Like many European carmakers focusing on affordable vehicles, Citroën didn't offer a V8 engine. The French experimented with V8s in the 1960s, but it mostly stuck to four- and six-cylinder mills.

With front-wheel drive and unibody construction, the Citroën Traction Avant helped set the template for modern cars. A 1949-built example of the groundbreaking French sedan was featured on a recent ...

15 Mar 2021, 17:09 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Citroën experimented with V8s in the 1960s, but it stuck to four- and six-cylinder mills; someone just fixed that by dropping a V8 engine in a Traction ...

Some 12 years ago when I was still living in London, there was a gentleman in Camden Town who took his kids to school in a Citroën Traction Avant each morning. With that being far from a pristine ...

The Citroën Traction Avant is possibly the most pioneering car you’ve never heard of. Introduced in 1934, it innovated tech still used in family cars today. Today we think of Citroëns as odd and ...

On 18 April 1934, CITROËN unveiled the 7CV, a car that would make motoring history with its wealth of innovations, starting with front-wheel-drive, or TRACTION AVANT in French, such a groundbreaking ...

Front-wheel drive cars may be ubiquitous now, but back in the 1950s, when today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Citroen was built, they were the anomaly not the rule. Let's see if this heavily patina'd ...

Until 1934, Citroën, a young giant of the motor industry whose first car was marketed in 1919, had offered to the French public vehicles that were conventional, reliable and cheap. Within a decade, an ...

Barn finds are often quite appealing for petrolheads, especially if a weird story is involved or if the model in question was a big deal for the automotive industry. The latter is the case with the ...

French cars are known for their delicate, yet quirky style, especially Citroens, so we’d imagine this Traction Avant model comes as a shock to the marque’s aficionados. So, forget what you’ve learned ...

Until 1934, Citroën, a young giant of the motor industry whose first car was marketed in 1919, had offered to the French public vehicles that were conventional, reliable and cheap. Within a decade, an ...

In more than a century of automobile history, few cars have introduced as many ground-breaking features as the Citroën Traction Avant. *$1 will be added to your next bill. After your 4 weeks access is ...