Nice appearance

Attractive convertible

Attracting sympathy



French title as historic vehicle

Chassis n° 5186384



In 1935, Citroën, in bankruptcy, is bought by the Michelin family, who made their fortune with their tyre factory.

Gone was André Citroën, the new boss was called Pierre Michelin.

But when he was killed in a car accident, Pierre-Jules Boulanger, an engineer and until then director of commercial services at Michelin, was called in.

In order to turn the company around, he was forced to lay off some of the staff, but also to put an end to some interesting projects, including the legendary Traction 22 CV with a V8 engine.

As part of this rationalisation policy, he had his teams work on a car intended for a rural and hard-working population with few resources.

The specifications were simple: the future car had to have four seats and be able to carry 50 kg of luggage at 60 km/h, without exceeding a fiscal power of 2 HP, while being easy to maintain and economical.

It ...