1954 Citroën Big 15

This is one of the cars displayed at the Northern Classic Car Show at G-Mex, Manchester in August 1987.

It's a 1948 Citroën Big 15, built at Slough in the UK, and has a 1,911cc 4-cylinder inline engine. It's the English equivalent of the French-built Citroën 11 - the difference in the numbering being caused by the way the horsepower of the engine is calculated in England and in France. The 'Big' in the name of the car denotes that it is a long wheelbase vehicle, and the chevrons on the front of English-built Citroëns are behind the radiator grille whilst on French-built cars they are in front of the grille. This car is still registered with the DVLA who say that the colour of the vehicle is now red.