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Citroën Type B10
The Citroën B10 is an automobile produced by Citroën at André Citroën's factory in central Paris between 1924 and 1925. The B10 was manufactured using modern mass production technologies which were applied by Citroën and still, at this point, by no other France, French auto-maker; although by now, across the river Rhine, Opel were also copying the assembly line approach (and also Opel Laubfrosch#Plagiarism is alleged, copying one of Citroën's models). The Citroën B10 was in many respects similar to the manufacturer's B2 model. What marks it out as different is its use of an "all-steel" ''("tout-acier")'' body. The B10 was the first European car maker to apply the pressed steel technologies, developed by Ambi-Budd, and which during the next fifteen years would transform the economics of automobile production across Europe. Context The Citroën B10 shared its chassis and engine with the B2, and was produced in parallel with that car. Both models were replaced by the Citro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Citroën
Citroën ()The double-dot diacritic over the 'e' is a diaeresis () indicating the two vowels are sounded separately, and not as a diphthong. is a French automobile brand. The "Automobiles Citroën" manufacturing company was founded on 4 June 1919 by André Citroën. Citroën has been 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. In 1934, the firm established its reputation for innovative technology with the Citroën Traction Avant, Traction Avant. This was the world's first car to be mass-produced with front-wheel drive and four-wheel independent suspension, as well as unibody construction, omitting a separate chassis, and instead using the body of the car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
