Citroen Car Club (Traction Avant)

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Description: It is largely thanks to the Traction Avant – fondly referred to as The Maigret Car - that Citroën earned its reputation for advanced technology and innovative engineering.  Those cars built before 1934 wearing the now famous Double Chevron emblem arguably might be considered as being somewhat conventional, but it is the Traction Avant which was responsible for changing Citroën’s fortunes and reshaping automobile history. The Traction Avant bristled with technology.  In addition to front-wheel drive and monocoque bodyshell, specification included hydraulic braking, all-round independent torsion bar suspension to afford the best possible ride quality, and a wet-liner four-cylinder overhead valve engine.  Initial proposals had called for automatic transmission, until this proved too time consuming to perfect within the stringent timescale.