Citroën car books - constructors and designers

Andre Lefebvre and the cars he created for Voisin and Citroën

André Lefebvre, together with his colleagues at Citroën, designed several iconic models: the Traction Avant (1934), the TUB (1939) - Citroën's first front-wheel-drive utility van, later replaced by the H and HY vans (1947) - the 2 CV (1948), and the DS (1955).

From 1923 to 1931, he also created innovative racing and record-breaking cars for Voisin, some of which he personally drove. His time with Gabriel Voisin, an aviation pioneer and car manufacturer, greatly influenced his engineering approach.

Building on this experience, he convinced Citroën's leadership of his unconventional design ideas. He persuaded André Citroën, Pierre Michelin, Pierre-Jules Boulanger, Robert Puiseux, and Pierre Bercot to adopt his vision.

His work at Citroën places him among the greatest automotive designers of the 20th century. His influence remains visible in modern cars, demonstrating the lasting relevance of his concepts. Yet, this remarkable engineer remains relatively unknown to the public.

English edition of the French book "André Lefebvre - de la Voisin Laboratoire à la Citroën DS".

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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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André Lefèbvre - de la Voisin Laboratoire à la Citroën DS

This French book pays tribute to André Lefebvre, a visionary engineer whose legacy still shapes the automotive world.

Between 1923 and 1931, he designed innovative racing and record-breaking cars for Voisin, some of which he personally drove.

His work at Citroën established him as one of the greatest automotive designers of the 20th century. His ideas and philosophy continue to influence modern vehicle design.
Alongside his colleagues at Citroën's design office, he created several iconic models:
- The Traction Avant (1934),
- The TUB (1939), Citroën's first front-wheel-drive utility vehicle, followed by the Type H (1947),
- The 2 CV (1948),
- The DS (1955).

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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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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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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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