Voiture D’époque

Design History,

Voiture means car and d’eopque means vintage in French.France has many vintage cars from 1930’s .

”Traction Avant ” is released in 1934 ,as the name suggests , was a front wheel drive car – the first mass produced in the world.It is also stylish , elegant and sexy .The 2CV was introduced in 1948 as a car that ”everyman could afford, and stayed in production for 42 years, largely unchanged in appearance.It achieved its founders goal and millions were produced ,and until very recently were a common site on French roads.

Introduced in 1955 DS had a couple of radical features,including being the first car to have disc brake, and the curious self-levelling suspension that Citroen used for many years(ı’m sure my grandfather would go for drive in this car just for the pleasure of starting the car and feeling it rise elegantly to position).It is a super stylish car.

Perhaps the Citroen to be considered a classic car, the SM was introduced in 1974.Developed from its predecessor ,the DS,it was much more powerful and was the company’s star performing sports car during the first half of the 1970’s.

Little known these days outside specialists and enthusiasts, Delage was a very successful French car manufacturer between the two world wars, building expensive and powerful cars. For several years during the mid-1920’s the Delage cars won many of the most important driving competitions (e.g. British Grand prix, Indianapolis 500).

Produced in France from 1960 until 1975, the Peugeot 404 is better known outside the country – in the developing countries, especially those in Africa, it was a very popular vehicle because it was so strong and reliable. Production outside France continued until the end of the 1980’s and many an African taxi company still relies on the car

And this is one attractive little car ”Panhard ”.