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C4 Fourgon
The Company in 1930
- A foundry section is established alongside the forging plant at Clichy.
- A subsidiary company, Norsk Citroën A/S, is founded in Oslo, Norway.
- Annual production : 77 788 vehicles.
The models in 1930
- The C4 utility vehicle is launched: 500 kg payload, a 1,628 cm3 engine developing 30 bhp at 3,000 rpm and 9 bhp rating. It has a maximum speed of 90 km/h and consumes 8.8 litres/100 km. Based on the C4 family vehicle, the utility model is equipped with removable back seats and a two-section rear door.
- At the Paris Motor Show the C4F replaces the C4. The bodywork is the same, but shorter by 7 cm. The 1,628 cm3 engine - mounted on four rubber blocks - develops 30 bhp at 3,000 rpm and has a 9 bhp rating. The carburettor, clutch and 3-speed gearbox are new. The C4F travels at 90 km/h and consumes 9 litres/100 km. Saloon and family versions are built on a wider chassis. Between September 1930 and July 1931, some 47,576 examples are built.
- The payload of the C61 truck is increased to 2,000 kg and the total weight to 4,000 kg.
In the news in 1930
- Haile Selassie is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia.
- The planet Pluto is discovered.
- Costes and Bellonte make the first non-stop flight from Paris to New York in their Point d'Interrogation: 6,200 km in 37 hours 17 minutes.
- Cocteau produces his first film The Blood of a Poet. Buñuel and Dali collaborate in L'Age d'Or; Chaplin makes City lights, and Sternberg The Blue Angel.
- Walt Disney creates Mickey Mouse.