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Citroën's Xsara Picasso was a strong seller and was followed up with the C4 Picasso range with 5-and 7-seat variants, a line-up which resulted in Citroën becoming Europe's largest MPV manufacturer.
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Michelin, which was Citroën's main shareholder, and Citroën managers decided to hide the TPV project from the Nazis, fearing some military application.
The Nazis had attempted to loot Citroën's press tools ; this was frustrated, after Boulanger got the French Resistance to re-label the rail cars containing them in the Paris marshalling yard.
This model was introduced at the time of Citroën's bankruptcy in 1974 and only thirteen were produced between then and 1978.
During the 1990s, the ZX was Citroën's competitor in the class traditionally dominated in Europe by the Ford Escort and Vauxhall / Opel Astra, a market segment Citroën had moved away from when the GSA was discontinued in 1986.
In May 1973 it was reported that the first Citroën DS had emerged from the production line at Citroën's new plant at Aulnay.
Mechanically, the car was one of the most modern of its time, combining Citroën's unique hydro-pneumatic integral self-leveling suspension, speed-adjustable DIRAVI power steering ( first introduced on the Citroën SM ), and a unique interior design that did away with steering column stalks, allowing the driver to reach all controls with his or her hands on the steering wheel.
The CX was assembled in South America from 1978-1984 starting with the CX 2000 Super in Citroën's facility of Arica, Chile.
The interior and dashboard was redesigned to be more conventional-looking than the original, which used Citroën's idiosyncratic " satellite " switchgear, and " bathroom scale " speedometer.
The car was supposed to have a less spartan interior than the other Traction Avants and it was to feature Citroën's own new V8 engine.
Compared to the new Mercedes-Benz system, Citroën's was belt-driven, exactly like a conventional power steering pump ; failure of the Citroën system thus might result in loss of suspension.
When pressed, Citroën explained that the LN project had been rushed through because of " the need to supply customers and the network with a model to strengthen Citroën's position at the lower end of the market " which was hardly a ringing endorsement of a range which at the time included the Ami and the Dyane as well as the venerable 2CV which would continue in production long after any of the others.
At the time of the Dyane's development, the Citroën design department was busy on updates of the key DS and Ami models: design of the Dyane was therefore initially subcontracted to the Panhard design department, Panhard's non-military business having in 1965 been absorbed into Citroën's car business.
An assembly plant was created in Gennevilliers ( a suburb of Paris ) for producing front wheel drive cars under this name, in direct competition with Citroën's highly successful Traction avant model that appeared in 1934.
Another innovation ( now discontinued ) is the optional " 2-Tronic " semi-automatic transmission, also used ( under the name " Sensodrive ") on the Citroën's C2, C3 and C3 Pluriel ( though a similar system was used on the Hudson Commodore of the 1950s, albeit using a vacuum shift ), which shares the 206's 1. 4 L and 1. 6 L petrol engines and 1. 4 L and 1. 6 L diesel engines.
Citroën's chevron gears were used for the bevel drive rear axles from 1914 and a unique feature was the Mors patented clutch, which had a contracting band system which replaced the cone clutch used until 1903.
This married Citroën's famous hydropneumatic suspension system to sophisticated electronics, enabling the handling of the car to automatically adapt to how it was being driven as well as virtually eliminating body roll ( one of the main criticisms of Citroën's hydropneumatic system was the amount of body roll ).
The Hydractive system was soon to become available to the public first in Citroën's XM model 1989, and Xantia model 1993.
Citroën's and up
This attracted the attention of the French Government and they set him up with two factories, one in Paris and one in Saint-Brieuc-at this point he began working with Andre Citroën's company, which provided the shells.
Citroën's and with
All models came as standard with a five-speed manual transmission or an optional semi-manual with paddle-shifters, except for the Stop & Start model, which came with Citroën's SensoDrive gearbox – a five-speed semi-automatic transmission with manual and automatic modes.
In 1954 Citroën's experiments with hydropneumatic technology produced its first result, the " 15H " – a variant of the 6-cylinder model 15 with a self-leveling, height-adjustable rear suspension, a field trial for the revolutionary DS released the following year.
The front and rear ends are heavily reworked, bringing the model in line with Citroën's current corporate design.
* PSA Peugeot Citroën's HDI or HDi ( 1. 4HDI, 1. 6 HDI, 2. 0 HDI, 2. 2 HDI and V6 HDI developed under joint venture with Ford )
The Activa 2 was considered for production as a successor to the SM, but it was eventually decided that Citroën's image would make it too hard to compete with prestigious marques such as Mercedes-Benz and Porsche in the luxury 2-seat coupe market.
Even in 1953 it was reported that the Frégate, with approximately 25, 000 units sold on the French market, was comfortably outpaced by the standard wheelbase versions of Citroën's ' 11 Normale ' model, with approximately 35, 000 sold that year, despite the Citroen being little changed since its unveiling fifteen years earlier and, since the war, available from the manufacturer's French factory only in black.
