1919 - 1929

The Company in 1924

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Citroën's newspaper

The Saint-Ouen plant outsides Paris comes on line when Citroën begins production of the B12, a car with an "all-steel" body. Specializing in the cold-stamping of large batches of small components, the factory is equipped with 250 presses with a capacity of up to 1,400 tonnes.
The Epinettes factory, an annex of Saint-Ouen, comes into operation towards the end of the year. Its role is to produce and treat springs.
Convinced of the worldwide appeal of the motor car, André Citroën lays down the basis for an international network of subsidiaries in Brussels, Amsterdam, Cologne, Milan, Geneva and Copenhagen.
A full 17,000 vehicles are exported in 1924. Citroën renews the taxi fleet in Paris, and sets up a company to run high-speed inter-city bus services.
The Société Anonyme Automobiles Citroën is founded with a capital of FF l00 million. Its declared role is to manufacture motor vehicles.
Daily production rises to 300 vehicles.
Annual production : 55 387 vehicles.

B10 : 1924-1925
production : 17.259

In October Citroën presents the B10. The new car has the same basic chassis and mechanical components as the B2 but its body is all-steel, replacing the conventional mixed wood-and-steel construction.
The B10's body is made of cold-pressed panels welded together and offering far higher resist-ance to impact. The saloon ends the supremacy of the open tourer, which had accounted for 80% of production since 1919.
All the new Citroëns arriving after the B10 have all-metal bodies.
The B10 is equipped with a 1,452 cm³ engine developing 20 bhp at 2,100 rpm. Rated 9 bhp, the caris fitted with a 3-speed gearbox, travels at 70 km/h and consumes 8 litres/100 km. Between October 1924 and December 1925, 17,259 B10s are built.
The marque also launches the 5CV "Citroënette" pedal-car for children.

In the news in 1924