1920, Citroen won the title of "fuel saving champion" in a car race held in Le Mans, France, which made Citroen famous and directly promoted the sales growth of Citroen. By the end of that year, there were 6.5438+0.5 million Citroen Mercedes-Benz on the streets of France.
1920 won the Le Mans Best Economic Performance Award, and this reputation soon brought good luck to Citroen. By 1924, the daily output reached 300 vehicles, and Citroen became one of the successful automobile manufacturers in Europe. 1924 On July 28th, Citroen Automobile Company was formally established.
The earliest Citroen
1900, 22-year-old Andre Citroen obtained a patent for cutting herringbone gears from Poland. Then, the young man who graduated from the comprehensive engineering school founded the Citroen gear factory. Citroen automobile company was founded in 19 19, and began his tireless pursuit in the automobile industry.
1965438+in may 2009, Citroen's model a car was put into production in kazawa, France, which started the production of Citroen cars. Although the annual output at that time was only 28 10, Citroen A still created many firsts in France: the first large-scale, low-cost and well-equipped production line imported from Europe; The first left-hand drive car; The first car for mass consumers set a record of only 7950 francs each at that time.
In fact, the performance of type A was also very advanced at that time. The power system is equipped with a 1327cc four-cylinder engine, and the fuel consumption per 100 kilometers is only 7.5 liters. Three-speed transmission configuration, the top speed can reach 65 km/h, and the structure of three cabins and four seats is very popular.
Shortly after the end of the year, Citroen introduced a commercial vehicle based on the original A-type: a trailer truck with a load of 300kg. From May of 19 19 to May of 192 1 year, the total output of Citroen A cars was 24,000.