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The 46 DP UADI type bus
The Company in 1956
- The DS goes into assembly in Belgium.
- Annual production : 190 901 vehicles.
The models in 1956
- The first 4-wheel drive Citroën truck - the 46 CDU - goes on sale, equipped with a 5,181 cm3 6-cylinder diesel engine developing 95 bhp. It has a payload of 5,000 kg and a total laden weight of 9,300 kg.
- At the end of the year, the Type 46 DP UADI is launched. The bodywork is identical to the Type 55. It has a diesel engine, with the cylinders bored out from 94 to 100 mm, and a 5-speed gearbox.
In the news in 1956
- The Russian army invades Budapest to put down the Hungarian uprising.
- The Suez Canal is nationalized. The occupation of the canal zone by a Franco-British expeditionary force gives rise to a serious international crisis.
- Khruschev denounces "the personality cult" and crimes of Staline.
- Albert Camus publishes The Fall. London holds an exhibition of Pop Art.