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While punk was still far to emerge in the 19th century, André Citroën would probably have loved the founder of the famous French automotive workshops pioneering shared a lot of the attitude that punk wave was introduced much later a revolutionary punk band based antiFLAG United States raised a new type of army with the release of one of their drives, so did Citroën in the automotive industry.
Born in 1878, André Citroën was the son of a wealthy diamond merchant Dutch After completing his high school years, young Andrew was already charmed by technology, a passion he had first felt at the age of 10 years when he discovered the writings of Jules Verne, he enrolled at the Polytechnic school in Paris, at the age of 20, having fully embraced the idea of becoming an engineer.
The years of study and paid after working for a while with the car company Mors, he advanced to establish its own André Citroën Co. was founded in 1905 Andrew was only 27 at the time.
In 1913, the company changed its name in the Company Gears Citroen Citroen Cog Factory The same year, the visionary engineer founded another company primarily focused on the development carburetors based on a patent he had obtained Fascinated by working methods Henry Hord, he paid his visit to the assembly lines in the United States, where he carefully analyzed the logical steps that were taken in the organization of such a workplace.
After seeing the process and be powered by its own desire to make cars, Citroen deliver his first car in 1919, shortly after the end of World War I. After sharing a similar fate to other automakers, Citroën had to covert its assembly lines to certify the need for weapons and ammunition in wartime it was during this time he began to think about the things he would do after the war will have been completed.
The first car produced by its factory was simply called Type A, a vehicle powered by April 1, 1326 cc engine cylinder engine that could propel the car to a speed of 40 4 mph 65 km h The main advantage of the model A is its versatility, in except its chassis and engine, everything was made or could be selected directly from the factory with a wide range of options, including the types of bodywork and spare tires.
Another great thing about the model A was its affordability These two features juxtaposed leads to an overall positive reception of the vehicle in just 6 months after its output type A sold 2,500 units by next year, in 1920, Citroën had already produced almost 10 times more cars.
1920 brought a series of technological improvements, many of which would later become the Citroën brand labels with interest paid to the area of road construction vehicles and military equipment, Citroen experimented with half-tracks that he called half-track.
In 1921, Citroën had gained enough popularity to become part of the Parisian lifestyle The first Citroën Taxis appeared, followed by the release of a newer car model, type C, a lighter vehicle more compact but less powerful than its predecessor, the Type a this particular vehicle is also available in a version called the three places Clover Leaf Clover which garnered much praise.
more advanced models would be introduced in later years, as the B12 1925 and B14 in 1927 just before the start of the 30s, Citroën introduce the C4 and C6, the latter having been a major success for the French manufacturer as was both his first car 6 cylinders and the first to reach 62 mph Unlike competitors tis at the time, Citroën has made use of extensive advertising campaigns and developed and long Airplanes advertising crusades could be seen jotting the name Citroën on Paris 1922nd three years later citizens could read the same message on the Eiffel Tower, written in the light to get an idea of the methods and the almost Texan style as think big expensive Citroën, 200,000 bulbs and miles of wiring were needed Citroenize to the Eiffel Tower.
His crusades to popularize the benefits of motorized vehicles are not less popular Citroen crossed the Sahara for the first time in a motorized expedition 1922-1923, covered the distance of Algeria at the southern tip of the African continent, Cape of Good Hope via Kenya in 1924-1925 Journey black and drove from Beirut to Beijing in a second effort as labeled yellow Journey that took a year to complete and 1931-1932.
Shortly after the triumphant exploits of Citroen, the first major technological improvements would come floating-power engine that eliminates vibration using a method of fixing previously patented rubber bolt stages of domination Chrysler World record would soon arrive as well, Citroën having broken an amazing 106 records with their cute named Rosalie 8 model that covered 300,000 kilometers in 134 days Thus, following brought the reliability of the car again.
However, as Nelly Furtado predicted, good things finally ended the Great Depression fell on society as a tidal wave of financial problems Fortunately, a Michelin lifeguard was around and saved from drowning Citroën.
After performing CPR on Citroen, Michelin took the company under the tutelage Citroën has developed more and by the mid 30's, he would reveal their greatest innovation of the drive wheel of public fronds or Citroën Traction Avant Although n has not been the first to develop the system, it boast the only first FWD car to go into mass production, type 7.
Later the 22cv and 11HP born popularity of the new traction system would exceed the expected limits heralding god times for the company The last famous pull model, a Family 11HP deployed doors of the plant in mid-summer of 1957 the 60's marked the end of the old age of Citroën and the launch of a modern era of technological achievements, such as the introduction of hydro-pneumatic suspension.
Although known for their reliability, Citroën cars did not meet the design trends to a certain conservatism of points that lead to a drastic reduction in sales, however, the effect was countered later in the early 90s when the Citroën models are round and milder forms new models and reinventing older ensured the success of the company to date and the brand is still considered a purveyor of fine vehicles for over 75 years.
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