Thread: The Citroen DS

There are a couple of those well restored here in Hobart.
One just have new leather interior done for $11,000

They were very popular in Uruguay and the most popular models were the 11cv and the 2cv
The other was The M?hari based on the 2cv engine but with a ABS plastic body. It was something similar to the Moke but IMO much better

Originally Posted by Chucaro

There are a couple of those well restored here in Hobart.
One just have new leather interior done for $11,000

They were very popular in Uruguay and the most popular models were the 11cv and the 2cv
The other was The M?hari based on the 2cv engine but with a ABS plastic body. It was something similar to the Moke but IMO much better

G'day Arthur, That is quirky looking car,but its cool.

They run with the smell of petrol and are great on the beach

Originally Posted by disco man

When I was a younger the old man bought one these cars and I must admit I hated it. It wasn't until I got older until I understood the engineering and how revolutionary the car truly was.

BBC - Culture - Citro?n DS: A ?goddess? of a car

I have owned one for over thirty years, and there is at least one other owner on this forum.

Consider that in 1955, when it was introduced, Holden was selling (for not all that much less!) a car with tiny drum brakes, crossply tyres, and a design that was up to date in 1941.

The DS in 1955 had inboard front discs, dual circuit brakes, safety steering column, power rack and pinion steering, power brakes, self levelling suspension, frameless door windows, crossflow cylinder head, centreline steering, single bolt wheels, radial tyres, four wheel independent suspension, braking power distributed front to back according to load, Cx as good as almost anything on the road today, plus more.

To meet design rules twenty years later when production ended, all they had to do was to fit antiburst door locks and seat belts.

John

When we look how advanced were the French cars compared to many other brands we also have to mention the Peugeot 504.
I used to have them and also the "fully optioned" Cortina GT.
The poor Cortina was not near as good as the 504

Originally Posted by Chucaro

When we look how advanced were the French cars compared to many other brands we also have to mention the Peugeot 504.
I used to have them and also the "fully optioned" Cortina GT.
The poor Cortina was not near as good as the 504

But the Ciroen DS was a contemporary of the 403, introduced the same year. I was working in rural Queensland when the 403 was replaced, and the general view was that none of the successors were as suited to the generally unsealed roads of the time.

The 504 came 13 years later, admittedly while the DS was still in production, but it still did not have most of the advanced features of the DS.

John

I agree with you about the DS, it was well ahead of anything mass produced.
With reference to the Peugeot, OS, we used the awesome 404 diesel in the rice farms where we have to service John Deere equipment in the middle of the farm under terrible conditions (clay soil with water on the top of it)
The 404, with chains in the back performed fully loaded equal to the F100 that we also have in the service department.
At the time,I regarded the 404 ute as one of the best vehicles for the kind of work.
Regarding unsealed roads IMO will be hard to come to something close to the service roads in the rice farm district.

I remember the DS getting about in my younger days and thinking how far ahead of other cars it was. In 1955 the Holden of the time (which I owned and loved in the 60's) was so far behind the DS that it was laughable!