Ami 8 : 1969-1979
production : 773.344
The Company in 1969
- The Metz-Borny plant (Lorraine region) comes into operation, taking over the work of the Saint-Charles plant in Paris. Built with the GS in mind, Metz supplies all the car's gearboxes.
- Maserati joins forces with the Citroën group to develop a 6-cylinder engine for a future prestige car bearing the Citroën badge.
- A plant in Tehran (Iran) begins assembling the 2CV van, Dyane and Babybrousse, in accordance with an industrial and commercial cooperation agreement signed in 1966.
- Under the terms of the agreement with Fiat, Autobianchi models are sold through Citroën dealerships in France, Belgium, Switzerland and Portugal, while Citroëns are sold through Autobianchi dealerships in Italy.
- The Société des Transports Citroën creates Citer, an international car rental organization.
- All the Group's data-processing activities are brought together in a single newly created data-processing department.
- Annual production : 505 309 vehicles.
The models in 1969
In the news in 1969
- General de Gaulle retires after failing to win a referendum on decentralization. Georges Pompidou becomes President of the Republic (1969-1974).
- British Government sends troops into Northern Ireland.
- The American Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin walk on the moon.
- Beckett wins the Nobel Prize for Literature.