Wartime Radial in a Basement, Peacetime Dominance for Decades

“First conclusions, first precautions. To prevent the invention, quickly perceived in Clermont-Ferrand as one that will, once peace returns, outclass the Metallic and the Pilot, from falling into enemy hands, all the files are clandestinely routed to Spain and then sent to the United States and Latin America to be safe during the duration of the conflict.”

“The philosophy of the House, in any case, is present: a man, alone at first, who can freely pursue his project to the end, a team that enables him to achieve it, a boss who decides to take responsibility and the House’s heritage in a new direction. Michelin will remember this and find in this discovery, which will give birth a few years later to the X radial tire, a new justification for its choices: priority to technology and researchers who must impose their views, flexibility and mobility of the internal organization, the decisive importance of the Patron at the center of the system[28](private://read/01jkqdqdgs7t399cyecbezrhj0/#ftn_fn28). And, extraordinary confirmation, the “flytrap” being tested around the Carmes factory on a Citroën Traction that escaped requisition offers road holding superior to all the tires on the market and its resistance to wear is excellent.”