France · founded 1919
Citroën Model History
France's most daring automaker — inventor of the mass-produced front-wheel-drive car, creator of the revolutionary DS, and a century-long champion of hydropneumatic suspension and radical engineering.
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Traction Avant
The world's first mass-produced front-wheel-drive car with unibody construction — a 1934 engineering revolution that defined the modern automobile.
Model history2CV
Citroën's people's car — an ultra-frugal air-cooled two-cylinder that mobilised postwar France and sold over nine million in 42 years.
Model historyDS
The 'Goddess' — a 1955 Paris Motor Show sensation that pioneered hydropneumatic self-levelling suspension, disc brakes, and swivelling headlights, and remains one of the most influential cars ever made.
Model historySM
Citroën's Maserati-engined grand tourer — a 2+2 coupé that married a V6 from Maserati to Citroën's hydropneumatic suspension and DIRAVI power steering.
Model historyCX
The DS successor — a slippery, hydropneumatic large saloon that won 1975 European Car of the Year and kept Citroën's flagship engineering tradition alive for 17 years.
Model historyBX
Citroën's 1980s large family car — Bertone-styled, hydropneumatically suspended, and a massive sales success with over 2.3 million built.
Model historyXM
Citroën's CX successor — a 1990 European Car of the Year with world-first electronically controlled 'Hydractive' hydropneumatic suspension.
Model historyC3
Citroën's long-running supermini successor to the AX and Saxo — now in its fourth generation and offered as an affordable electric.
Model historyC4
Citroën's compact family hatchback — now in its third generation as a crossover-influenced hatch with a plug-in hybrid variant.
Model historyC5
The XM's successor — a large family saloon and estate produced across two generations from 2001 to 2017, before being succeeded by the crossover C5 X.
Model historyC5 X
The reinvention of Citroën's flagship — a raised crossover-saloon combining SUV ground clearance, a fastback roofline, and plug-in hybrid power.
Model historyXsara Picasso
Citroën's five-seat compact MPV — a tall, airy people-carrier that sold strongly across Europe for over a decade.
Model historyBerlingo
Citroën's car-derived van and passenger MPV — a practical van-based people-carrier launched in 1996 and now in its third generation with electric variant.
Model historyDS 3 (Citroën-badged)
The stylish mini premium hatchback that launched Citroën's DS luxury sub-brand — sold as a Citroën DS 3 until DS Automobiles became independent in 2015.
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