
Citroen Traction Avant 11 Coupe Green Solido 1:18

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Specifications
- Brand
- Citroen
- Manufacturer
- Solido
- Scale
- 1:18
- Material
- Diecast
- Model Condition
- Used Model
- SKU
- 8179
- Year
- 1938
- Era
- Pre-War
- Body Type
- Coupe
- Vehicle Class
- Vintage Classics
- Openable Parts
- Yes
- Packaging Condition
- Traces of Storage
- Model Type
- Street Models
- EAN / GTIN
- 3467450081794
About the Citroen Traction Avant 11 Coupe Green Solido 1:18
TL;DR: Solido's 1:18 diecast Citroen Traction Avant 11 Coupe in green reproduces the 1938 model that pioneered mass-produced front-wheel drive years before most rivals attempted it. Rounded, flowing lines and Solido's long heritage with the subject make this a genuinely credible pre-war French classic.
Few pre-war cars changed automotive engineering as directly as the Traction Avant, and Solido's long association with Citroen gives this diecast a particular authority on the subject.
Solido's Long-Standing Citroen Diecast Expertise
Solido, a French manufacturer, has modeled Citroen's historic lineup for decades, and that specific-brand familiarity shows in details like the Traction Avant's distinctive grille slats and unibody-style flowing fenders, rendered here as accurate tooled shapes rather than generic pre-war curves. Green was a genuinely period-correct color choice, common on French cars of the era, and the diecast's finish holds an even, matte-leaning sheen appropriate to a subject from this age rather than a glossy modern car color. Construction at 1:18 gives real weight in hand, consistent with the substantial steel unibody the original car used, itself an engineering novelty at the time. The coupe body style modeled here is a rarer variant than the more common sedan Traction Avant, adding genuine subject-level interest for collectors already familiar with the model.
The Traction Avant's Engineering Legacy
Introduced in 1934, the Traction Avant was among the first mass-produced cars to use front-wheel drive along with a unitary steel body, engineering choices that most manufacturers wouldn't adopt widely for decades. It became a fixture of French cultural imagery, associated with everyone from police departments to figures of the wartime resistance, and remained in production through 1957 with relatively few fundamental changes.
For a pre-war or French automotive history shelf, the Traction Avant is close to essential, a genuine engineering milestone rather than merely an old car.














