Teilhol takes over the dashboard as well as the AX 11 TRE armchairs, which once again saves on development costs and having a cabin in complete equipment.

On the engine side, finally, the Théva is equipped with the four-cylinder online 1.124cm3 of the AX, it develops 55hp, capable of taking the car up to the speed of 161km/h. Finally, two versions of Théva were available, a five -seater version and a two -seater commercial version. In the end, even with all these efforts to market Théva, only 88 copies found takers, the car is strictly speaking a commercial failure …