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 was equipped with a 1327cc four-cylinder engine, and the fuel consumption per 100 kilometers was 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.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Citroen