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 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
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
