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This site is dedicated to the products of the most forward thinking and innovative mainstream motor manufacturer - Citroën.
Please note, this is not the official Citroën website
Le Conservatoire du patrimoine de Citroën
not a museum, not open to the public - lobby Citroën about this!
The Citroën DS came third in the Car Of The Century competition, scoring 567 points. The winner was the Ford Model T with 742 points and the Mini came second with 617 points. The H Van Conspiracy
Citroënët is delighted to host Steve Weinert's H Van site.
The company was founded in 1919 by André Citroën and the first cars went on sale that year. He employed mass production techniques for the first time in the European automotive industry and was also the first to set up a service agent network. If early models were not particularly unusual in terms of technology and styling, all this would change with the release in 1934 of the Traction Avant which set the pattern, some 50 years ahead of its time, for the modern motor car. No chassis, front wheel drive, aerodynamic coachwork, excellent handling and roadholding, attention paid to safety, etc. Unfortunately, André Citroën died shortly after this car was launched. Prior to the birth of the Traction, Citroën mastered the art of publicity with advertising campaigns the like of which had never been seen before - the Eiffel Tower illuminated with his name and the company logo, trans-continental journeys, the setting of endurance records, etc. The launch in 1949 of the 2 CV confounded the critics - here was a car which was so different from its contemporaries that it was doomed to fail. Slow and ugly, it was the antithesis of the post war offerings of other manufacturers - and yet it was to have a production run that spanned five decades and generated enthusiasm bordering on the fanatical. The single most important event in automotive history (after the invention of the wheel and had it been thought necessary and possible to reinvent that, then that too would have been part of the design) occurred in 1955 - the DS 19. The company continued to build innovative cars throughout the sixties and seventies and indeed still does so today.
I welcome comments and contributions Please sign my guestbook
Latest additions to the site Latest info on Citroën's future product range
Do you have a Citroën for sale? Do you want to buy a Citroën? Citroën books for sale
Search this site
Enter the keywords of your choice
Brought to you by What U Seek
A listing of all the cars built by Citroën
Prototypes and concept cars
Sport
Resources including e-mail lists, magazines, links to other sites and screensavers and lots of other goodies
Citroëns made outside France
Photothèques
Miscellaneous
Commercial vehicles
Citroën publicity
Panhard enthusiasts click here
The following are some of the people and organisations who have helped me with this site by offering encouragement, guidance, advice, corrections, photographs, articles, etc.
Blair Anderson Arthur Fryling Steve Weinert Tony Stokoe Claude Westbrook Attila Kálmánzhelyi Gro Høeg
John Reynolds Graham Lane Andrew Minney C David Conway Fred Jansz Harry Prins Julian Leyton
Wouter Jansen Felipe Aichele Michael Cox Adrian Chapman Mike Connally Andreas Rutishauser Hans Tacq
Graham Garnett Guillaume Brachon Ricardo Brunás Sebastian Fernandez Labbe Steve Meyer Toine Moors Valentin Bradateanu
Citroën Car Club Citroën UK Ltd & SA Automobiles Citroën Fabien Sabatès 2CVGB Andy Hathaway Bill Bell And last but not least, my long suffering wife and children
This site is dedicated to the products of the most forward thinking and innovative mainstream motor manufacturer - Citroën.
Please note, this is not the official Citroën website
Le Conservatoire du patrimoine de Citroën
not a museum, not open to the public - lobby Citroën about this!
The Citroën DS came third in the Car Of The Century competition, scoring 567 points. The winner was the Ford Model T with 742 points and the Mini came second with 617 points. The H Van Conspiracy
Citroënët is delighted to host Steve Weinert's H Van site.
The company was founded in 1919 by André Citroën and the first cars went on sale that year. He employed mass production techniques for the first time in the European automotive industry and was also the first to set up a service agent network. If early models were not particularly unusual in terms of technology and styling, all this would change with the release in 1934 of the Traction Avant which set the pattern, some 50 years ahead of its time, for the modern motor car. No chassis, front wheel drive, aerodynamic coachwork, excellent handling and roadholding, attention paid to safety, etc. Unfortunately, André Citroën died shortly after this car was launched. Prior to the birth of the Traction, Citroën mastered the art of publicity with advertising campaigns the like of which had never been seen before - the Eiffel Tower illuminated with his name and the company logo, trans-continental journeys, the setting of endurance records, etc. The launch in 1949 of the 2 CV confounded the critics - here was a car which was so different from its contemporaries that it was doomed to fail. Slow and ugly, it was the antithesis of the post war offerings of other manufacturers - and yet it was to have a production run that spanned five decades and generated enthusiasm bordering on the fanatical. The single most important event in automotive history (after the invention of the wheel and had it been thought necessary and possible to reinvent that, then that too would have been part of the design) occurred in 1955 - the DS 19. The company continued to build innovative cars throughout the sixties and seventies and indeed still does so today.
I welcome comments and contributions Please sign my guestbook
Latest additions to the site Latest info on Citroën's future product range
Do you have a Citroën for sale? Do you want to buy a Citroën? Citroën books for sale
Search this site
Enter the keywords of your choice
Brought to you by What U Seek
A listing of all the cars built by Citroën
Prototypes and concept cars
Sport
Resources including e-mail lists, magazines, links to other sites and screensavers and lots of other goodies
Citroëns made outside France
Photothèques
Miscellaneous
Commercial vehicles
Citroën publicity
Panhard enthusiasts click here
The following are some of the people and organisations who have helped me with this site by offering encouragement, guidance, advice, corrections, photographs, articles, etc.
Blair Anderson Arthur Fryling Steve Weinert Tony Stokoe Claude Westbrook Attila Kálmánzhelyi Gro Høeg
John Reynolds Graham Lane Andrew Minney C David Conway Fred Jansz Harry Prins Julian Leyton
Wouter Jansen Felipe Aichele Michael Cox Adrian Chapman Mike Connally Andreas Rutishauser Hans Tacq
Graham Garnett Guillaume Brachon Ricardo Brunás Sebastian Fernandez Labbe Steve Meyer Toine Moors Valentin Bradateanu
Citroën Car Club Citroën UK Ltd & SA Automobiles Citroën Fabien Sabatès 2CVGB Andy Hathaway Bill Bell And last but not least, my long suffering wife and children