CITROEN TRACTION AVANT

$25.10

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Our CITROEN TRACTION AVANT is of course the car manufactured by the French. They were a range of mostly 4-door saloons and executive cars, with four or six-cylinder engines, produced by the French manufacturer CitroC+n from 1934 to 1957. Approximately 760,000 units were produced.B The Traction Avant pioneered mass-production of three revolutionary innovations widely adopted since, and still used today: front-wheel drive, four-wheel independent suspension, and the use of a crash resistant, unitary, monocoque body. Additionally, the car was one of the earliest mass-production adopters of rack and pinion steering.

Although the car’s name emphasized its front-wheel drive power delivery (“Traction Avant” literally means bfront tractionb) b the car stood out at least as much by its much lower profile and stance b made possible by the absence of a separate chassis under the car’s unitary body b sharply distinguishing it visually from its contemporaries.

They were designed by AndrC) LefC(bvre and Flaminio Bertoni in late 1933 / early 1934, and pioneered front-wheel drive on the European mass car market, along with DKW’s and Adler’s 1930s models. Front-wheel drive had just appeared for the first time through luxury vehicle manufacturers Alvis, which built the 1928 Racing FWD in the UK, and Cord, which produced the L29 from 1929 to 1932 in the United States.B The Traction Avant’s structure was a welded unitary body / chassis. Most other cars of the era were based on a separate frame (chassis) onto which the non-structural body (“coachwork”) was built. Unitary construction (also called Unit Body or “Unibody” in the US) results in a lighter vehicle, and is now used for virtually all car construction

This is a flat non-embossed plate with a pressed out embossed border, made from high quality aluminium and the artwork applied by a dye sublimation process with a lovely gloss finish. They measure 37 x 13 cm, exactly the same as the traditional fully embossed type of plate and look just like our other Aussie made novelty number plates; even the mounting holes are in exactly the same positions, so they can easily be hung on display indoors or outdoors.B For protection during delivery we use extra packing materials to ensure they arrive in tip-top condition

Important note about images we provide : Just as we sometimes see that bpricing is subject to change without noticeb, so too are bdesigns subject to change without noticeb. In 99.99% of cases, what you see on Dixiebs website or brochure is what you get. However, there are the odd times when designs have changed in some small way (eg: maybe a logo moves to a different location on the item, or the colour changes). Sometimes this information doesnbt always trickle down until the new designs are manufactured and shipped to Dixie.B We hope this is helpful and understandable.

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Weight 0.15 kg

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