Citroën DS: French Design Classic

by Lance Cole

Launched in 1955 yet looking like a sci-fi design proposal for a future then undreamed of, Flaminio Bertoni's ellipsoid sculpture with wheels that was the Citro n DS stunned the world.

There was a near riot at the 1955 Paris Motor Show launch of the car, orders flooded in for this, the new 'big Citro n' (a Voiture a Grande Diffusion or VGD) as the car that replaced the legendary Traction Avant range.

The term 'DS' stems from two Citro...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 152678985X
• ISBN13: 9781526789853
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.1" x 11.6"