Paris Motor show
The Company in 1960
- As part of an industrial cooperation agreement between France and Yugoslavia, Citroën and Tomos, a Yugoslavian company, agree to assemble the 2CV in the Tomos plant at Koper.
- The Catila factory in Argentina begins to assemble the 2CV and the Ami.
- Annual production : 316 218 vehicles.
The models in 1960
- The Paris Motor show unveils the DS19 Cabriolet, with bodywork designed by Chapron. The car has a 4-speed gearbox (including three syncromesh) and a centrifugal clutch.
- The Cabriolet offers 76 colour combinations, 13 body colours and 11 interior trim shades. The DS19 Cabriolet is produced in 1,325 examples between September 1960 and 1974.
In the news in 1960
- John F. Kennedy is elected President of the USA.
- Eighteen European countries, the United States and Canada sign the convention establishing the OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development).
- The USA sends more non-combat military personnel into Vietnam after the North Vietnamese unify the South Vietnamese communist insurgents.
- Fellini makes La Dolce Vita and Jean-Luc Godard Breathless.