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Model Name Introduction Discontinued Segment Body Style Predecessor Successor Notes Cars; 7U: 1911 1938 E: 4-door sedan Citroën Rosalie: 2CV: 1948 1990 B 4-door sedan 5-door hatchback 2-door panel van pickup. coupé utility. Citroën Dyane: Ami: 1961 1978 B 4-door sedan 5-door estate. 2-door van Citroën Axel. Citroën Visa. Axel: 1984 1988 B ...
The Ami 6 was the first model manufactured at the new Citroën plant in Rennes opened in 1961, where later the Dyane and GS were manufactured. Spain The Ami 6 and Ami 8 were also built by Citroën Hispania in Vigo (Spain) from 1967 to 1978, but they were never called "Ami" because of a legal problem with that name.
The top of the range ID model, The DSuper5 (DP) gained the DS21 engine (the only model that this engine was retained in) for the 1973 model year and it was mated to a five-speed gearbox. This should not be confused with the 1985 cc DSuper fitted with an optional "low ratio" five-speed gearbox, or with the previous DS21M (DJ) five-speed.
With demand for these models still high Citroën made the Dolly a permanent fixture in the 2CV range. While the first two series had, like the other special editions, been based on the more luxurious Club model the production Dolly was based on the basic 2CV Spécial to provide a model priced between the Spécial and the Club.
Early models of the uniquely styled trucks were just named Type H, but soon they were differentiated by a second letter, using the last four letters in the alphabet – except for the type HP for (flat-bed) pickups. Thus the vans were built as the types HW through HZ – with the majority of them built as Citroën HY.
In 1954, they produced the world's first hydropneumatic self-levelling suspension system; [8] then the revolutionary DS, the first mass-produced car with modern disc brakes, in 1955; [9] and in 1967 they introduced in several of their models swiveling headlights that allowed for greater visibility on winding roads.
The Citroën Traction Avant (French pronunciation: [tʁaksjɔnaˈvɑ̃]) is the world's first monocoque-bodied, front-wheel drive car that was mass-produced. [2] A range of mostly four-door saloons and executive cars, as well as longer wheelbased "Commerciale", [3] and three row seating "Familiale" models, were produced with four- and six-cylinder engines, by French carmaker Citroën from 1934 ...
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