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1946 Citroën Light 15

United Kingdom • 27 Nov 2021 • Lot 246

Vehicle Details

AI Listing Summary

This 1946 Citroën Traction Avant, a right-hand drive 'Light 15' model built in Slough, is a desirable classic due to its 'small boot' configuration. It features a black exterior with contrasting trim, a good woodwork dash, and is reported to run and drive well. The car comes with its original registration document and buff logbook, and has been fitted with seat belts.

Condition

6

While the car 'presents well' and is reported to 'run and drive very well,' the presence of 'contrasting trim' and the need for 'freeing up some room' suggest some level of wear and potential cosmetic issues. The car has been well-maintained, and the vendor says that it has been fitted with seatbelts.

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Transmission:

[Transmission]

Chassis No:

126578

Odometer:

81,531 miles

Reg Number:

KUA 444

RHD/LHD:

RHD

The Citroën Traction Avant was manufactured from 1934 to 1957.

The Traction Avant, French for 'front-wheel drive', was designed by André Lefèbvre and Flaminio Bertoni in late 1933.

While not the first produced front-wheel drive car, it was the world's first front-wheel drive steel monocoque production car and successfully pioneered front-wheel drive on the European mass car market.

This method of construction was viewed with great suspicion in many quarters, with doubts about its strength, an unusual type of crash test was conceived taking the form of driving the car off a cliff to demonstrate its strength.

Left hand drive versions were built in Paris, Belgium and Denmark, right hand drive cars were built in Slough, England.

The Slough version was called the Light 15 and the long wheelbase the Big 15.

This confusing terminology referred to the British fiscal tax rating of the time which was higher than the French.

Models assembled in Slough had to be 51% UK parts to make them ex...