Citroën Pioneered the Use of Fiber Optics in Automobiles
Citroën utilized plastic optical fiber to send light from the dashboard cluster to the ignition switch keyhole.
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This exceptional barn find includes a wide range of 2CV models, from the early models to the later ones.
Robert Opron was not a man of the grand stage and always avoided the spotlight.
Bob Deimert’s worldwide reputation as a genius at restoring “warbirds” enabled him to finance his dreams.
This Citroën ZX Rally Raid, number C05, debuted as car number 201 at the 1990 Pharaohs Rally, piloted by 1981 World Rally Champion and four-time Paris-Dakar Rally winner Ari Vatanen.
Additional models will be launched as part of a plan to be “daring and shocking”.
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.
This year a 1974 Citroën SM meticulously prepped by owner Tony Burgess made quite an impression with the admiring crowd and the Concours judges who voted to give it the Technical Innovation Award.
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.
Although we question their conclusion that the Dyane is “twice the car a 2CV is”, both articles are good reads.
GM was issued these warrants by Peugeot SA in 2017 as part of the sale of its Opel-Vauxhall business.
The judges were generally aware of the SM but had never or rarely ever seen a French specification highly original car.
Since 1938, the Citroën test center has been a Mecca for the automobile.
“I never thought it could be cheaper to drive the C3 Picasso than the BMW i3 on fuel costs.”
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