French civilian vehicle CITROËN Traction 7A COBI 2263 - World War II

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Did you know that:

• The car was developed in 1933 by a pair of designers, sculptors, artists F. Bertoni and racer A. Lefébvre, whose collaboration resulted in a completely revolutionary car that simply had no competition at the time of its creation?
• Self-supporting design, independent front suspension with torsion bar suspension was the first Citroen 7A?
• The carmaker for serial production has modified the assembly lines so that 1000 pieces per day can be created here?
• The construction work on the 7A took a long time and André Citroën was running out of money, so he was forced to launch the car earlier, which in the first series was due to high failure rates?
• The 7A model actually cost A. Citroën his life when he was forced to lay off several thousand employees and sell the shares to tire mogul E. Michelin?
• Exhausted and broken A. Citroën died in July 1935?
• At first, the public did not trust technical innovations, and the carmaker had to constantly show at many public events that the 7A was safe?
• Gradually the car became a sales hit and 760,000 pieces were produced in various versions?
• After all, the 7A car also had a weak point, and that was a small 1.3-liter engine that was simply weak for a large car?
• Is there even a website dedicated to this model, which, among other things, maintains a database of surviving vehicles, of which there are currently 72?

Technical parameters:

• dimensions length 4.45 m, width 1.62 m, height 1.52 m
• weight 900 kg
• power unit 4-cylinder petrol engine 1 303 ccm with an output of 32 hp
• maximum speed 100 km / h
• range approx. 450 km
• front drive
• number of speeds 3 forward and 1 reverse
• fuel tank 50 l
• number of seats 4