1919 - 1929

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Italian ad for C6
C6 : 1928-1933
production : 61.273

The Company in 1928

Citroën plants employ a workforce of 30,000 and have a total production capacity of 1,000 vehicles a day. The marque has 14 distributors in France and North Africa and a service network of 5,000 dealers in France, as well as ten subsidiaries and four plants in other countries.
Citroën's overseas sales account for 45% of all French motor industry exports. Once a month, André Citroën buys the back page of the French newspapers with the largest circulation (15 million) to advertise his factories.
Annual production : 72 356 vehicles.

The B14G Caddy, a 3-seat open sports tourer, has the same basic chassis and mechanical components as the standard B14, while offering improved performance.
The Paris Motor Show unveils the C4, the future replacement for the B14G. The chassis and engine are new, and more robust than before. The car has a 1,628 cm³ engine developing 30 bhp at 3,000 rpm and a 3-speed gearbox. Rated 10 bhp, it travels at 90 km/h and consumes 8.8 litres/100 km. The C4 is available as an open tourer, 4-seat saloon, 6-window limousine, 6-seat family vehicle, 2-seat and 4-seat hard-top. A total 139,835 examples are produced between September 1928 and December 1930.

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C4 : 1928-1934
production : 243.068

The Paris Motor Show also presents the C6, the marque's first production model to be equipped with a 6-cylinder engine. With a capacity of 2,442 cm³, the engine develops 45 bhp at 3,000 rpm. Rated 14 bhp, the C6 is fitted with a 3-speed gearbox, achieves a maximum speed of 105 km/h and consumes 14 litres/100 km. Its design is basically that of an American car with French styling. Built as a saloon or a 4-seat hard-top, 11,521 examples of the C6 were produced to December 1929.
January sees the launch of the C16, a light truck based on the C6F. Powered by the C6 engine, the vehicle offers a 4-speed gearbox and payload of 1,800 kg. Between January and August 1928, 1,246 examples are built.

In the news in 1928

France introduces social security laws.
Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin. Einstein publishes his unified-field theory.
Ravel presents his new ballet Bolero at the Paris Opéra.
The German Kurt Stille, invents magnetic tape.
The French franc is devalued by 80%; holders of govern-ment stock purchased before 1914 are ruined.