Citroen 5cv

The Citroën car company, founded in 1919 by French industrialist André Citroën, was the first mass-production car company outside the USA. Within just eight years, Citroën had become Europe's largest car manufacturer, earning a reputation for fine quality, innovation and revolutionary engineering - later embodied by the famous DS, first produced in the mid-1950s. Today, the company is a part of the Citroën and Peugeot alliance.