Citroen Traction
Roadster & Convertible Discontinued

Citroen Traction

1934 – 1957 Production
7 Generations
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Generations

7 generations

CITROEN Traction

1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944

This is one of the rarest versions of the Citroen Traction Avant. Its history began shortly before WWII tore the world apart: the TA 15/6 Cabriolet.

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CITROEN Traction

CITROEN Traction

1938, 1939

André-Gustave Citroën was a revolutionary French engineer and left a precious legacy to the automotive industry: the Traction Avant, or TA for short.

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CITROEN Traction

CITROEN Traction

1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957

Citroen introduced a more powerful version of the Traction Avant in 1938, namely the 15/6, which was a more appropriate engine for this French Executive sedan.

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CITROEN Traction

CITROEN Traction

1936, 1937, 1938, 1939

When the French automaker introduced the Traction Avant in 1934, the world was stunned since the car offered quirky features for those times, and that included the unibody construction and the front-wheel drive.

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CITROEN Traction

CITROEN Traction

1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957

Citroen introduced the Traction Avant (Front-wheel drive) on the market in 1934, a car that managed not only to save the French automaker but also remained in production until 1956.

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CITROEN Traction

CITROEN Traction

1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957

With the Citroen Traction Avant, the French automaker broke all the rules from the technical books and thus produced the most advanced car of its era, and the model lasted for more than two decades on the market. It even survived WWII.

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CITROEN Traction

1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939

Based on the same platform as the Citroen TA 7B, the S version featured a larger, more powerful engine.

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