Citroën Hydropneumatics: Changed the Auto Industry Forever The system a self-taught engineer designed in 1954, that Rolls-Royce and Mercedes ended up paying to license, and that Citroën kept in production until 2017 There are three ways to make a car absorb a bump. The first, used by 99 per cent of the world’s automotive fleet: … Read more
The Last Real Citroën. And the World’s Fastest Diesel. How a French saloon designed to replace the DS ended up setting world records, ferrying a communist head of state to his office, and being the last car with pure Citroën DNA before PSA homogenised the marque September 1974. Paris Motor Show. Citroën enters formal financial … Read more
CITROËN DS “TIBURÓN” (1955–1975) The Citroën DS “Shark”: How France Invented the Future of the Automobile (And No One Copied It) In 1955, something extraordinary happened at the Paris Motor Show that shattered every existing convention. The Citroën stand drew a crowd that simply could not look away from an impossible silhouette — aerodynamic, almost … Read more
