Malafosse - Giraud, the story of a Citroën garage in Lozère

In 1922, Paul Malafosse signed his first contract to sell Citroën cars at his garage in Meyrueis, France. This loyal dealer served as the base for testing the Croisière Jaune expedition’s tracked vehicles in the late 1920s, and in the 1980s and 1990s sold so many cars that Citroën achieved its highest market share in France in this region.

Drawing on the memories of the garage founder’s grandsons, along with countless photographs and documents the family preserved over the years, author Matthieu Turel tells the story of everyday life in a small Citroën garage in the heart of Lozère, France’s least populated department.

The book evokes France before and after the war and traces the social changes that have profoundly transformed the work of a garage owner over the past hundred years. A must-read for every car enthusiast.