A getaway car for the middle class.(The Citroen 11)
AutoWeek, March, 2003
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Byline: ERIC TEGLER When French crime novelist Georges Simenon put his famous protagonist, Chief Inspector Maigret, in a Citroen 11, he knew what he was doing. Popular with the police, criminals, and members of the French Resistance because of its spirited performance, the Citroen was the quintessential French sedan for 20 years.
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The 11 traces its roots to the 1934 Type 7, a car that the financially strapped Citroen hoped would change its fortunes. The Type 7, whose name derived from the output of its 1303-cc four-cylinder engine (fiscal horsepower rating-7CV), failed to save ...
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