Citroen B12 Price Guide

The Citroën B12 of 1925–1926 introduced all-steel bodywork to the Citroën range — the first mass-produced European car with an all-steel pressed body, developed in collaboration with the Budd Manufacturing Company of Philadelphia using the same technology that Edward Budd had pioneered for the American market. It was a manufacturing landmark.

The Car

The B12 used the same 1,452cc four-cylinder engine as the B2 but in a new all-steel body that was stronger, lighter, and cheaper to produce than the traditional composite construction it replaced. Budd’s welded steel pressing technology allowed body styles to be produced in large volumes with consistent quality. The B12 was short-lived — replaced by the B14 in 1927 — but its significance as the first European all-steel production car is considerable.

Buying

The B12 is rare and historically important. Any surviving example requires specialist French pre-war expertise. The Citroën Conservatoire in Aulnay holds the definitive records. The B14 that followed continued the all-steel formula.