Citroën Traction Avant 7CV

The Traction remained in production for twenty years and when it was finally replaced, it was still ahead of its contemporaries in all areas apart from styling and refinement.

The Traction Avant series of cars was one of the most revolutionary ever put into mass production. Among its avant garde features were:-

• monocoque (i.e. chassis-less) construction

• front wheel drive

• torsion bar suspension

• aerodynamic bodywork

• rack and pinion steering (from 1936)
  

Although many of these features had already appeared in other cars, the Traction was unique in bringing them all together in one single vehicle.