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Citroen 15CV TA Red Bburago 1:24

Citroen 15CV TA Red Bburago 1:24
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Specifications
Car Brand
Citroen
Model Manufacturer
Bburago
Scale
1:24
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
1501
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5-layer carton Foam-filled interior
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About the Citroen 15CV TA Red Bburago 1:24

TL;DR: This 1:24 Bburago diecast reproduces the Citroen 15CV TA in red, a late-1930s French saloon from the Traction Avant family known for its early front-wheel-drive layout. A distinctive, honestly priced piece for a pre-war display.

Citroen's Traction Avant range pushed front-wheel drive and unitary construction into the mainstream years before most rivals dared attempt either, and the 15CV sat at the top of that family as its most powerful six-cylinder variant.

A Compact Scale Suited to Flowing Prewar Lines

At 1:24, Bburago has enough surface to capture the 15CV's long bonnet, low roofline and rounded rear deck without the shape feeling cramped, and the red paintwork shows off the smooth, uninterrupted body sides that made the Traction Avant look so advanced against its contemporaries. Chrome headlamp surrounds and grille slats are picked out separately from the body colour, and the running boards along the sills, a feature that dates the car instantly to its era, are moulded with genuine texture rather than left flat. This scale sits between the display presence of 1:18 and the shelf economy of 1:43, and it suits a car whose visual appeal is about flowing surfaces rather than sharp modern creases.

The Traction Avant's Engineering Legacy

The Traction Avant family, including this 15CV, is widely credited with bringing front-wheel drive and monocoque construction to a mass-production French car well ahead of most competitors, a genuinely bold engineering decision for the late 1930s. That combination gave the car a lower stance and better handling than body-on-frame rivals of the period, and the model's long production run through into the 1950s speaks to how far ahead of its time the underlying design was.

Placing This Saloon in a Vintage Collection

This 15CV suits a shelf built around interwar European engineering, where its unusual front-wheel-drive story sets it apart from the more conventional American and British saloons of the same period.

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