{"id":18308,"date":"2019-05-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/citron-rosalie-2\/"},"modified":"2020-10-06T12:42:23","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T12:42:23","slug":"citron-rosalie-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/citron-rosalie-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Citro\u00ebn Rosalie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In the previous months, Citro\u00ebn on the occasion of their 100th anniversary shed some light on the Type A 10 HP and Type C 5 HP as two early and important models of their history. Now they show a classic car from the 1930s, which was for some time a little celebrity: ‘Rosalie’. Today hardly anyone knows this once well-known model, mainly because later post-war cars of Citro\u00ebn became even more famous. But before World War 2, the name Rosalie was very familiar with car fans. The foundation for this was laid by a lightweight racing car, which set several speed and endurance records on the Montlh\u00e9ry circuit in 1933. A year earlier, Citro\u00ebn presented the new models 8CV, 10CV and 15CV at the Paris Motor Show, all characterized by a ‘floating engine’. It was an innovative floating power device, through which the engine was suspended at only two points in the longitudinal axis and thus could swing freely. Special rubber buffers reduced excessive vibrations.

With the smallest available engine, a 1.4-liter four-cylinder with 24 kW\/32 hp, the 8CV entered the brand history as ‘Petite Rosalie’ (little Rosalie). At that time, the maximum speed was 90 kph (56 mph) thanks to a three-speed transmission. For the first time this model received a one-piece body shell, which turned out even stiffer compared to the previously used all-steel bodies. The above mentioned record car was based on an 8CV chassis. It lapped the Montlh\u00e9ry circuit non-stop from March 15 to July 27, 1933 for a full 134 days under the supervision of the French Automobile Club. During that time it covered more than 300,000 kilometers in an average speed of 93 kph (57.8 mph). Company founder Andr\u00e9 Citro\u00ebn praised a prize of three million francs for whoever would beat this record – which, at least to our knowledge, never happened. Between October 1932 and January 1935 Citro\u00ebn produced 38,835 copies of the 8CV Petite Rosalie, including the facelifted model from 1934 with a performance increase to 26 kW\/36 hp. All Rosalie models got the new abbreviation NH for ‘nouvel habillage’ (new dress) from that point, which indicated the new bodyworks with less air resistance.<\/p>\n\n\n

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