Citroen Rosalie

The Citroën Rosalie began as a light racing car that set a series of records at the Montlhery circuit, and the name came to cover three sizes of car that formed the core of Citroën's range between 1932 and 1938. They were first the 8CV, 10CV and 15CV, named for fiscal horsepower, and from 1934 the two smaller cars became the 7UA and 11UA with overhead-valve engines from the Traction Avant. The 8CV had a 1,452 cc four-cylinder engine and a top speed of 90 km/h, the 10CV a 1,767 cc engine, and the 15CV a 2,650 cc six-cylinder engine and a lengthened bonnet. A diesel option of 1,766 cc was offered from the 1933 model year. The larger Rosalies replaced the C4 and C6, and 88,090 four-cylinder and 7,230 six-cylinder cars were built before the Traction Avant's successor line ended them in 1938.