Citroën does not build many cars like the Citroën Type A: a "Torpedo" / "Torpedo Sport" / "Conduite Intérieure" (saloon/sedan) / "Coupe de Ville" with 1.3 , built from 1919 to 1921 as the assembly line was turning motoring into an industry.
The background
The Citroën Type A was produced from June 1919 to December 1921 in Paris, France. It was the first car Citroën made. 24,093 were built.
The engineering
Under the skin sits 1.3 . Kerb weight is 810 kg. The gearbox is a 3-speed manual. The layout matters: a front engine drives the rear wheels, the classic proportion — long bonnet, cabin set back — that most people picture when they picture a sports saloon or a grand tourer. The wheelbase is 2.83 m (long) / 2.55 m (short). These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Where it sits
Where it sits in Citroën's history is not in doubt: the none came before it; the Citroën Type B2 followed it; it was built at Parc André Citroën, Quai de Javel, Vaugirard, Paris, France. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Fiat 501, the Renault GS, the Fiat 505. Its Citroën stablemates include the Citroën K and the Citroën 2CV.
The money
There is no federal ownership record for the Citroën Type A — it predates the complaint database or was never sold in the United States — so MotorJury publishes no running-cost figure for it. For a car of this age the price is set by the collector market and the condition of the individual example, not by a formula.