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
The GT That Sank Citroën and Took Maserati Down Too Citroën SM: how an Italian V6, a steering system that wouldn’t talk back, and a French manufacturer’s ambition turned the most advanced Grand Tourer of its era into the most expensive industrial bill in seventies European motoring Geneva Motor Show, March 1970. Citroën stand. A … Read more
