Citroen
Citroen is a classic car that comes to the buyer with a deep rooted history of its own. It is known for the engineering marvel and innovativeness that it goes on to bring to its buyers. It was founded way back in the year 1911 by Andre-Gustave Citroen.
The Citroen was the first car to be manufactured in huge numbers outside America. Also, the Citroen cars were the very first ones to have linked along with them a huge network of sales help and service stations. Just within eight years of the Citroen being started, it had managed to capture the European market and climbed to be the largest car manufacturer. It also had a prestigious spot of being the fourth largest car manufacturer in the world which is quite a feat to achieve.
The strategies and techniques that the founder for the Citroen had learned in the armament field in France were applied to help mass produce the car. This technique certainly helped to leverage the best of the car and face the stiff competition around. In the year 1924, the Citroen was manufactured using an all steel body for the car. There were several firsts to the Citroen right from the first mass produced car to the hydro-pneumatic self leveling suspension, disc brakes to be seen in European cars. All of this brought to the customer's notice that when they go ahead and buy a Citroen, they certainly get the best in class car for themselves with the most innovative of features.
In the year 2009 when the Citroen car manufacturers celebrated their ninetieth anniversary they also brought about a restructuring to their business. There was a new logo put in place with the slogan creative technologies. There was the launch of a new series of cars called the DS4 and DS5 in the small and large brand series.
The Citroen is well-known in the European markets and has won several awards for itself. The winners have been the Citroen GS, Citroen CX and CitroenXM. In the year 1972, the Citroen SM won the Motor Trend Car of the year.
The latest version of Citroen DS is one of the best compact cars that you can get for yourself. You will love the styling that the Citroen offers you along with the four-speed automatic transmission and 88kW petrol. The best thing is the price that is under $33,000.
Way back in the 1900s when Andre Citroen started his car manufacturing he visited the Ford car factory and that is what influenced his business model. The Citroen car has been one of the best French manufactured cars around.
The Citroen C1 is a car that is made for the city. It comes with the best of designs and engines under its bonnet. The C6 has got a four star rating for itself and the bonnet can pop up if it hits a pedestrian or animal. The C6 is a luxury car that was launched in place of CitroenXM.