1933 Citroen Rosalie Coupe 15CV |
Citro�n | Car Review | Citro�n is the name of a French automaker. Citro�n is a major French automobile manufacturer, part of the PSA Peugeot Citro�n group, founded in 1919 by French industrialist, Andr�-Gustave Citro�n. Citroen was the first automaker to mass-produced outside the U.S. and the origin of the modern concept of creating a network of sales and services that complement the car. In eight years Citro�n has become the largest European car manufacturer and the fourth in the world.
1920 Citroen Type A |
1940 Citroen |
Andr� Citro�n built armaments for France during World War I and after the war he had a factory and no product. In 1919, the business started to produce automobiles, beginning with the conventional Type A. The Type A was designed by Jules Salomon, Chief Design Officer from Le Z�bre.
Demonstrating extraordinary toughness, a 1923 Citro�n that had already travelled 48,000 km was the first car to be driven around Australia. The car, a 1923 Citro�n 5CV Type C Torpedo, was driven by Neville Westwood from Perth, Western Australia on a round trip from August to December 1925. The car is now fully restored and in the collection of the National Museum of Australia.
1950 Citroen Light |
The cars were initially successful in the market, but soon competitors - who still uses a wooden structure for their bodies, introduces new body designs. Citro�n did not redesign the bodies of their cars. Citro�n sold in large quantities, while not changing the design of the body, but the car's low price was the main selling point and Citro�n experienced heavy losses. [ Car Sales ]
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