Cito / Citomobile

Cito was a German manufacturer based in Cologne-Klettenberg that began as a maker of bicycles and motorcycles under the name Cito Fahrradwerke AG, active from 1905 to 1907, before being reorganized as Cito-Werke AG from 1907 to 1909.

The company entered automobile production in 1905 with the Citomobil, a car that used components sourced from Omnimobil. In the following year, new models were introduced, powered by a 6/10PS two-cylinder Aster engine as well as four-cylinder Fafnir engines offered in 10/16PS and 15/24PS configurations.

Car production at Cito remained limited in scale, and the automobile division of the company was closed down in 1909.