Homepage > History > Citroën in the history > 1930 - 1939 > 1935

1930 - 1939

Publicité pour la 11 CV

The Company in 1935

  • André Citroën dies on 3 July after a serious illness.

  • The Italian assembly plant closes down. The new customs regulations of 1934 make it too complicated to assemble vehicles in Italy. The subsidiary continues to operate.

  • Annual production : 30 759 vehicles.

The models in 1935

  • The range is stabilized after the economic catastrophes of 1934.

  • The Type 23 van is launched in September. Rated 11 bhp, it is fitted with the 4-cylinder 1,911 cm3 engine of the Traction Avant developing 42 bhp. The payload is 1,500 kg and the total laden weight 3,500 kg.

  • Coachbuilders outside the company design the Type 32B bus, which remains in production until 1948.


In the news in 1935


  • Hitler denounces the Treaty of Versailles and begins to re-arm Germany.
  • The Nuremberg Laws mark the start of anti-Semitic persecution in Germany.
  • The Italian army invades Ethiopia.
  • Jean Giraudoux publishes La guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu.
  • The liner Normandie makesits maiden voyage from Southampton to New York.