Citroën Car Books - Constructors and Designers

Andre Lefebvre and the cars he created for Voisin and Citroën

Together with his colleagues at Citroën, Andre Lefebvre created the Traction Avant (1934), the TUB (1939) - Citroën's first front wheel drive utility van that was succeeded by the H and HY vans (1947) - the Deux Chevaux (1948), and, last but not least, the DS (1955).
From 1923 to 1931 Lefebvre also designed several highly original and outstanding competition cars and record-breaking automobiles for Voisin. He even drove some these cars in races and record attempts. It is obvious that during his 16 years with Gabriel Voisin he was very much influenced by the ideas of this illustrious aviation pioneer and car manufacturer.

The experience gained during that period gave him the self-confidence to persuade his successive bosses at Citroën that his unorthodox approach to automobile design was what the company needed; first he convinced André Citroën, later Pierre Michelin, then Pierre-Jules Boulanger, and finally Robert Puiseux and Pierre Bercot.
His oeuvre for Citroën alone earns him a place of honour among the great automobile designers of the past century. The fact that most present-day cars still carry the DNA of his design philosophy makes him stand out above other automotive pioneers and innovators. That is why it is amazing that so little is known about this fascinating and brilliant engineer.

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Author:	Gijsbert-Paul Berk
Details:	144 pages, 25 x 18 x 1.8 cm / 9.8 x 7.1 x 0.71 in, hardback
Illustrations:	numerous b&w and colour photos
Publisher:	Veloce Publishing Ltd (GB, 2009)
ISBN:	9781845842444

André Citroën, ingénieur, explorateur, entrepreneur

The double chevron emblem is known to millions of motorists around the world, but how many of them know about the extraordinary life and fascinating work of its creator, André Citroën?
Many are probably unaware that he was one of the great pioneers of mass production and marketing, to the point of being nicknamed the "French Henry Ford". His short and exciting life was also a fabulous succession of industrial adventures, technical discoveries and constant revolutions in advertising, cinema and even in the exploration of the globe. In a few years, he amassed a considerable fortune and died ruined while in the great casino of business, he played constantly with elegance and an apparent carefree attitude.

John Reynolds' biography of André Citroën is a fascinating account of an extraordinary destiny of which we are all, without knowing it, heirs.

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Author:	John Reynolds
Details:	250 pages, 28 x 23 cm / 11 x 9.1 in, hardback
Illustrations:	200 b&w and 50 colour photos
Publisher:	ETAI (F, 2006)
ISBN:	9782726886892

André Lefèbvre - de la Voisin Laboratoire à la Citroën DS

This book aims to pay tribute to André Lefebvre, a fiery pioneer who left such a great legacy to all car enthusiasts around the world.
Between 1923 and 1931, André Lefebvre also designed several very original and remarkable competition and record-breaking cars for Voisin. He even drove some of them in races and record attempts.

His work for Citroën earned him a place of honor among the great automobile designers of the 20th century. This is evidenced by the current cars that retain part of his designs and his philosophy in the automobile field.

With his colleagues from the Citroën design office, André Lefebvre designed iconic models: the Traction Avant in 1934, the TUB in 1939 (Citroën's first front-wheel drive utility vehicle, which was succeeded by the Type H in 1947), the 2 CV in 1948 and finally the DS in 1955.

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Author:	Gijsbert-Paul Berk
Details:	160 pages, 29 x 24 cm / 11.4 x 9 in, hardback
Illustrations:	230 b&w and colour photos
Publisher:	ETAI (F, 2019)
ISBN:	9791028303891

Citroën - L'histoire et les secrets de son bureau d'études depuis 1917 (Tome 1)

Here at last is the reissue of this great classic of the 1980s in automotive history written by the late Roger Brioult, the "journalist-mechanic" as he liked to introduce himself! You will learn everything about the legendary Citroën design office since its origins, and its very original innovations: the DS or the 2CV to name only the most famous, accompanied by the countless prototypes written down on paper or modeled.

And who better than the actors, from the most modest to the big names of the brand, to present these works to us? André Lefèbvre at the head, father of all Citroëns, from the Traction to the CX.
Testimonies, anecdotes, memories, portraits, sketches and photographs of prototypes... so many documents that remained secret or buried, revealed in this first volume.

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Author:	Roger Brioult
Details:	255 pages, 25 x 17.5 x 2.2 cm / 9.8 x 6.9 x 0.87 in, hardback
Illustrations:	numerous b&w and colour photos
Publisher:	Editions LVA (F, 2020)
ISBN:	9782905171993

Citroën - L'histoire et les secrets de son bureau d'études depuis 1917 (Tome 2)

The reissue of the formidable saga of the Citroën design office written by Roger Brioult in the 1980s, continues with this volume 2. The vast investigation of the journalist-mechanic, as he liked to introduce himself, always gives the floor to the actors of the fantastic adventure of this extraordinary manufacturer, these engineers and personnel of the chevron brand, with their overflowing imagination.

Around the incredible epic of the SM, we will discover other marvels, some of them remaining in the manufacturer's secret archives: from a helicopter with a turbine engine to an agricultural tractor and small urban vehicles, to the electric car... already on the drawing boards of the 1970s.

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Author:	Roger Brioult
Details:	256 pages, 24.5 x 17.5 x 2.5 cm / 9.7 x 6.9 x 0.98 in, hardback
Illustrations:	numerous b&w and colour photos
Publisher:	Editions LVA (F, 2021)
ISBN:	9782900246023

Une vie de Citroëniste - Histoires et anecdotes

Yves and Solange Dussin have been interested in everything related to the brand and have collected many Citroën documents and objects that many collectors would dream of owning today.
From Stalingrad to Iceland, they have been almost everywhere. They now dream of going to Patagonia. Which does not prevent them from continuing to pamper their Traction, 2 CV, DS, in their Brittany, home port open to the four winds, and from taking a look back...

Here they are today with a mountain of totally unpublished documents and thousands of anecdotes that they would like to share with their family and friends. Their friends? Citroën enthusiasts from all over the world! And they have or have had treasures: Traction Splendilux (the only survivor!), Traction coupé 11 CV "large" (a very rare version!), DS coupé Chapron or convertible, a Citroën children's scooter!

How they discovered them, how they bought them, restored them, drove them around the world...
All this is now revealed, with more than 300 documents to the key, from the 1960s to the present day, in an epic, lively tone, far from the technical throes of boring works.

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Author:	Yves Dussin, Solange Dussin
Details:	192 pages, 24 x 27 cm / 9 x 10.6 in, hardback
Illustrations:	600 b&w and colour photos
Publisher:	ETAI (F, 2011)
ISBN:	9782726895566