On Dec 3, 2022 Citroën Autoclub Canada held their annual Christmas party returning to The Mandarin Restaurant to enjoy the vast buffet selection that they offer.
This year’s annual West Coast Citroën Rendez-Vous was held at Sonora in California’s beautiful Tuolumne County. It involved a hundred participants and nearly 50 cars.
Nearly 100 vintage Citroens and other French marques that Pierre Minard, a former mechanic in the town of Breteuil, acquired throughout his life were offered without reserve.
Mike Mullen appeared at the 2020 Eyes on Design show in Detroit with his 2CV sporting a hippie paint job.
By John Fryday….. At a local car show a fellow enthusiast suggested submitting my car to the Hilton Head Concours d’ Elegance in November. It was a 4-hour drive and …
Thijs van der Zanden has just published 2 new Citroën books in English and just in time for Christmas.
Do you know what the overall controlling force is behind our living cars?
A 1938 Traction Avant 11BL Cabriolet Renard & Bec and a 1960 DS 19 Cabriolet La Croisette Type III by Henri Chapron.
Mark Gluck organized a fall foliage Citroën Traction Avant tour of Bucks County, PA.
John Chassin in Chicago has owned this DS for the past 48 years…
Rain was encountered in the morning, but that only made for about a 45-minute portion of the drive and actually as enjoyable as the sun-filled afternoon.
Caselani has taken inspiration from the 2CV Fourgonnette to collaborate with Citroën and create a retro Berlingo-based model.
You will find it not only a great way to understand how the clutch engages but how the whole assembly is constructed and installed.
We can’t help but notice the similarity in design of VW’s GEN.TRAVEL concept, especially the vertical windshield offset back in a manner almost identical to the Oli.
Hagerty has provided information about the Espace in an excellent article titled “Why Citroen’s radical T-Top Espace never took flight”.
They were in the process of, and were always continuously in the process of tinkering to use American components,
Built at the Rennes La Janais plant in Brittany and the Vigo plant in Spain, it sold more than 2,337,016 million units before production finally ceased in June 1994.
The young man excitedly said that he had only seen a few Citroëns in real life.
The nose of the D dropped down under the sudden weight transfer, scooped up the motorcyclist and deposited him into the car’s back seat via the windshield.
The judges were generally aware of the SM but had never or rarely ever seen a French specification highly original car.
If the French government is willing to give me 3500 € for it…. you gotta be practical and take the money.
Considering the relatively clean emissions emitted from new ICE vehicles these days, one has to wonder why there is a huge push to extract rare earth metals to power new EVs.
At this year’s Pebble Beach Concours, two Citroën Traction Avants, adapated to run with Gasification, were on display.
“Citroën Cars 1934 to 1986 A Pictorial History” by Julian Parish, provides a good overview of the company’s innovative models commencing with the Traction Avant.
