+Jourwalis - There is nothing saying we should victimize people either . You can't keep things fair in any other respect but for how we treat each other .
5 лет назад
Why care how he died? Thew relevant thing is how he lived. Life isn't a video game whose goal is to get the maximum score at the end of it. I bet he'd rather have been penniless and alive than wealthy but dead. On the other hand, he didn't die penniless, it was "Société anonyme André Citroën" (created in 1924) the one that went bankrupt and was purchased by its main creditor, "SCA Compagnie générale des établissements Michelin": books.openedition.org/pur/16224 Finally, he died in July 1935, just a few moths after Citroën had filed for bankruptcy in December of 1934, being replaced by Pierre Michelin. André Citroën wouldn't have been able to remain as Citroën's manager with a stomach cancer in its terminal stage, anyway.
No, Charles Lindberg was not the first man to fly the Atlantic. Almost a decade earlier it had been done by two British flyers in a more rudimentary, open cockpit. WWI bomber, known as the Vickers Vimy. Their statues can be seen on entering Heathrow airport in London.
6:23 - No, he wasn't. He was about the 98th person to do it. He might not even have been the first man to do it solo and in one hop. Even that is disputed. Of course, Alcock and Brown did it around a decade earlier, but not solo. Lindberg was, however, a very good publicist. To his credit, he was the first man to fly solo from a major city to another major city in two different continents in one flight, and he set a powered flight endurance record whilst doing that.
I don’t know why us British can’t pronounce Citroën correctly after all these years, but here goes : Citroën is pronounced Citro-en. Even the Americans have mastered that one, but then they call a Jaguar a Jag-wah
I appreciate you telling this beautiful story.
I have a 2001 Citroen Saxo 1.6L VTR and love it!
It's unforgivable that a successful industrialist like Andre Citroen would die penniless.
Who says that life should be fair?
Exactly!
+Jourwalis - There is nothing saying we should victimize people either . You can't keep things fair in any other respect but for how we treat each other .
Why care how he died? Thew relevant thing is how he lived. Life isn't a video game whose goal is to get the maximum score at the end of it. I bet he'd rather have been penniless and alive than wealthy but dead. On the other hand, he didn't die penniless, it was "Société anonyme André Citroën" (created in 1924) the one that went bankrupt and was purchased by its main creditor, "SCA Compagnie générale des établissements Michelin": books.openedition.org/pur/16224 Finally, he died in July 1935, just a few moths after Citroën had filed for bankruptcy in December of 1934, being replaced by Pierre Michelin. André Citroën wouldn't have been able to remain as Citroën's manager with a stomach cancer in its terminal stage, anyway.
Many brilliant car constructors have been very bad businessmen,
for example Ettore Bugatti,W.O. Bentley, Carl Borgward etc.!
Hey what was that '1930's' clip with the wolf hound and the actress climbing into the car?
I love Citroen . Would own many of their cars if I could . Better built cars than what we are building here .
Yes Citroen was nice,I always wanted a CX25ie..
No, Charles Lindberg was not the first man to fly the Atlantic. Almost a decade earlier it had been done by two British flyers in a more rudimentary, open cockpit. WWI bomber, known as the Vickers Vimy. Their statues can be seen on entering Heathrow airport in London.
My dream car is a DS .
we drove a right hand drive 2cv. It's a super car.
6:23 - No, he wasn't. He was about the 98th person to do it. He might not even have been the first man to do it solo and in one hop. Even that is disputed. Of course, Alcock and Brown did it around a decade earlier, but not solo. Lindberg was, however, a very good publicist. To his credit, he was the first man to fly solo from a major city to another major city in two different continents in one flight, and he set a powered flight endurance record whilst doing that.
Skoda can balance a helicopter on it's roof. Citroen can balance a bus full people on it's roof.
I don’t know why us British can’t pronounce Citroën correctly after all these years, but here goes : Citroën is pronounced Citro-en. Even the Americans have mastered that one, but then they call a Jaguar a Jag-wah
Excellent! Thank-you. Brilliant, coming from someone whose namesake's best friend was/is/will be Ford Prefect. 😉