Title:
Citroen DS 19
Description:
Paris, 1 October 1955 – At the Grand Palais exhibition centre in Paris, a new car explodes onto the automotive scene and is hailed as a sensation by the contemporary press. The DS has arrived. The DS made its world debut at the Paris Motor Show on 6 October 1955. Within 45 minutes, 749 orders had been taken, and by the end of the day, 12,000.Visitors and journalists from around the world look on in total amazement. A worthy successor to the Traction, the DS was revolutionary both by its aerodynamic styling and its range of new technologies. It almost made all the other cars on show look outdated. At the heart of the DS’s many innovations was the high-pressure system made necessary by the hydropneumatic suspension. This system drove the power steering and disc brakes – also used by Jaguar at the time for the Le Mans 24 hour event – as well as the transmission with its automatic clutch, which prefigured the automated gearboxes of today. The DS also used avant-garde materials in its construction, including aluminium for the bonnet and plastic for the roof.
Year:
1955
Model:
DS 19
Color:
Amarillo
Series:
1911 cc
Type of Vehicle:
Executive Car
Collector Number:
108
Scale:
1:43
Country:
France
Date Added:
2018-06-08 16:49:31
Date Added:
2018-06-08 16:49:31
