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    The Citroën Traction Avant (French pronunciation: [tʁaksjɔnaˈvɑ̃]) is the world's first monocoque-bodied, front-wheel drive, mass-production car. A range...
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    Citroën (French pronunciation: [sitʁɔɛn] ) is a French automobile brand. The "Automobiles Citroën" manufacturing company was founded in 4 June 1919 by...
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    The Citroën H-Type vans (most commonly the Citroën HY), are a series of panel vans and light trucks, produced by French automaker Citroën for 34 years...
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    The Citroën DS (French pronunciation: [si.tʁɔ.ɛn de.ɛs]) is a front mid-engined, front-wheel drive executive car manufactured and marketed by Citroën from...
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    DS, Ami 6, and Traction Avant cars. In production until 1974, the medium-duty truck was intended as the replacement for the older Citroën U23 trucks. The...
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  • ordered by year of introduction. Citroën Alternative propulsion includes the following: Biofuel Citroëns include the Citroën C4 BioFlex (bioethanol flexible...
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    Caron, Évolution des tractions avant Citroën [Evolution of Citroën's "Traction Avant"] (in French) Wikimedia Commons has media related to Citroën Rosalie....
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    production hatchback was made by Citroën in 1938: the (11CV) "Commerciale" version of their 1934–1957 Citroën Traction Avant series. The initial target market...
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    at Volandia Park and Flight Museum. Citroën Traction Avant Citroën 2 CV 1949 1957 Citroën DS Citroën H Van Citroën AMI-6 Sedan "Flaminio Bertoni / – Design/Designer...
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    than the car it replaced, the Citroën Traction Avant, leaving a large gap in the middle range of the market. In 1956, Citroën developed the C10, a bubble...
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    was the Bucciali TAV-6. Six years before the appearance of the Citroën Traction Avant and more than two years before the launch of the DKW F1, the Bucciali...
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    with the front-wheel-drive Citroën Traction Avant and Citroën 2CV in mind. Michelin had bought the then-bankrupt Citroën in the 1930s. Because of its...
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    construction. Citroën purchased this fully unitary body design for the Citroën Traction Avant. This high-volume, mass-production car was introduced in 1934 and...
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    was preceded by Cord's own 1929 Cord L-29, and the French 1934 Citroën Traction Avant front wheel drive cars, but the 810/812 was commercially less successful...
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    The Citroën TUB (from the French Traction Utilitaire Basse or Traction Utilitaire type B) was a light van produced by Citroën from 1939 through 1941,...
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    1931 and later used in a lot of designs. The front wheel drive Citroën Traction Avant from 1934 was the first to implement the idea in a serially produced...
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    BSA Scout, Citroën Traction Avant, Citroën DS, Renault 4 (and derivatives R5 and R6), Renault 16, Saab 900 Saab Sonett mk1, the Citroën SM, and the Mitsubishi...
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    André-Gustave Citroën (French: [ɑ̃dʁe ɡystav sitʁɔɛn]; 5 February 1878 – 3 July 1935) was a French industrialist and the founder of French automaker Citroën. He...
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    used at least since the 1930s when SKF designed a unit used on the Citroën Traction Avant car. As of 2019 at least 90 million vehicles use SKF wheel hub bearings...
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  • 1990s Avant (train), a high speed rail service in Spain Audi Avant, a station wagon Audi RS2 Avant, a high performance estate car Citroën Traction Avant, a...
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    The first station wagon produced by a French manufacturer was the Citroën Traction Avant Familiale model introduced in 1935. The first Peugeot station wagon...
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    manufactured in the first half of the 20th century, including the iconic Citroën Traction Avant. In the era before seat belts, the accidental opening of such doors...
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    hired by André Citroën to work on the Traction Avant project. After the death of André Citroën in 1935, Lefèbvre continued his work at Citroën, now led by...
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    facilities at Clermont-Ferrand and at Citroën in Paris, by the design team who had created the Traction Avant. Boulanger closely monitored all decisions...
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    carry a large enough proportion of weight for good traction and handling. The 1934 Citroën Traction Avant solved the weight distribution issue by placing...
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    executive cars. Citroën's first large car was the 1934 Citroën Traction Avant. In 1955, the Traction Avant was replaced by the iconic Citroën DS, which was...
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    towards the firewall, the rear of the car. This is the case for the Citroën Traction Avant, Saab 99, Saab 900 and many rear-engine cars. Contrary to most car...
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    Kégresse in 1939. The transmission was intended for use in the Citroën Traction Avant, however Kégresse ran out of money before a working model could...
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    The Citroën C4 and C6 models were designed to replace the Citroën Type A 10 hp and Citroën Type B model family cars. The styling of the two models was...
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    truck introduced by Citroën in 1935. Although the engine cowling and front body appeared similar to the Citroën Traction Avant's, the U23 had a conventional...
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