Citroën Xe Hoi Cong Ty

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Société Automobile d'Extrême-Orient (1936–1970)
Citroën Xe Hoi Cong Ty (1970–1975)
legal form
founding 1936
resolution 1975
Seat Saigon
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Citroën Xe Hoi Cong Ty , previously Société Automobile d'Extrême-Orient , was a South Vietnamese manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

In 1936, Citroën founded the Société Automobile d'Extrême-Orient company in what was then French Indochina . In 1970 it became Citroën Xe Hoi Cong Ty , based in Saigon . The production of automobiles began around 1970. The brand name for one model was Dalat . With the collapse of South Vietnam in 1975, production ended.

vehicles

Multipurpose vehicles appeared under the Dalat brand . They were similar to the Citroën Méhari and, like this, were based on the chassis of the Citroën 2 CV . The body was made of steel . The vehicles were powered by a two - cylinder boxer engine with a capacity of 602 cm³ .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 381. (English)
  2. ↑ a b d'Auto (Dutch, accessed December 20, 2015)
  3. ↑ a b Allcarindex (English, accessed December 20, 2015)
  4. ↑ a b Citroënchen, Edition 3/2005 ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed December 20, 2015) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.citroenchen.de
  5. ↑ a b Citroënët ( Memento from August 8, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (English, accessed December 20, 2015)