Citroën

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Citroën (French: [sitʁɔɛn] ) is a French automobile brand owned by Stellantis since 2021. The Automobiles Citroën manufacturing company was founded on 4 June 1919 by André Citroën. Peugeot acquired 89.95% share in Citroën in 1976, leading to the formation of PSA Peugeot Citroën, then known as PSA Group. Citroën's head office is located in the Stellantis Poissy Plant in Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine since 2021 (previously in Rueil-Malmaison) and its offices studies and research in Vélizy-Villacoublay, Poissy (CEMR), Carrières-sous-Poissy and Sochaux-Montbéliard. In 1934, the firm established its reputation for innovative technology with the Traction Avant. This was the world's first car to be mass-produced with front-wheel drive and four-wheel independent suspension, as well as unibody construction, omitting a separate chassis, and instead using the body of the car itself as its main load-bearing structure. In 1954, Citroën produced the world's first hydropneumatic self-levelling suspension system...

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