In this new view on the Citroen story, automotive/ aviation writer and design specialist Lance Cole investigates not just the details of the cars of Citroen, but the aeronautical and cultural origins that lay behind Cirtoen's form and function. The book digs deep into the ethos of Automobiles Citroen to create a narrative on one of the greatest car manufacturers in history. Using interviews, translations, archive doucments and specially-commissioned photographs, the Citroen journey is cast in a fresh perspective. It explains in detail the influences upon Citroen design: Voisin, lefebrve, Bertoni, Boulanger, Mages, Opron and recent Citroen designers such as Coco, Blakeslee and Soubirou. As well as all the men of the great period of 1920s - 1970s expansion, cites less well-known names of Citroen's French engineering, design, and influence such as Cayla, Gerin, Giret, Harmand, Dargeent and others, to give a full picture of Citroen heritage. Provides in-depth analysis of all major Citroen models with an engineering and design focus.Profiles key individuals and cars up to the present day and Citroen's 'DS'-branded resurgence.
Author(s): Lance Cole
Publisher: The Crowood Press
Year: 2014
Language: English
Pages: 0
City: Ramsbury, Marlborough, Wiltshire
Introduction
CHAPTER 1 - THE ORIGINS OF CITROËNISM
CHAPTER 2 - GENESIS OF AN ETHOS: LEFEBVRE UNDER VOISIN AND BEYOND
CHAPTER 3 - TRACTION AVANT: THE FRONT-WHEEL-DRIVE PIONEER
CHAPTER 4 - 2CV: NOT BASIC AT ALL
CHAPTER 5 - THE MAN WITH A VAN: COMMERCIALS
CHAPTER 6 - DS: THE WORLD'S MOST ADVANCED CAR?
CHAPTER 7 - BRAVE SIBLINGS: AMI AND DYANE
CHAPTER 8 - SM: THE WORLD'S FIRST HYPER CAR
CHAPTER 9 - GS: GENIUS
CHAPTER 10 - CX: COEFFICIENT OF EXCELLENCE
CHAPTER 11 - BASIC TO BRILLIANT: FROM LN TO VISA
CHAPTER 12 - BX: THE CAR THAT SAVED CITROËN
CHAPTER 13 - XM AND C6: UNDERESTIMATED GRANDES ROUTIÈRES
CHAPTER 14 - AX TO ZX: VIA XANTIA AND XSARA
CHAPTER 15 - C-SERIES CARS
CHAPTER 16 - CITROËN CONCEPT CARS AND DS-LINE: A NEW HALLMARK
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