Traction

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Traction is the common nickname for the Citroën Traction Avant, a pioneering French automobile famous for its early use of front-wheel drive and unitary body construction.

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instanceOf automobile model
passenger car
alsoKnownAs Citroën 11
Citroën 15 Six
linked to: Citroën 7

Citroën 7
Traction
Traction Avant
assemblyLocation Forest, Belgium
Javel factory
Paris
Slough
bodyStyle convertible
four-door sedan
limousine
two-door coupé
category Citroën vehicles
cars introduced in 1934
front-wheel-drive vehicles
class mid-size car
constructionType monocoque
unitary body
continuedProductionDuring World War II
countryOfOrigin France
designer André Lefèbvre NERFINISHED
Flaminio Bertoni NERFINISHED
drivetrain transverse engine front-wheel drive
engineConfiguration inline-four engine
inline-six engine
era pre-World War II automobile
fuelType petrol
layout front-wheel drive
manufacturer Citroën
market European market
notableFeature early use of all-steel monocoque construction
independent front suspension
low center of gravity
one of the first mass-produced front-wheel-drive cars
notableInfluenceOn front-wheel-drive adoption in Europe
modern unibody car design
predecessor Citroën Rosalie
productionEndYear 1957
productionStartYear 1934
successor Citroën DS
usedBy French Resistance
French police
wheelbaseVariant long wheelbase
normal wheelbase
short wheelbase

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Citroën Traction Avant alsoKnownAs Traction
subject linked to: Traction