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Comfort, Security, Environment

Andre Citroen

Andre Citroen founds his first company in 1902 and begins importing modern industrial working methods to France.

By 1919 he begins to sell cars under his own name. Citroen acquires a patent for a gear-cutting technique with chevron-shaped teeth. The shape of these gears provided the inspiration for the celebrated double chevron, emblem on all vehicles produced by Citroen.

The Type A appears in June 1919 and was among the first mass-produced European cars. By the end of the year Citroen is producing thirty cars a day.