Traction
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Traction is the common nickname for the Citroën Traction Avant, a pioneering French automobile famous for its early use of front-wheel drive and unitary body construction.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Traction canonical | 2 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
automobile model
ⓘ
passenger car ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Citroën Traction Avant
ⓘ
surface form:
Citroën 11
Citroën 7 ⓘ
surface form:
Citroën 15 Six
Citroën 7 ⓘ Traction ⓘ Citroën Traction Avant ⓘ
surface form:
Traction Avant
|
| assemblyLocation |
Forest, Belgium
ⓘ
Javel factory ⓘ Paris ⓘ Slough ⓘ |
| bodyStyle |
convertible
ⓘ
four-door sedan ⓘ limousine ⓘ two-door coupé ⓘ |
| category |
Citroën vehicles
ⓘ
cars introduced in 1934 ⓘ front-wheel-drive vehicles ⓘ |
| class | mid-size car ⓘ |
| constructionType |
monocoque
ⓘ
unitary body ⓘ |
| continuedProductionDuring | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| designer |
André Lefèbvre
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Flaminio Bertoni NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| drivetrain | transverse engine front-wheel drive ⓘ |
| engineConfiguration |
inline-four engine
ⓘ
inline-six engine ⓘ |
| era | pre-World War II automobile ⓘ |
| fuelType | petrol ⓘ |
| layout | front-wheel drive ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Citroën ⓘ |
| market | European market ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
early use of all-steel monocoque construction
ⓘ
independent front suspension ⓘ low center of gravity ⓘ one of the first mass-produced front-wheel-drive cars ⓘ |
| notableInfluenceOn |
front-wheel-drive adoption in Europe
ⓘ
modern unibody car design ⓘ |
| predecessor | Citroën Rosalie ⓘ |
| productionEndYear | 1957 ⓘ |
| productionStartYear | 1934 ⓘ |
| successor | Citroën DS ⓘ |
| usedBy |
French Resistance
ⓘ
National Police of France ⓘ
surface form:
French police
|
| wheelbaseVariant |
long wheelbase
ⓘ
normal wheelbase ⓘ short wheelbase ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Citroën Traction Avant