Citroën Traction Avant

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automobile model passenger car

The Citroën Traction Avant is a pioneering French automobile introduced in the 1930s, renowned for its innovative front-wheel drive, unitary body construction, and advanced engineering for its time.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Citroën Traction Avant canonical 7
Citroën 11 1
Traction Avant 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf automobile model ⓘ
passenger car ⓘ
assemblyLocation Colombia ⓘ
Forest, Belgium ⓘ
Javel factory ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
Slough, United Kingdom ⓘ
bodyStyle 2-door cabriolet ⓘ
2-door coupé ⓘ
4-door sedan ⓘ
5-door hatchback (commercial variants) ⓘ
category historic vehicle ⓘ
class mid-size car ⓘ
constructionType monocoque ⓘ
unitary body ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
designer André Lefèbvre ⓘ
Flaminio Bertoni ⓘ
drivetrain front-wheel drive ⓘ
enginePlacement front-engine ⓘ
engineType inline-four petrol engine ⓘ
inline-six petrol engine ⓘ
era post-World War II automobile ⓘ
pre-World War II automobile ⓘ
fuelType petrol ⓘ
introducedAt Paris Motor Show ⓘ
introductionYear 1934 ⓘ
layout front-wheel drive ⓘ
manufacturer Citroën ⓘ
marketName 11CV ⓘ
15 Six ⓘ
7CV ⓘ
nickname Traction ⓘ
notableFeature all-steel body ⓘ
hydraulic brakes ⓘ
independent front suspension ⓘ
low-slung chassis ⓘ
torsion bar suspension ⓘ
notableFor early mass-produced front-wheel-drive car ⓘ
pioneering unitary body construction in mass-market cars ⓘ
predecessor Citroën Rosalie ⓘ
productionEnd 1957 ⓘ
productionStart 1934 ⓘ
successor Citroën DS ⓘ
transmission 3-speed manual gearbox ⓘ
usedBy French Resistance ⓘ
surface form: French Resistance during World War II

National Police of France ⓘ
surface form: French police (postwar)
wheelbaseVariant long wheelbase ⓘ
normal wheelbase ⓘ
short wheelbase ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Citroën → hasModel → Citroën Traction Avant ⓘ
André Citroën → notableWork → Citroën Traction Avant ⓘ
Citroën DS → predecessor → Citroën Traction Avant ⓘ
15 Six → basedOn → Citroën Traction Avant ⓘ
subject surface form: Citroën 15 Six
Traction → alsoKnownAs → Citroën Traction Avant ⓘ
subject surface form: Citroën Traction Avant
this entity surface form: Traction Avant
Traction → alsoKnownAs → Citroën Traction Avant ⓘ
subject surface form: Citroën Traction Avant
this entity surface form: Citroën 11
Javel factory → product → Citroën Traction Avant ⓘ
Javel factory → associatedWithModel → Citroën Traction Avant ⓘ
Citroën Rosalie → successor → Citroën Traction Avant ⓘ