Word: citroens
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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...farmers may throw together a Ford in their spare time during the winter. As a presidential candidate, he would profit immensely by a mailing list of twenty million--even if all of them were debtors; but two things appear to block this ambitious scheme: the saturation point, and Citizen Citroen...
...super-saturation is not impossible, scientists say. The greatest danger to this national car looms from France. M. Citroen makes inexpensive automobiles in France, and gives them an artistic touch. He borrowed American methods of manufacture during a recent trip here, but refused to accept our body styles. He discovered here, however, a yearning for art on the highway, so he will manufacture his own car in quantities somewhere in New York. Citizen Citroen at least flatters us; we may buy his car to keep near the house for decoration. The retort courteous, since our streets are full, would...
...Andre Citroen, largest automobile manufacturer in France, made a pilgrimage to the Ford plants in Detroit; his enthusiastic admiration was tempered only by a regret at the inartistic character of Mr. Ford's well-known product. " Nothing about Ford or his plant suggests a trace of the finer aesthetic qualities," he stated. " One can make cheap, rapid cars, but they do not have to be ugly." Proposing to give the inexpensive car beauty and form, M. Citroen has announced that he will establish an American plant, designed for mass production, but embodying artistic ideas. The plant will be located...
...André Citroen, who threatens to manufacture an artistic flivver in New Jersey...
...Andre Citroen, French automobile magnate: " After arriving in New York I dined and went to hear the opera Mona Lisa, with Otto H. Kahn...