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The Company in 1932
- Between April 1931 and February 1932, Haardt and Audouin-Dubreuil undertake their third major expedition: the Croisière Jaune. Forty men and 14 half-tracks cover a distance of 12,000 kilometres from Beirut to Peking via the Himalayas, the Gobi desert, and China, which is in the throes of revolution.
- Annual production : 48 027 vehicles.
The models in 1932
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C6 G
- April sees the arrival of the C4G and C6G, the first vehicles with soft engine mountings to eliminate vibration. This development is symbolized by a swan flying between the double chevrons of the Citroën badge.
- The Paris Motor Show unveils an elegant 8 bhp vehicle with a "single-piece" body that is even stronger than the all-steel model. Able to support the weight of a bus and its 22 passengers, the model is set to go down in history under the name "Rosalie". It has a floating power engine of 1,452 cm3 developing 32 bhp at 3,200 rpm, an 8 bhp rating and 3-speed gearbox with synchromesh on second and third gears. The car travels at 90 km/h and consumes 9 litres/100 km. Available as an open tourer, saloon, and 2 or 4-seat convertible or hard-top, Rosalie is built in 38,835 examples between October 1932 and January 1935.
8CV : 1932-1935
production : 38.835
- The 10 replaces the C4. The more robust engine, which is equipped with side valves, has a capacity of 1,767 cm3 and develops 36 bhp at 3,200 rpm. Rated 10 bhp, it has a 3-speed gearbox, travels at 100 km/h and consumes 9 litres/100 km. The Citroën 10 is built as a saloon, convertible or hard-top, with 2 or 4 seats and a dickey seat or boot, or as a hard-top or convertible "coach". Between October 1932 and January 1935, 49,249 examples are produced.
- The C6G is replaced by the 15, a car with similar specifications to the 8 and the 10, fitted with a 6-cylinder 2,650 cm3 "floating power" engine, developing 56 bhp at 3,200 rpm. Rated 15 bhp, it travels at 100 km/h and consumes 14 litres/100 km. The Citroën 15 is built as a saloon, open tourer, family vehicle or town coupe convertible. A large number of coach or cabriolet bodywork conversions are available. Between October 1932 and January 1935, 7,228 examples of the 15 are produced.
- November sees the appearance of the 10L, an 8 body powered by the 1,767 cm3 engine of the 10. The 15L is launched at the same time, a car combining the 8 body with the 6-cylinder 15 engine.
In the news in 1932
- The President of the French Republic, Paul Doumer, is assassinated.
- France broadcasts its first television programmes.
- James Chadwick, Irene and Frederick Joliot-Curie discover the neutron.
- Collective farming is enforced in the USSR.
- Céline writes Le Voyage au Bout de la Nuit and Aldous Huxley introduces his Brave New World.