Citroen

Ask what Citroën did that was unique, and the answer is simple. They built cars that floated. While other manufacturers spent decades perfecting engines and styling, Citroën spent theirs perfecting how a car should feel. Not just look. Not just go. Feel. This is the story of the French company that refused to build normal cars. André Citroën was not a mechanic. He was an engineer who understood mass production before most Europeans knew what it meant. In 1900, on a trip to Poland, he saw a carpenter working with gears cut in a herringbone pattern. Quieter. Smoother. More efficient. He bought the patent for almost nothing and started building double helical gears . By 1919, he had a factory and a plan. While other European manufacturers built cars for the rich, André wanted to do what Henry Ford ... More