French automobile CITROËN Traction 7C COBI 2264 - Historical Collection

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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 created a completely revolutionary car, which 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 car 7 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 the high failure rate?
• The Model 7 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 car 7 was safe?
• Gradually the car became a sales hit and 760,000 pieces were produced in various versions?
• 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 1025 kg
• power unit 4-cylinder petrol engine 1 628 ccm with an output of 48 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 places 3