Citroën's and C4
The C4 does not feature Citroën's Hydractive suspension, which is reserved for higher class models, such as the C5 and C6.
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The German automobile manufacturer NSU produced an automated system for the rotary-engined NSU Ro 80 saloon car in the 1960s, similar in concept to Citroën's system except that it used an electric switch on the gear shifter which disengaged the clutch.
Citroën's and Citroën
Landau & Rigid Door: Citroën's 1948 Citroën 2CV featured a sunroof that rolled back on itself, and extended to the rear bumper in place of a separate boot / trunk lid.
Citroën's and .
It is considered one of Citroën's most iconic cars.
Even Citroën's own mid size Traction Avant only had a three-speed gearbox.
Some of the early models were built at Citroën's plant in Slough, England from 1953.
Citroën's system adds about 1 % to the cost of the car versus passive steel springs.
The CX employed Citroën's unique hydropneumatic self-leveling suspension system.
The C5 had a further development of Citroën's hydropneumatic suspension, now called Hydractive 3.
The large glass area foreshadowed 1970s designs such as Citroën's.
Xsara and Picasso
The runaway success of the Scénic saw the car spawn a multitude of similar vehicles, like the Opel Zafira, Opel Meriva, the Citroën Xsara Picasso, the Volkswagen Touran, the SEAT Altea, the Ford Focus C-Max, and the Nissan Almera Tino.
File: Citroen Xsara Picasso front 20080103. jpg | Citroën Xsara Picasso 1999
2: Mercedes-Benz W114, W168, W169 ; VW Sharan, Mitsubishi Delica, Honda Civic, Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme ( Fifth Generation ), some minivans, some school buses, Peugeot 307, Ford Focus ( third generation ), Peugeot 308, Citroën C4, Citroën Xsara Picasso, Mitsubishi Grandis, Opel Zafira
The SW exists because Peugeot did not develop a compact MPV spin-off as Citroën did with the Xsara Picasso, instead preferring to offer a more flexible version but maintaining the style and road manners of an estate.
The Xsara Picasso small MPV was continued, concurring its successors.
* Xsara Picasso Official UK site
Xsara and was
He was also influential in the Group C Peugeot 905 programme ( notably the Ev1bis and Ev 2 " Supercopter " with radical aerodymacal solutions ) as well as For Jordan Formula One team and the rally cars Peugeot 206 and Citroën Xsara WRC.
However, by 2003 the 206 WRC was beginning to show its age and was less effective against the competition, notably the newer Xsara WRC and the Subaru Impreza WRC, so it was retired from competition at the end of the season, to be replaced with the 307 WRC, albeit, unlike its predecessor, based not on the production version's hatchback, but its coupé cabriolet body style.
The Peugeot 206 WRC was awarded the Autosport " Rally Car of the Year " in 2002, preceded by the Ford Focus WRC and followed by the Citroën Xsara WRC.
The Xsara was 1998 Semperit Irish Car of the Year in Ireland.
The original Xsara was launched in 1997, and was available with different engine choices:
In 2000 the Xsara was facelifted ; the car was now stiffer ( so safety and handling improved ), had a new front design and some interior modifications ( i. e.: new steering wheel ).
The Xsara hatchback was discontinued and replaced by the C4 in late 2004.
The Xsara World Rally Car, based on the road-going Xsara hatchback but ultimately having very little resemblance to it under the skin, was one of the most successful cars ever to compete in the World Rally Championship.
2003 world champion Petter Solberg drove a 2006-spec Xsara for the majority of the 2009 season, which was entered by his own Petter Solberg World Rally Team.
McRae's second place finish on his début in Monte Carlo alongside Loeb and Carlos Sainz whom, aboard the Xsara WRC, helped complete a 1-2-3 finish, transpired to be the finest result he would achieve for the team, for the season was to end with seventh in the drivers ' championship, with no victories.
The C4 was designed to be the successor to the Citroën Xsara.
The rally was won by Marcus Grönholm in a Peugeot 307 WRC 1: 22. 1 ahead of Sébastien Loeb in a Citroën Xsara WRC.
The Elysée was designed in China and is derived from the Citroën ZX, with many parts ( including the dashboard ) taken from the Citroën Xsara and Citroën Saxo.
Despite outstanding funding woes forcing him to abort a proposed campaign with the Fabia for the 2007 season, Duval's continued presence in the world series was ensured with a deal to drive a Kronos run Citroën Xsara WRC later in the season.
The car featured on the front cover of the game was the Citroën Xsara WRC ' 03 ( 22BJM 92 ).
The same engine was already in use in the PSA's Peugeot 406 LX 1. 8i 16v, Citroën Xantia SX 1. 8i 16v, and Citroën Xsara VTS 1. 8i 16v.
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