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Citroën 'Traction Avant'

Flaminio Bertoni was an artist who was asked to design the body of the Traction Avant, and supposedly shaped in clay with sculptor's tools. Mechanically the car brought front wheel drive to the mass market (based on an American Miller design), and overhead valve engine in a monocoque body, all engineered by André Lefèbvre.

Citroen 11BL 1949 "Traction Avant"	Citroën 11BL 1949 "Traction Avant"	Citroën Light 15 1949 "Traction Avant". A Britisg car built at Slough.	Citroën Light 15 1950	Citroën 11BL 1949 "Traction Avant". Lower, lighter and therefore faster than contemporaries, it was launched in 7CV versions in 1934 and 11CV versions later that year.
Citroën 11BL 1949. French-built 'Traction Avant' car with 1911cc 4-cylinger ohv engine	Citroën 11BL 1949. Engineered by André Lefèbvre and designed by Flaminio Bertoni. the Traction Avant introduced monocoque construction, torsion bar suspension, and front wheel drive to mass production. The development programme backrupted Citroen and forced it into takeover by Michelin.	Citroën Light Fifteen. Built at Slough in 1950, this car is based on the 'Legere' body with the thinner C-pillar. The long wheelbase car was sold as the 'Big Fifteen' in the UK.	Citroën Light Fifteen. Slough-built 1950 11BL ('Light Fifteen' in UK). This car has the 14-hole Belgium made Lambert Nivelle wheels supplied in 1950 to replace short supply Michelin ones.	Citroën Light Fifteen. This Slough-built car shows how the UK cars were given bottom-mounted Wipers years ahead of the French cars.
Citroën Light Fifteen. 'Light Fifteen' is the UK equivalent of the short wheelbase French 'Legere' (11BL).	Citroën Big Six 1950. British Slough-built 2,866cc Six cylinder (15CV) with the long wheelbase 'Normale' bodywork. The 15CV cars were launched in 1938.	Citroën 15CV Six 1953 Familiale. The six cylinder 15CV model was launched in 1938. The extra longe Familiale body is also offered in 7 or 9 seat versions, and later there is even a hatchback version.	Citroën Light 15 1949 "Traction Avant". A British car built at Slough	Citroën Light 15 1949 "Traction Avant". A British car built at Slough
Citroën Light 15 1950	Citroën 11BL 1949	Citroën 11BL 1949 "Traction Avant"	Citroën Big Six. The 6-cylinder Traction Avants had a longer bonnet to accomodate the 15CV 2,866cc engine. They usually had the long wheelbase cabin, shown by the thicker C-pillar.	Citroën Light 15 1949 "Traction Avant". A British car built at Slough
Citroën Light 15 1950. Flaminio Bertoni was an artist who was asked to design the body of the Traction Avant, and supposedly shaped in clay with sculptor's tools.	Citroën DS and ID

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