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Traction in the Javel plant
The Company in 1952
- The 2CV and the H go into assembly in Belgium.
- The sales company, Citroën Cars Corporation, is founded in New York, USA.
- The sales company Citroën Maroc begins operations in Morocco.
- Annual production : 117 521 vehicles
The models in 1952
- In June, all Traction models gain a rear boot extension that doubles the luggage space.
In the news in 1952
- Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain succeeds to the throne on the death of her father George VI.
- The Treaty of Paris creates the European Defense Community.
- Ernest Hemingway publishes The Old Man and the Sea. Beckett writes Waiting for Godot.
- René Clément makes Jeux Interdits and Stanley Donen Singing in the Rain.