One was able to
order six different body styles directly from the factory, this at a
time where one got the chassis and the engine from other makers and had
it completed by a coachworks Digimaster 3 of
your own choice! Even the spare wheel and the lighting were included in
the price of F7 205. From June to December 1919, Citroën produced 2,500
cars. In 1920, they had already produced 20,200! Also in 1920, Citroën
first tested half-track autos called "Autochenilles" using the patents
of Adolphe Kégresse.
In impassable
regions they were very useful, and their reliability helped to improve
the reputation of Citroën as an automobile manufacturer. The half-tracks
were not only used by the armed forces, in road-building and
agriculture, but also by different post
Digimaster 3 offices, among them the Swiss
PTT which equipped their "Autochenilles" with skis at the front. In
1921, the first Citroën Taxis appeared on the streets of Paris. The big
news at the Paris Motor Show in October was the 5 hp Type C, a real car
for the people with 856 cubic cm engine, 60 km/h top speed, available
as a Torpedo with two seats. The car was first available in the summer
of 1922 and was sold only in one color: lemon yellow.
The small car was a real success.
In 1924, it was presented as a three-seater. The third seat was in the
rear in the middle and the passenger put his feet between the two BMW GT1 front
seats. This version, named the "Trèfle" (Clover Leaf) gained a great
deal of fame. Up to March 1926, it stayed in production with only minor
changes - about 90,000 were built and quite a number still exist today.
After the B12 of 1925, the B14 was introduced in 1927, driven by a 1538
cubic cm engine with 22 true horsepower. It was followed by the C4 in
1929. Also in 1929, the C6 was introduced - the first six cylinder
Citroën (2442 cubic cm), and the first mb star c3 Citroën to reach 100 km/h. André
Citroën was very successful in drawing the public's attention with
elaborate publicity campaigns. In 1922, airplanes wrote the name
"Citroën" in the sky over Paris; in 1925 the name "Citroën" could have
been read on the Eiffel tower:
200,000 light bulbs were necessary and several kilometers of cabling!
The Citroën has a rich and strong background in car manufacturing, it is
one of the most underrated companies in today’s time. You may not see
that many Citroën cars on the road, in North America, in fact they are a
rare piece of machinery to be seen.
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