Citroën is a French automobile brand. The “Automobiles Citroën” manufacturing company was founded in March 1919 by André Citroën. Citroën is owned by Stellantis since 2021 and previously was part of the PSA Group after Peugeot acquired 89.95% share in 1976. Citroën’s head office is located in the Stellantis Poissy Plant in Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine since 2021 (previously in Rueil-Malmaison) and its offices studies and research in Vélizy-Villacoublay, Poissy (CEMR), Carrières-sous-Poissy and Sochaux-Montbéliard.
People posing with their Citroëns from between the 1920s and ’60s
In 1934, the firm established its reputation for innovative technology with the Traction Avant. This was the world’s first car to be mass-produced with front-wheel drive, four-wheel independent suspension, as well as unibody construction, omitting a separate chassis, and instead using the body of the car itself as its main load-bearing structure.
In 1954, they produced the world’s first hydropneumatic self-levelling suspension system then, in 1955, the revolutionary DS, the first mass-produced car with modern disc brakes and, in 1967, they introduced in several of their models swiveling headlights that allowed for greater visibility on winding roads; these cars have received various national and international awards, including three European Car of the Year awards.
Here below is a set of amazing photos from Vintage Cars & People that shows people posing with their Citroëns from between the 1920s and 1960s.
A German middle-class family posing in an open-top Citroën 5 HP Torpédo in front of a monumental equestrian statue in Deutsches Eck, a landmark in the town of Koblenz at the confluence of the rivers Rhine and Moselle, circa 1925
A cheerful young lady posing on the bonnet of a Citroën Type B14 Berline in a forest. The car is registered in the Prussian province of Brandenburg, circa 1929
A company of six posing with a Citroën C4 aboard a river ferry on a gloomy winter’s day. The gents are wearing suits and fedora hats, the ladies are dressed in fur-trimmed woolen coats, circa 1930
A fellow in a suit, two ladies, and three children posing with a Citroën C6, circa 1930
A middle-aged lady posing with a six-cylinder Citroën C6 in front of an impressive piece of Art nouveau architecture, possibly a spa building or sanatorium. She is wearing a floral dress, white hat, and two-tone shoes, circa 1930
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