Citroën DS

By James Nicholls

When the Citro n DS was first unveiled at the Paris Motor Show in October 1955, 743 orders were taken for the car in the first fifteen minutes. The stunning impact of the DS, or d esse (goddess), was not just due to its sleek aerodynamic shape but also its engineering advances, including hydropneumatic suspension, front-wheel drive and disc brakes, all of which were innovative at the time. In this book, Citro n DS expert James Nicholl tells the extraordinary story of how the Citro n DS was developed and designed by a team that included both a sculptor and an aeronautical engineer and describes all the variants, including the Pallas and the Safari estate, and the more economical Citro n ID. The author describes how the car was celebrated by artists and philosophers and how it featured as a guest star in films such as The Day of the Jackal. The book also discusses the success of the Citro n DS as a rally car. This is a highly readable and informative guide to a car once described by Classics & Sports Car magazine as 'the most beautiful car in the world'.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1398117994
• ISBN13: 9781398117990
• Release Date: August 2024
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Length: 96 Pages