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B2 : 1921-1927
production : 89.615
The Company in 1921
- Stocks of spare parts are created throughout France for the conven-ience of Citroën owners.
- Citroën begins to make a name for itself on other markets, exporting about 3,000 cars in 1921.
- Annual production : 10 933 vehicles.
The models in 1921
- In June, the B2 replaces the Type A. Like its predecessor, it is sold fully equipped. The B2 offers a more powerful engine of 1,452 cm3 developing 20 bhp at 2,100 rpm. Rated 9 bhp, it is fitted with a 3-speed gearbox, travels at 72 km/h and consumes 8 litres/100 km. Thanks to its robust design and economy, the B2 quickly becomes a success. Between May 1921 and July 1926, 89,841 examples are built.
- The Type A Sport, a de luxe open tourer produced in small series, makes its first appearance in April 1920. The elegant, low-slung 4-seat tourer is fitted with a 1,452 cm3 engine with light alloy pistons, developing 22 bhp at 2,100 rpm and a 3-speed gearbox. Rated 9 bhp, it travels at 75 km/h and consumes 8.5 litres/100 km.
- Between April 1920 and December 1921, 671 examples of the Type A Sport are built. The half-tracks, developed from the standard production cars Type A and B2, are equipped with Citroën-Kégresse-Hinstin drive units. They are fitted with 1,452 cm3 engines developing 20 bhp at 2,100 rpm, 3-speed gearboxes and twin rear drive tracks. Three different models are available: "snow", a highly successful model, "cross-country" and "long-distance". A total 1,134 examples are built, powered by the B2 engine. The first vehicles to cross the Sahara, the half tracks are also used in the Croisière Noire.
In the news in 1921
- In Russia, the economic system of War Communism collapses and the New Economic Policy (NEP) is adopted. A sailors' revolt breaks out in the Russian port of Kronstadt.
- The first electric refrigerator goes into production in the USA.
- Best and Banting discover insulin at the University ofToronto. Einstein receives the Nobel Prize for physics.
- The writer Karel Capek invents the word "robot".
- Freud publishes his Essays on Psycho-Analysis, Pirandello his play Six Characters in Search of an Author.