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2 CV van : 1951-78
production : 1.246.335
The Company 1951
- The 15CV becomes the official car used by the French government.
- Annual production : 101 126 vehicles.
The models in 1951
- Citroën launches the 2 CV van : 2 CV AU, 2 CV AK and 2 CV AZU.
- Studies begin on the project VGD (from the French acronym for mass market vehicle) that will pave the way for the DS.
In the news in 1951
- The treaty creating the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) is signed.
- The first experiments take place in colour television.
- In the USA, the Federal Court of New York City sentences Julius and Ethel Rosenberg to death for espionage.
- Marlon Brando stars in A streetcar Named Desire.